Athletic Bilbao vs Celta Vigo Match Analysis & Prediction
22/09/2024 5:15 pm
Athletic Bilbao will be looking to make it three straight La Liga wins when they play host to Celta Vigo at San Mames Barria on Sunday.
The Lions are currently fifth in the table after picking up 10 points from their opening six matches of the campaign, while a strong start has seen Celta collect nine points to sit sixth in the division.
Athletic had a slow start to the season, being held at home by Getafe in their campaign opener before suffering a 2-1 defeat to Barcelona, but they managed to secure a 1-0 victory over Valencia at the end of August.
A second defeat in three matches followed at home to Atletico Madrid, but Athletic have been victorious in their last two games, winning a five-goal thriller against Las Palmas last weekend before beating Leganes 2-0 on Thursday through goals from Dani Vivian and Inaki Williams.
Ernesto Valverde’s side finished fifth in La Liga in 2023-24 to qualify for the league phase of this season’s Europa League, with their opener in the competition set to take place away to Roma next week.
Meanwhile, Celta have been one of the surprise packages in La Liga this season, picking up nine points from their five matches to sit sixth in the table, one point behind Athletic ahead of this weekend’s game.
Celta started their campaign with successive wins over Alaves and Valencia, before losing their next two to Villarreal and Osasuna, but they were back to winning ways last weekend, beating Real Valladolid 3-1, with Borja Iglesias scoring his third league goal of the season.
The Sky Blues actually have the joint second-worst defensive record in the league this season, having conceded 10 times, but they have scored 13, with only Barcelona (17) managing more at this stage.
Athletic Bilbao vs. Celta Vigo Head to head
In the previous 54 meetings between these two teams, Athletic have claimed 24 victories while Celta have won 14, and they have drawn in 16. Celta have scored 63 goals and conceded 75 in the process.
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17/04/2022Athletic Bilbao0Celta Vigo2La Liga
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29/01/2023Celta Vigo1Athletic Bilbao0La Liga
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20/05/2023Athletic Bilbao2Celta Vigo1La Liga
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10/11/2023Athletic Bilbao4Celta Vigo3La Liga
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15/05/2024Celta Vigo2Athletic Bilbao1La Liga
Athletic Bilbao Team News
Athletic will be without the services of Nico Williams for this match, with the Spain international sustaining an ankle injury during the game against Leganes.
Yeray Alvarez and Unai Simon are also still missing, but aside from Williams, the team did not pick up any further concerns against Leganes, so it will be largely the same squad from Thursday’s contest.
Athletic Bilbao's Last 5 Matches
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24/08/2024Barcelona2Athletic Bilbao1La Liga
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28/08/2024Athletic Bilbao1Valencia0La Liga
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31/08/2024Athletic Bilbao0Atletico Madrid1La Liga
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15/09/2024Las Palmas2Athletic Bilbao3La Liga
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19/09/2024Leganes0Athletic Bilbao2La Liga
Celta Vigo Team News
Jailson, Javi Manquillo, Mihailo Ristic, Carlos Dominguez and Luca de la Torre will miss out for Celta through injury, but Alfon Gonzalez is back following suspension.
Iglesias has scored three league goals this season and will continue in the final third of the field, with Aspas and Pablo Duran expected to feature in the wide areas for the visitors.
Celta Vigo's Last 5 Matches
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16/08/2024Celta Vigo2Alaves1La Liga
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23/08/2024Celta Vigo3Valencia1La Liga
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26/08/2024Villarreal4Celta Vigo3La Liga
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01/09/2024Osasuna3Celta Vigo2La Liga
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15/09/2024Celta Vigo3Real Valladolid1La Liga
Athletic Bilbao vs. Celta Vigo: Odds and Predictions
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