Espanyol vs Celta Vigo Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 14th February 2026

When Celta Vigo come to RCDE Stadium for the LaLiga match on Saturday, Espanyol will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

With both Espanyol and Celta Vigo coming off disappointing defeats in their previous outing, we could be in for a cautious battle. Both will be eager to get back to winning ways sooner rather than later.

Espanyol are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady ten goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of one per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 15 goals, or an average of 1.5 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to three clean sheets in this run.

Celta Vigo managed a bearable 14 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.4 goals per game. They conceded seven goals in total, and while claiming six clean sheets, they conceded 0.7 goals an average per game.

Espanyol had a good reading on Celta Vigo in their last two meetings, which they won by 2-0 and 1-0, respectively.

Espanyol vs Celta Vigo Prediction

Espanyol Form

Espanyol endured a tough spell in their previous three matches, which brought three defeats. They lost 3-2 against Valencia, before Deportivo Alaves won 1-2, while Villarreal claimed a victory in a 4-1 match. Espanyol claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the LaLiga. They also drew zero and lost four, scored four goals and conceded nine.

Celta Vigo Form

Celta Vigo are winless in their last three matches, but managed a 1-1 draw with FK Crvena Zvezda and a 0-0 draw with Getafe. In their most recent match, they were defeated 1-2 at the hands of Osasuna. Celta Vigo won three of a possible six away matches in the LaLiga, as well as playing two draws and suffering one defeat. They scored five while also conceding three times.

Espanyol and Celta Vigo team up this coming Saturday in a match both will hate to lose. This could be a match that fizzles out in a draw, with both very focused on not risky anything at all.

Espanyol have taken 13 points from their last ten games against teams from the top half of the LaLiga table. They won four of these matches with a scoreline of ten goals to 16. Celta Vigo won three of their last 11 matches against teams from the top half of the LaLiga table, scoring 15 and conceding 16 goals. They collected 13 points from these. Espanyol are looking at a record of ten wins, four draws and nine defeats in the LaLiga this season. Celta Vigo have a record of eight wins, nine draws and six defeats in the LaLiga.

Espanyol vs Celta Vigo Squads

Espanyol Squad

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

Angel Fortuno (0/0), Marko Dmitrovic (0/23), Pol Tristan (0/0), Carlos Romero (4/21), Clemens Riedel (0/10), Fernando Calero (0/19), Jose Salinas (0/9), Leandro Cabrera (3/22), Miguel Rubio (1/8), Omar El Hilali (0/21), Ruben Sanchez (0/13), Charles Pickel (0/14), Edu Exposito (0/22), Pol Lozano (1/21), Ramon Terrats (1/15), Urko Gonzalez de Zarate (0/22), Antoniu Roca (0/8), Cyril Ngonge (0/1), Javier Puado (2/10), Jofre Carreras (0/15), Kike Garcia (3/22), Pere Milla (6/21), Roberto Fernandez (5/23), Tyrhys Dolan (0/22).

Celta Vigo Squad

Below is the full team squad of Celta Vigo. The manager Giraldez will pick his starting XI against Espanyol from these players:

Ionut Andrei Radu (0/23), Ivan Villar (0/0), Marc Vidal (0/0), Alvaro Nunez (0/19), Carl Starfelt (0/16), Carlos Dominguez (0/6), Javi Rodriguez (0/19), Javi Rueda (2/16), Joseph Aidoo (0/3), Manu Fernandez (0/12), Marcos Alonso (1/20), Mihailo Ristic (0/4), Oscar Mingueza (1/20), Roberto Costa (0/0), Sergio Carreira (2/20), Fer Lopez (0/2), Hugo Sotelo (0/14), Ilaix Moriba (0/23), Jones El-Abdellaoui (2/14), Matias Vecino (0/0), Miguel Roman (1/15), Williot Swedberg (3/16), Yoel Lago (0/4), Borja Iglesias (9/21), Ferran Jutgla (2/15), Franco Cervi (0/0), Hugo Alvarez (2/15), Iago Aspas (2/20), Pablo Duran (2/18).

Espanyol vs Celta Vigo Team News

Espanyol could have as few as two players on the injured and absent list for their next assignment on Saturday. Espanyol have to alter their line-up, as both Omar El Hilali and Javier Puado get a day in the shade.

Celta Vigo are juggling with three absent players on this coming Saturday when travelling to Espanyol. Matias Vecino, Oscar Mingueza and Ilaix Moriba sit this one out for Celta Vigo, serving a suspension instead of travelling to meet Espanyol.

Espanyol vs Celta Vigo Lineups

Espanyol vs Celta Vigo H2H

Espanyol won the last two meetings against Celta Vigo, as they followed up a 2-0 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 1-0 score. Espanyol have a 40% win rate against Celta Vigo, who won two of these matches. The total record reads 4-4-2, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Espanyol vs Celta Vigo Results

Both teams to score paid out six times in the previous ten matches between home side Espanyol and Celta Vigo. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 10/11.

Espanyol vs Celta Vigo Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the LaLiga, Leandro Cabrera will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Celta Vigo hope Borja Iglesias can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of four LaLiga goals in his last six LaLiga games.

Espanyol claimed a modest four wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in one of the games, whilst losing five. Celta Vigo won three of their last 10 games away, drew five and lost two of the games in this run. Espanyol have not exactly been great at shutting out their visitors at RCDE Stadium. In their previous 10 lmatches at home, they claimed just two wins, while also holding on to a clean sheet.

Less than 2.5 goals came out four times in the past ten encounters between these two while both teams not to score was a winning bet four times. Espanyol managed an average of 1.3 goals, with Celta Vigo averaging 1.1 goals. Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Espanyol, who scored an average of 0.9 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Celta Vigo, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.5 times goals per game.