Mallorca vs Celta Vigo prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2025-08-22 15:00.
[p]Mallorca and Celta Vigo would have wanted to forget about the opening round as quickly as possible after they both endured miserable losses last weekend. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Mallorca ended a run of four consecutive matchday one draws to lose their opening game of a top-flight season for the first time since 2008/09. A terribly ill-disciplined performance saw six first-half cards shown their way and the home supporters made their frustrations known at half-time, leaving the Pirates under pressure to bounce back immediately. Their mid-table finish last season was in part due to just one home win against other top-half finishers including Celta Vigo (W1, D3, L5), so home supporters could be forgiven for remaining pessimistic about this clash after last weekend’s showing. [/p]
[p]Celta Vigo boss Claudio Giráldez was highly critical of his team’s 2-0 loss at home to Getafe, continuing a run of ten straight La Liga games to produce a winner (CV: W5, L5) that started with the previous H2H. Getafe and Mallorca were two of the four clubs that Celta completed a league double against in 2024/25, so it appears that last season’s results can’t be counted on this time around. That’s especially the case knowing that Celta won away to just three of the other 16 clubs to avoid relegation (D4, L9), making successful road trips more of an anomaly than a habit.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]The eight La Liga H2Hs since Mallorca’s return in 2021/22 are split three apiece with two draws following Celta’s two wins last season. Mallorca won only one of the four (D2, L1) they hosted. [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Mallorca have won just one of 11 La Liga home games as an outsider since the start of 2023/24 (D3, L7). [/p]
[p]Mallorca opened the scoring in only six of their last 20 La Liga home games.[/p]
[p]Celta’s away La Liga games last season produced an average of 3.32 total goals.[/p]
[p]Celta’s last 12 La Liga away matches were either drawn or decided by a one-goal margin (CV: W4, D3, L5). [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Mallorca defender Martin Valjent popped up for a goal in three of his last 13 league appearances, one of which was in a loss at home to Celta Vigo. Celta captain Iago Aspas regularly stars in this matchup, scoring in five of his last nine H2Hs. [/p]
[p]Manu Morlanes and Vedat Muriqi will have to serve red card suspensions for Mallorca, whilst midfield anchor Samu Costa missed their opening game with a minor knee injury. Celta Vigo defender Carl Starfelt is expected to be out for a few weeks with a leg injury.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]The hosts are short of firepower upfront, so a Celta Vigo win with an accompanying clean sheet could be a high value selection.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Aaron Murphy[/i][/p]