Celta Vigo vs Nice prediction: EUROPE: Europa League – League phase betting tips on match 2025-10-22 19:00.
[p]With two defeats from two in the UEFA Europa League (UEL) so far, Nice look to finally get off the mark against Celta Vigo. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Celta’s matchday two victory against PAOK is their only victory in any competition so far this season and made up for a disappointing 2-1 defeat in the opening UEL round against Stuttgart. Seven draws from their last ten games (W1, L2) at least show that Claudio Giráldez’s men have been competitive this term, and with all seven ending 1-1, they’ve perhaps become predictable too! What’s been even more predictable this term is that Celta will concede goals, as they haven’t kept a single clean sheet this term, but having never lost a major European group stage home match (W4, D5), they at least have history on their side here. [/p]
[p]Nice are one of six teams going into this matchday in the UEL without a point to their name (L2), and a 14-game winless run in European action hardly inspires much hope of a turnaround here (D4, L10). Isolating just their form in the main draw of the UEL makes for equally grim reading, as Nice are winless in their last 14 games in the competition proper (D3, L11). It’s their form on the road in the UEL which is arguably the most eye-catching for all the wrong reasons though, as they’ve lost each of their last 11 away games in the UEL main draw, although the last four of them have come by a one-goal margin, so they have at least been competitive of late. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]These two sides have never played each other. Celta have failed to win any of their four previous meetings with French clubs (D2, L2), while Nice have lost all four of their major European away games against Spanish opposition. [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Celta’s last ten games have seen both teams score. [/p]
[p]The away side scored exactly once in Celta’s last ten matches.[/p]
[p]None of Nice’s last five games have been decided by more than a one-goal margin.[/p]
[p]Eight of Nice’s last nine matches saw both teams score. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Pablo Durán netted at the weekend, but none of the forward’s last three scoring appearances for Celta have seen him end up on the winning side (D2, L1). Nice have won on Hicham Boudaoui’s last seven scoring appearances for the club, the most recent of which was against Lyon on Saturday – he scored the winning goal in five of those seven games too.[/p]
[p]Celta’s Williot Swedberg missed their weekend game with an ankle sprain, while Nice’s Sofiane Diop went off with a late injury against Lyon on Saturday.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Given the lack of defensive solidity exhibited by both sides, backing both teams to score seems highly probable to generate a return. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Alex Bowmer[/i][/p]