Celta Vigo vs Villarreal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 31st August 2025

Villarreal head over to the Abanca Balaidos on Sunday to face title favourites Celta Vigo in a round 3 match in the LaLiga.

A glance at the LaLiga table reveals that the current difference between the teams is four points and 12 places.

Celta Vigo have yet to lose a match this season, but after drawing the first couple of matches, they will be eager to also get a win on the board.

It is early days yet, anything can happen and both Celta Vigo and Villarreal are still highly motivated of getting off to a good start. They both have talented squads, and we expect a cracking affair at Abanca Balaidos as the teams look to get one over each other.

Celta Vigo step into their next home match on Sunday having scored a nice average of 1.7 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 17 goals, while also allowing 16 goals against. That is an average of 1.6 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet two times in those matches.

Villarreal scored 25 goals, conceded 11 and managed five clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Villarreal were knocked out cold when Celta Vigo took a 3-0 win in their latest encounter. It served as pay back for the 4-3 defeat, Villarreal handed out in the game before.

Celta Vigo vs Villarreal Prediction

Celta Vigo Form

It could have been better, it could have been worse for Celta Vigo, who have two draws to show from their last three matches. They came up short in a 0-2 defeat against Getafe, followed by a 1-1 draw against Mallorca. They recorded yet another one in the latest round after a 1-1 match with Real Betis. Celta Vigo claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the LaLiga. They also drew one and lost three, scored eight goals and conceded nine.

Villarreal Form

In their last three matches, Villarreal first beat Sevilla 4-2, then Real Oviedo by 2-0 and finally Girona by 5-0. Villarreal recorded a very decent outcome of four wins from six away matches in the LaLiga, in which they banged in eight goals, whilst conceding eight. They recorded no draws but in stead suffered defeat twice.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, and we fully expect the trend to continue, when Celta Vigo renew Villarreal their acquaintance.

Celta Vigo vs Villarreal Squads

Celta Vigo Squad

Giraldez will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Villarreal from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season):

Cesar Fernandez (0/0), Ionut Andrei Radu (0/3), Ivan Villar (0/0), Marc Vidal (0/0), Carl Starfelt (0/0), Carlos Dominguez (0/1), Javi Rodriguez (0/3), Javi Rueda (1/2), Joseph Aidoo (0/0), Manu Fernandez (0/1), Marcos Alonso (0/3), Mihailo Ristic (0/2), Oscar Mingueza (0/2), Roberto Costa (0/0), Sergio Carreira (0/1), Damian Rodriguez (0/0), Fran Beltran (0/2), Hugo Sotelo (0/3), Ilaix Moriba (0/3), Jones El-Abdellaoui (0/1), Miguel Roman (0/0), Williot Swedberg (0/3), Yoel Lago (0/2), Borja Iglesias (0/3), Bryan Zaragoza (0/3), Ferran Jutgla (0/3), Franco Cervi (0/0), Hugo Alvarez (1/1), Hugo Gonzalez (0/0), Iago Aspas (0/3), Pablo Duran (0/3).

Villarreal Squad

Here is the full team squad of Villarreal. The 60 year-old Marcelino Garcia will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Diego Conde (0/0), Luiz Junior (0/2), Adria Altimira (0/0), Alfonso Pedraza (0/1), Jean Ives Valou (0/0), Juan Foyth (0/2), Logan Costa (0/0), Pau Navarro (0/0), Rafa Marin (1/2), Santiago Mourino (0/2), Sergi Cardona (0/2), Willy Kambwala (0/0), Alberto Moleiro (0/2), Daniel Parejo (0/2), Denis Suarez (0/0), Etta Eyong (1/2), Mahamoud Barry (0/0), Pape Gueye (1/2), Renato Veiga (0/1), Santi Comesana (0/2), Tajon Buchanan (3/2), Thomas Partey (0/2), Ayoze Perez (0/0), Gerard Moreno (0/1), Ilias Akhomach (0/1), Nicolas Pepe (1/2), Pau Cabanes (0/0), Yeremi Pino (0/2).

Celta Vigo vs Villarreal Team News

Celta Vigo seem to only have two players missing from the squad ahead of their upcoming assignment this coming Sunday. Celta Vigo have to alter their line-up, as both Oscar Mingueza and Ilaix Moriba get a day in the shade.

Villarreal face a list of four absentees from the squad ahead of their next match this coming Sunday against Celta Vigo. Alfonso Pedraza, Pape Gueye, Daniel Parejo and Pape Gueye racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Villarreal travelling party for their next match.

Celta Vigo vs Villarreal Lineups

Celta Vigo vs Villarreal H2H

Celta Vigo beat Villarreal by 3-0 in their most recent match, while Villarreal claimed a 4-3 win in the match prior to that. All in all, Villarreal have a fine reading on Celta Vigo in previous seasons with a 5-2-3 advantage going into this match. The bookies have Villarreal to win this match at best price odds of 3/2.

Celta Vigo vs Villarreal Results

Under 2.5 goals came out a winning bet only three times in ten matches between Celta Vigo and Villarreal. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 2/3 with the bookies on Sunday.

Celta Vigo vs Villarreal Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the LaLiga, Iago Aspas will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Villarreal hope Tajon Buchanan can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of four LaLiga goals in his last six LaLiga games.

Celta Vigo claimed a modest four wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing four. Villarreal won four of their last 10 games away, drew four and lost two of the games in this run. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Celta Vigo managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the games at Abanca Balaidos, Villarreal kept their opponent from scoring in two of their last 10 away games.

Over 3.5 goals came out six times in the past ten encounters between Celta Vigo and Villarreal, with the former on an average of 1.8 goals a game. Villarreal scored 2.1 goals per game and both teams scored seven times in this run. Celta Vigo saw over 2.5 goals in four of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of one goal during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Villarreal, who managed to score 1.7 times in those matches.