Trying to decrease the distance up to the top clubs is on the list when these two mid-table clubs duel. Both will be trying to better their league table standing, Athletic Club in 10th and Celta de Vigo in 13th position.
- Athletic Club have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Celta de Vigo is in the worst form (1-0-5)
Athletic Club and Celta de Vigo should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Athletic Club form and stats
When playing at home in the La Liga, Athletic Club have managed 7 wins, 3 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 17 games. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Club, their manager Valverde and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Athletic Club faced defeat in their previous match, away at Villarreal (1-5). As you see from the result above, Club suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Simón had a busy but productive day in the Villarreal match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented. Defender Berchiche got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.05/10. Berchiche won 6 of 8 duels.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Real Betis (0-1).The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Athletic Club's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 9 games, won 3 matches, drawn 2 and lost 4.
The Club fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 17 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Athletic Club have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Celta de Vigo form and stats
There's been little loot from Celta de Vigo's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 17 away games in the La Liga. Celta de Vigo only have 4 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 4 draws. Recent form does not give Celta de Vigo much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Athletic Club will be a tough nut to crack.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Valencia with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Attacker Aspas got a player rating of 7.35 in the game. "Man of the match" Aspas hit three key passes.
Prior to that match, the Celta manager Carvalhal faced defeat when travelling to Getafe and losing 0-1.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Celta de Vigo playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 2 away wins, 1 draw and 2 home wins.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Girona in just three days.
The attacking power of Celta de Vigo when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 17 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Celta's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 29 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date logged history featuring both these squads is the Celta de Vigo - Athletic Club 1-0 played not long ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Athletic Club victories, three draws and four Celta de Vigo wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Aspas Juncal 12 goals |   O. Sancet Tirapu 9 goals |  I. Williams Arthuer 9 goals |
Athletic Club missing players
Celta de Vigo missing players
| Athletic Club | Celta de Vigo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 44 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 16 | 39 |
| 38 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 29 | 48 |
| 85% | 82% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 88% | 94% |
| 59% | 41% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 20% | 59% | 65% |
| 47% | 29% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 47% | 50% |
| 32% | 24% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 41% | 29% |
| 15% | 18% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 12% |
| 41% | 18% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 47% | 50% |
| 32% | 47% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 24% | 29% |
| 41% | 53% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 41% | 26% |
| 6.4 | 7.8 | 8.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| 3.5 | 2.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 14.6 | 16.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.6 | 12.8 |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| 28% | 24% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 25% | 27% |
| 10.8 | 8.9 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 11.5 | 10.1 |
| 3.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
- Athletic Club have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Athletic Club have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Celta de Vigo is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Barcelona | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 64 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 51 | 85 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 70 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 18 | 38 | 71 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 60 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 33 | 69 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 62 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 52 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 57 |
| 6 | Real Betis | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 52 |
| 7 | Girona | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 48 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 6 | 48 |
| 8 | Sevilla | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | -5 | 47 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 47 |
| 10 | Athletic Club | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 38 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 6 | 47 |
| 11 | Rayo Vallecano | 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -2 | 46 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 25 | -4 | 44 |
| 13 | Celta de Vigo | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 29 | -9 | 39 |
| 14 | Valencia | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 24 | -3 | 37 |
| 15 | Almeria | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 43 | 61 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 39 | -18 | 36 |
| 16 | Cádiz | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 27 | -24 | 35 |
| 17 | Real Valladolid | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 30 | 60 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 36 | -30 | 35 |
| 18 | Getafe | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 43 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 25 | -13 | 34 |
| 19 | Espanyol | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 60 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 31 | -18 | 31 |
| 20 | Elche | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 64 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 37 | -38 | 19 |
