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Athletic Bilbao v Celta de Vigo : La Liga match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 22nd Sep, 15:15 BST, San Mamés, Bilbao

Claudio Giráldez González pays counterpart Ernesto Valverde Tejedor a visit on Sunday afternoon in the La Liga, as their Celta de Vigo and Athletic Bilbao sides face each other at the San Mamés. Form, head to head (H2H) stats, predictions and the best odds are all published below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. Here we've gone for , but why not take a look and see if there's another bet you prefer?

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We're ruling out a bore-draw or a narrow 1-0 win here, and instead we're tipping over 1.5 goals. That means that A.Bilbao and Celta will score a minimum of two between them during 90 mins. It's a tip based on each side's recent form stats, as well as their historic head-to-heads. We give it a probability of 79%. The bookmakers have it available at 1.22.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
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Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think A.Bilbao are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 56% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.70.
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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
A.Bilbao
56%
7/10
2%
7/10
6%
Draw
22%
27/10
1%
29/10
5%
Celta
21%
17/4
5%
18/5
10%
Draw 1-1
11%
6/1
7%
6/1
8%
A.Bilbao 2-1
10%
15/213/2
A.Bilbao 1-0
10%
7/1
7%
6/1
8%
A.Bilbao 2-0
9%
15/27/1
A.Bilbao 3-1
6%
12/110/1
8%
A.Bilbao 3-0
6%
12/110/1
8%
Celta 2-1
6%
14/111/1
Celta 1-0
6%
14/111/1
20%
Draw 2-2
5%
12/1
13%
12/1
Draw 0-0
5%
11/19/1
11%
A.Bilbao 3-2
3%
22/116/1
11%
Celta 2-0
3%
25/118/1
12%
A.Bilbao 4-1
3%
25/118/1
10%
A.Bilbao 4-0
3%
25/118/1
10%
Celta 3-1
2%
40/125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
56%
8/11
4%
8/11
9%
Under 2.5 Goals
44%
11/10
5%
1/1
9%
Home 1st Goal
55%
4/9-
Away 1st Goal
42%
15/8-
No 1st Goal
3%
11/1-
BTTS - Yes
56%
7/10
3%
3/4
4%
BTTS - No
44%
21/20
3%
1/1
5%
BTTS - Home Win
27%
12/5
3%
9/4
12%
BTTS - Draw
17%
15/419/5
BTTS - Away Win
11%
15/213/2
Home/draw
79%
1/62/11
3%
Away/draw
44%
11/10
2%
11/10
8%
Home/away
78%
2/7
3%
1/4
3%
Over 1.5 Goals
79%
2/9
2%
2/9
6%
Under 1.5 Goals
21%
10/3
8%
14/5
15%
Over 3.5 Goals
34%
7/4
8%
7/4
14%
Under 3.5 Goals
66%
4/9
3%
2/5
5%
Over 4.5 Goals
17%
4/1
9%
4/1
17%
Under 4.5 Goals
83%
1/6
3%
2/13
4%
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
9/1
9%
17/2
21%
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
1/16
1%
1/20
3%
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/251/25
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
12/1
8%
10/1
22%
Home DNB
72%
2/72/7
3%
Away DNB
37%
5/212/5
13%
A.Bilbao win to nil
29%
2/1-
Celta win to nil
10%
9/1
11%
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A.Bilbao / A.Bilbao
31%
13/88/5
5%
A.Bilbao / Celta
3%
33/128/1
A.Bilbao / Draw
6%
14/112/1
Draw / A.Bilbao
18%
7/217/5
2%
Draw / Celta
8%
9/18/1
6%
Draw / Draw
14%
5/19/2
10%
Celta / A.Bilbao
4%
20/116/1
11%
Celta / Celta
11%
13/2
6%
6/1
8%
Celta / Draw
6%
14/112/1
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Win / draw / win La Liga table
A.Bilbao
Won
Draw
Lost
Scores
Celta
HOME AWAY TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY
May 25
l
 
2-1A
 Barcelona55001315 
Nov 24
Apr 20
l
 
0-1A
Mar 2
 A.Madrid5320711 
Sep 26
Feb 16
Jan 11
Apr 20
 Real Madrid5320711 
Oct 19
May 4
Dec 8
Apr 6
 Villarreal5320311 
Apr 23
l
 
