Our betting experts at Ace Football preview the La Liga round 8 game between Barcelona and Celta Vigo and offer team news, fixture history and the best betting suggestions for the match.
Struggling Celta Vigo are most likely in for a tough assignment when going up against Barcelona this coming Sunday at Spotify Camp Nou. With a string of mediocre performances, at best, it would be astounding to see the former take any point here. In this game, Celta Vigo will be surely out with an attempt to narrow the gap on the LaLiga leaders.
Position in the La Liga standings: Barcelona vs Celta Vigo
The current standings in La Liga show us how Barcelona and Celta Vigo have performed this season so far. Surely, an exciting battle for three points is on the cards in this round 8 clash on Sunday.
Latest form and fixture history of Barcelona against Celta Vigo
Barcelona keep on winning
Barcelona will be out to extend their fine run of results lately. In their last three matches, Xavi Hernandez’s side beat Elche 3-0 and Mallorca 0-1, before losing against Inter 1-0 in a midweek Champions League clash.
Celta Vigo enjoy steady progress
It is difficult to point a finger at recent results for Celta Vigo, as they have performed according to their level. Celta Vigo collected one win from their last three matches, as Atletico Madrid won by 4-1. Valencia were too strong as well in a 3-0 defeat, before Celta Vigo won 1-0 against Real Betis.
Latest encounters between Barcelona and Celta Vigo
The last time the pair played each other, Barcelona came away as 3-1 winners in La Liga, back in May 2022. At the time of writing, the bookmakers are offering the following prices on this encounter: betting on Celta Vigo will get you odds 9.00, meaning the bookies predict, they are in with an 11% chance of victory at Camp Nou. You can get a price of 1.28, should you wish to add Barca to your accumulator, if that is your preferred betting strategy.
Barcelona vs Celta Vigo Stats
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Barcelona and Celta Vigo. The facts are based on statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- Barcelona have not lost 20 of the last 22 matches
- Barcelona have scored in 15 of the last 17 matches
- Barcelona have not lost 9 of the last 10 home matches
- Barcelona have won 6 of the last 7 matches
- Barcelona have won the last 3 home matches in a row
- Celta Vigo have not won 15 of the last 17 away matches
- Celta Vigo have scored in 13 of the last 15 matches
- Celta Vigo have conceded in 11 of the last 13 away matches
- Celta Vigo have scored in 8 of the last 10 away matches
- Celta Vigo have lost 3 of the last 4 away matches
- Barcelona have scored in 22 of the last 24 matches versus Celta Vigo
- In 12 of the last 14 Barcelona matches versus Celta Vigo the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Barcelona have not lost 15 of the last 17 home matches versus Celta Vigo
- Barcelona have scored in 16 of the last 17 home matches versus Celta Vigo
- In 9 of the last 11 Barcelona home matches versus Celta Vigo the sum of goals was over 2.5
Primary goal-getter
Robert Lewandowski has been the most prolific scorer for the home team recently. Surely, Barcelona will be relying on him to once again shine in their upcoming match. Meanwhile, Celta Vigo will be looking to Iago Aspas in the hope that he will add more goals to his current total of 4 goals in his last 6 games.
Barcelona vs Celta Vigo Match predictions
To summarise, the upcoming match between Barcelona and Celta Vigo appears to be a good chance to place some bets. Therefore, we have come up with the recommended betting suggestion for this game. However, we also present some lower and higher-risk alternatives.
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