Barcelona vs Celta Vigo Match Analysis and Prediction

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Having already secured a spot for next season’s Champions League competition, Barcelona continue their La Liga campaign against Celta Vigo at Camp Nou on Tuesday.

The hosts guaranteed themselves of a qualification to the European prestigious competition by defeating Real Betis 2-1 on Saturday, while Celta Vigo saw off Alaves 4-0.

Ansu Fati came off the bench to score the opener in the second half before former Barca defender Marc Barta restored parity through his shoulder, but the decisive goal came in the 94th minute through Jordi Alba.

There is still a posiibility for Sevilla and Atletico Madrid to pull down Barcelona to fourth, but the pressure in now off Barca’s shoulders for their final few games of the season, facing Celta Vigo, Getafe and Villarreal.

Xafi’s side saw their three-game losing streak on their own turf come to an end when they defeated Mallorca at Camp Nou on May 1, but they have now gone four games without a clean sheet at home, and their upcoming opponents were in an impressive form at the weekend.

Meanwhile, Celta Vigo were rocked by the news of Santi Mina’s four-year prison sentence after being convicted of sexual abuse, but did not allow the appaling events off the field to distract them as they condemned Alaves to relegation with a four-goal victory.

Having won just one of their last seven before the visit by Alaves, a four-goal victory was the perfect bounce-back for Celta Vigo amid their troubled week, but the visit Camp Nou having only claimed one win from their last nine away games across all competitions.

However, Eduardo Coudet’s side drew 3-3 with Barcelona earlier in the season, and also won 2-1 at Camp Nou last season, so the opportunity of prolonging Barca’s recent misfortune at home this week is certainly a realistic one.

Barcelona vs Celta Vigo head to head

The two teams have previously met on 49 occasions across all competitions, where Barcelona have claimed 24 victories, Celta Vigo 11 and they have drawn in 14. Barcelona have scored 102 goals and conceded 63. In their last five meetings, Celta Vigo have won once, Barcelona twice with two draws.

Barcelona 4-1 Celta Vigo 09/11/19

Celta Vigo 2-2 Barcelona 27/06/20

Celta Vigo 0-3 Barcelona 01/10/20

Barcelona 1-2 Celta Vigo 16/05/21

Celta Vigo 3-3 Barcelona 06/11/21

Barcelona latest home form

Barcelona have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, as they have lost three of their five most recent matches. They lost 3-2 to Eintracht Frankfurt on April 14 in the Europa League. In their last five matches, they have scored five goals and conceded six.

Barcelona 1-0 Sevilla 03/04/22

Barcelona 2-3 Eintracht Frankfurt 14/04/22

Barcelona 0-1 Cadiz 18/04/22

Barcelona 0-1 Rayo Vallecano 24/04/22

Barcelona 2-1 Mallorca 01/05/22

Barcelona latest away form

Barcelona have recently been on a good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their 11 most recent matches. They managed to defeat Real Betis 2-1 in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 11 goals and conceded four.

Real Madrid 0-4 Barcelona 20/03/22

Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Barcelona 07/04/22

Levante 2-3 Barcelona 10/04/22

Real Sociedad 0-1 Barcelona 21/04/22

Real Betis 1-2 Barcelona 07/05/22

Celta Vigo latest home form

Celta Vigo have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, having won just two of their six most recent matches. In their last away game, they managed to defeat Alaves 4-0 in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored nine goals and conceded seven.

Celta Vigo 4-3 Mallorca 06/03/22

Celta Vigo 0-0 Real Betis 20/03/22

Celta Vigo 1-2 Real Madrid 02/04/22

Celta Vigo 0-2 Getafe 20/04/22

Celta Vigo 4-0 Alaves 07/05/22

Celta Vigo latest away form

Celta Vigo have recently been on a relatively poor run of form on the road, having lost three of their five most recent matches. They drew 1-1 with Granada in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored three goals and conceded five.

Atletico Madrid 2-0 Celta Vigo 26/02/22

Villarreal 1-0 Celta Vigo 12/03/22

Espanyol 1-0 Celta Vigo 10/04/22

Athletic Bilbao 0-2 Celta Vigo 17/04/22

Granada 1-1 Celta Vigo 01/05/22

Barcelona news

While Nico Gonzalez, Sergi Roberto and Pedri are all out for the season with injuries, Barcelona lost Sergio Busquets to suspension after picking up his 10th yellow card of the season in the win over Betis.

Ferran Torres is likely to link up with Aubameyang and Ousmane Dembele in the final third.

Celta Vigo news

Celta Vigo currently have a nearly clean bill of health and no suspension issues, with only Hugo Mallo expected to miss out as he works his way back from a patella fracture.

Coudet could retain the XI that beat Alaves, with Nolito and Renato Tapia ready to make an impact from the bench.

Prediction and Odds

Celta Vigo have been a bit of a haunting team for Barcelona in the past and will want to take advantage of Barca’s midfield in the absence of Busquets.

However, despite securing Champions League qualification, Xavi will not want his side to falter. So, we back them for a win.

Odds: 1 1.80 X 2.00 2 3.01