4-3F
May 11
Dec 15
 Alaves6312210 
w
 
2-1A
Jan 26
-
-
 A.Bilbao Home6312210 
Jan 19
Sep 22
Sep 22
Jan 19
 Celta Away530239 
-
-
Nov 3
Feb 2
 Real Betis522118 
Feb 9
Nov 10
Mar 9
Oct 27
 Mallorca622208 
Dec 8
Apr 6
Apr 13
Dec 1
 R.Vallecano521217 
May 18
Jan 11
Feb 9
Oct 6
 Girona521207 
Sep 29
Mar 2
Oct 19
Feb 16
 Espanyol521207 
Apr 13
Dec 1
Mar 30
Dec 22
 Osasuna5212-47 
Feb 23
l
 
3-2A
Sep 29
Mar 16
 Sevilla6123-35 
May 11
Dec 15
Jan 26
w
 
0-2F
 Leganes6123-45 
Mar 9
Oct 27
Nov 24
May 4
 R.Sociedad6114-44 
Dec 22
May 14
Feb 23
Nov 10
 Valladolid5113-114 
w
 
3-1F
Mar 16
d
 
1-1F
May 14
 Getafe5032-23 
Nov 3
May 25
Apr 23
w
 
2-3F
 Las Palmas5023-42 
Mar 30
Oct 5
w
 
1-0F
May 18
 Valencia5014-71 
w
 
3-1A
Feb 2
Win / draw / win form
A.Bilbao 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
12
Draw
7
L
1
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
A.Bilbao0 - 1A.Madrid
A.Bilbao1 - 0Valencia
A.Bilbao1 - 1Getafe
A.Bilbao2 - 0Sevilla
A.Bilbao2 - 2Osasuna
A.Bilbao1 - 1Granada
A.Bilbao1 - 1Villarreal
A.Bilbao2 - 0Alaves
A.Bilbao0 - 0Barcelona
A.Bilbao3 - 2Girona
A.Bilbao4 - 0Mallorca
A.Bilbao2 - 1R.Sociedad
A.Bilbao1 - 0Las Palmas
A.Bilbao2 - 0A.Madrid
A.Bilbao4 - 0R.Vallecano
A.Bilbao4 - 3Celta
A.Bilbao2 - 2Valencia
A.Bilbao3 - 0Almeria
A.Bilbao2 - 2Getafe
A.Bilbao3 - 0Cadiz
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AA.Bilbao2 - 0Leganes
AA.Bilbao3 - 2Las Palmas
HA.Bilbao0 - 1A.Madrid
HA.Bilbao1 - 0Valencia
AA.Bilbao1 - 2Barcelona
HA.Bilbao1 - 1Getafe
AA.Bilbao1 - 0R.Vallecano
HA.Bilbao2 - 0Sevilla
AA.Bilbao1 - 2Celta
HA.Bilbao2 - 2Osasuna
AA.Bilbao2 - 0Getafe
AA.Bilbao1 - 3A.Madrid
HA.Bilbao1 - 1Granada
HA.Bilbao1 - 1Villarreal
AA.Bilbao0 - 2Real Madrid
HA.Bilbao2 - 0Alaves
AA.Bilbao2 - 0Las Palmas
HA.Bilbao0 - 0Barcelona
AA.Bilbao1 - 3Real Betis
HA.Bilbao3 - 2Girona
Celta 7TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
40
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
4
D
4
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Osasuna3 - 2Celta
Villarreal4 - 3Celta
Granada1 - 2Celta
A.Madrid1 - 0Celta
Alaves3 - 0Celta
Real Betis2 - 1Celta
Sevilla1 - 2Celta
Real Madrid4 - 0Celta
Cadiz2 - 2Celta
Getafe3 - 2Celta
Osasuna0 - 3Celta
Mallorca1 - 1Celta
Villarreal3 - 2Celta
R.Vallecano0 - 0Celta
Valencia0 - 0Celta
A.Bilbao4 - 3Celta
Girona1 - 0Celta
Las Palmas2 - 1Celta
Barcelona3 - 2Celta
Almeria2 - 3Celta
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
9
D
3
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCelta3 - 1Valladolid
ACelta2 - 3Osasuna
ACelta3 - 4Villarreal
HCelta3 - 1Valencia
HCelta2 - 1Alaves
HCelta2 - 2Valencia
ACelta2 - 1Granada
HCelta2 - 1A.Bilbao
ACelta0 - 1A.Madrid
HCelta3 - 2Villarreal
ACelta0 - 3Alaves
HCelta4 - 1Las Palmas
ACelta1 - 2Real Betis
HCelta0 - 0R.Vallecano
ACelta2 - 1Sevilla
ACelta0 - 4Real Madrid
HCelta1 - 0Almeria
ACelta2 - 2Cadiz
HCelta1 - 2Barcelona
ACelta2 - 3Getafe
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at A.Bilbao since 2014
A.Bilbao
Celta
Goals: Scored
16
14
Games: Scored
8 / 10
10 / 10
Clean sheets
0 / 10
2 / 10
ATH
5
D
3
CEL
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT A.Bilbao
A.Bilbao4 - 3
A.Bilbao2 - 1
0 - 2Celta
0 - 2Celta
Draw1 - 1Draw
A.Bilbao3 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
A.Bilbao2 - 1
A.Bilbao2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Celta since 2015
Celta
A.Bilbao
Goals: Scored
9
11
Games: Scored
6 / 10
7 / 10
Clean sheets
3 / 10
4 / 10
ATH
5
D
1
CEL
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Celta
Celta2 - 1
Celta1 - 0
0 - 1A.Bilbao
Draw0 - 0Draw
Celta1 - 0
1 - 2A.Bilbao
Celta3 - 1
0 - 3A.Bilbao
0 - 1A.Bilbao
1 - 2A.Bilbao
Goal Statistics

