Real Madrid vs Celta Vigo prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2025-05-03 12:00.
[p]After losing the Copa del Rey final 3-2 to Barcelona, all Real Madrid have to play for this season is the La Liga title. Los Blancos’ four-point deficit to the leaders pre-round means that defending their crown is a tall order, so winning here against Celta Vigo feels essential if Carlo Ancelotti’s side are to keep their hopes alive ahead of next weekend’s showdown with league leaders Barcelona.[/p]
[p]Los Blancos have won their last three La Liga fixtures 1-0 so are belatedly finding some winning form, but those scorelines highlight how hard they’ve had to battle, so further defensive injuries to David Alaba, Ferland Mendy and Antonio Rüdiger are far from timely. To further press home how much they’ve struggled, each of their last four home league games were decided by a one-goal margin (W3, L1).[/p]
[p]With Celta battling to finish in the top eight and guarantee themselves European football next term, they enjoyed a timely return to winning ways last week as they beat Villarreal 3-0 to end a two-game losing run. The Sky Blues then jokingly named a squad list for the Copa del Rey final after it seemed Madrid may pull out, which might add a little spice to this clash as they search for a first H2H win since January 2017 (D3, L15).[/p]
[p]Celta have lost each of the last ten, while they haven’t won a La Liga away H2H since November 2006 (D1, L11)! Their away form lately has at least been positive, posting a four-game unbeaten streak on the road in the league (W2, D2) before Barcelona beat them on their last trip. That could give them hope of a rare victory in these parts having failed to win any of their three league away games against sides based in the Community of Madrid this term (D1, L2).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Arda GĂĽler is enjoying some good late-season form with a goal contribution in his last two appearances (G1, A1), while he also completed the scoring in last season’s corresponding fixture. Fellow 20-year-old Fer LĂłpez has scored in two of Celta’s last four games – three of his four goals for the senior team this term came after the 70th minute in away matches.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: A pre-round league-high 75% of Celta’s away league games this season saw both teams score.[/p]
[p][i]Written by John Pennington[/i][/p]