Celta Vigo vs Barcelona prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2025-11-08 20:00.
[p]Fresh off the back of a midweek European win, an improving Celta Vigo face a stern test of their credentials when they host defending La Liga champions Barcelona. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]After securing just one win from their opening 11 games across all competitions this season, Celta fans mustâve been fearing what this season had in store for them. Five successive wins since then have helped alleviate any fears that they could be heading back to the second tier for the first time since 2011/12, and with those victories coming across three separate competitions, Celta are seemingly having no issues in juggling commitments. A 3-0 victory away to Dinamo Zagreb on Thursday in the UEFA Europa League affords them 24 hours less rest than their visitors here, but amidst their winning run theyâll be raring to get back in action on home soil, where theyâre unbeaten in seven games (W2, D5).[/p]
[p]Midweek European action wasnât quite so fruitful for Barcelona, who despite matching Celtaâs feat of scoring three goals on the road, were held to a draw by Club Brugge in the Champions League. That stalemate continued a worrying trend for Barça, who are now winless in their last three away games (D1, L2), and with those two defeats coming in La Liga, itâs fair to say theyâve contributed to a five-point pre-round deficit to league leaders Real Madrid. Another defeat would not only serve as another hammer blow to their title defence but also mark the first time theyâve fallen to three successive La Liga away defeats since December 2002![/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Barcelona are unbeaten in the last four H2Hs (W3, D1), but have only won two of their last ten away games against Celta in La Liga (D4, L4).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Celta have conceded exactly once in seven successive home games.[/p]
[p]Celta have scored four of their five home league goals this season after half-time.[/p]
[p]Pre-round, only Mallorca (nine) had conceded more first-half La Liga away goals than Barcelona (seven).[/p]
[p]Barcelona have trailed at half-time in four of their six away league games this term (HT: W2).[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Barcelonaâs Robert Lewandowski may be eyeing up a late impact having netted four of his five career goals against Celta after the hour mark. Celtaâs Iago Aspas has scored 11 goals in 21 matches against Barcelona in La Liga – the highest tally of any player in the 21st century.[/p]
[p]Celta are sweating on the fitness of Hugo Ălvarez, while Barcelonaâs Eric GarcĂa fractured his nose in midweek and will be assessed closer to kick off.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Barcelona have certainly proved to be fallible on the road, and with the hosts in blistering form, backing Celta/Draw in the double chance market could pay out.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Chris Wilson[/i][/p]