Athletic Bilbao have been steady in front of goal of late, finding the net in 8 consecutive La Liga matches. Their PG of 1.9 against Celta de Vigo on Sunday suggests that run is likely to continue.

A.Bilbao 6th Celta 7th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.9
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
15%
1
29%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
12%
There is a 85% probability that A.Bilbao will score 1 or more goals
0
34%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 71% probability that Celta will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+15
A.Bilbao have scored 15% more goals at home than predicted
+25
Celta have scored 25% more goals when away than predicted
2.0
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
2.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
La Liga - 2024/2025 season
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A.Bilbao
PG (predicted goals)
Celta
1.9
1.1
Attack rating
ATH
CEL
23%
better
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Games scored5
5
Failed to score1
0
Scored first4
2
Goals scored8
13
Avg. goals scored1.3
2.6
Avg. shots per game7
9
Avg. shots per goal5
4
Conversion rate for19
28
Avg. XG for1.1
1.6
KickOff rating
+23%
Defence rating
40%
better
ATH
CEL
view stats
Games conceded4
5
Clean sheets2
0
Conceded first2
3
Goals conceded6
10
Avg. goals conceded1
2
Avg. shots/game conceded8
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
5
Conversion rate against13%
21%
Avg. XG against0.9
1.6
KickOff rating
+40%

A.Bilbao v Celta La Liga lLine ups will show here when available.

A.Bilbao La Liga squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5333
D VivianO SancetI WilliamsM. Jauregizar Alboniga
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Vivian DEF61
-
B Prados DEF61
2
-
O Sancet MID63
1
-
M Vesga MID6
-
U Gómez MID6
1
-
G Guruzeta FWD62
-
I Williams FWD613
-
N Williams FWD61
1
-
Y Berchiche DEF5
-
Álex Berenguer FWD5
1
-
J Agirrezabala GLK4
-
Y Álvarez DEF4
2
-
I Lekue DEF4
1
-
A Herrera MID4
2
-
M. Jauregizar Alboniga MID4
2
1
A Gorosabel DEF31
1
-
Álvaro Djaló FWD3
-
?. Padilla Pérez GLK2
-
A Paredes DEF21
-
Óscar de Marcos DEF21
-
I Galarreta MID2
1
-
U Núñez DEF1
-
A. Boiro Boiro DEF1
-
J Martón FWD1
-
Celta La Liga squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5332
Óscar MinguezaB IglesiasÓscar MinguezaD Rodríguez
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Óscar Mingueza DEF523
1
-
C Starfelt DEF51
-
Jailson  MID5
-
D Rodríguez MID5
2
-
H Álvarez MID511
2
-
W Swedberg MID511
1
-
B Iglesias FWD53
-
I Aspas FWD522
1
-
A Douvikas FWD51
-
I Villar GLK4
-
J. Rodríguez Galiano DEF4
1
-
F Beltrán MID41
-
C Domínguez DEF3
-
I Moriba MID3
1
-
J Bamba FWD3
1
-
S Carreira DEF2
-
J Manquillo DEF2
-
H Sotelo MID2
1
-
A González FWD2
1
P Durán FWD21
-
V Guaita GLK1
-
M Alonso DEF1
-
J Aidoo DEF1
-