Celta Vigo vs Real Sociedad prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2025-10-18 14:15.
[p]Celta Vigo return from the international break as one of just eight teams across Europe’s top-five divisions yet to have won a league game this season, a record they look to change against a Real Sociedad side in desperate need of victory themselves.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Without a LaLiga win to their name this season, a whopping six draws (L2) are enough to ensure that Celta come into this round outside of the bottom three. As the only side in the Spanish top-flight yet to register a win this season, the pressure is firmly on here, as there’s an unwanted club record on the horizon if they don’t kick into gear. This is only the second time in history that Celta have failed to win any of their opening eight LaLiga games, and having won on matchday nine in 1956/57, seeing that run extend here would set a new negative club record, something few would bet against given that the Sky Blues find themselves on a six-match winless home league run (D4, L2). [/p]
[p]Celta perhaps couldn’t have handpicked a better opponent to turn their fortunes around against than Sociedad, who are one of the sides currently below them in the table. La Real’s start has been record-breaking for the wrong reasons in its own right, as their current five-point haul is fewer than they’d posted at this stage in each of the last ten seasons. Five defeats from their last six games (W1) certainly haven’t helped their cause, and having lost 11 of their last 15 La Liga away games (W1, D3), it’s hard to see their turnaround starting on the road. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Celta completed a H2H double last season but were winless in nine meetings beforehand (D2, L7). Sociedad have won on six of their last seven visits to Celta (L1). [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]All four of Celta’s home league goals scored this season arrived after half-time. [/p]
[p]Celta’s last four La Liga home games ended 1-1.[/p]
[p]Sociedad haven’t scored more than once in any of their last seven away league games. [/p]
[p]Pre-round, only two LaLiga sides had committed more fouls than Sociedad (120) this season. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Celta’s Iago Aspas will be relishing this game given that he’s the all-time top scorer in the history of this fixture (11 goals). Mikel Oyarzabal isn’t far behind him in joint-second on that list with eight goals, seven of which came in the first half. [/p]
[p]Mihailo Ristić has missed Celta’s last four games through injury. Sociedad’s Orri Óskarsson has been out for even longer with a thigh injury. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Neither of these sides offer any standout value in the market, and with Celta’s tendency to be involved in stalemates, backing another draw is perhaps where the value lies. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Chris Wilson[/i][/p]