Real Betis vs Celta de Vigo pre-match betting guide

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Benito Villamarín (60721 seats)

A win is the only result that will suffice for the Real Betis fans in this Estadio Benito Villamarín clash with Celta de Vigo, seeing as they have a solid lead on the away team in the La Liga standings.

Insights:
  • Real Betis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Celta de Vigo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Real Betis have less rest than Celta de Vigo in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a La Liga game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Barcelona, was also a home game here at Estadio Benito Villamarín. The away team is better rested.

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Real Betis form and stats

The story so far in the La Liga for Real Betis at their home stadium (Estadio Benito Villamarín) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

The Real Betis followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estadio Benito Villamarín: A 1-2 defeat against Barcelona (placed 1st). Pezzella, defender, was given a rating of 6.95/10 in that game, top of the team. Pezzella won 6 of 9 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Getafe and winning 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Betis perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Real Betis as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Real Betis has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Real Betis has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Real Betis are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Benito Villamarín in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.

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Celta de Vigo form and stats

Celta de Vigo have only collected 7 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 2-1-6 (9 played).

The followers enjoyed Celta de Vigo's previous game versus Athletic Club (placed 9th), a 1-0 win played at home. Núñez, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.35. Núñez won 7 of 8 duels.

A 0-1 defeat away at Mallorca before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Celta in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Celta de Vigo, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Fancy a bet on few goals? 5 league games in a row with this club have had two goals or less.

The attacking power of Celta de Vigo when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Celta have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have met each other before in this season, with the match result Celta de Vigo - Real Betis 1-0 registered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Real Betis wins - draws - Celta de Vigo wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BetisB. Iglesias Quintas
B. Iglesias Quintas
9 goals
Celta de VigoI. Aspas Juncal
I. Aspas Juncal
9 goals

Real Betis missing players

Celta de Vigo missing players

Real Betis Celta de Vigo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 1 Played P 2 9 19
9 5 1 Won W 0 2 5
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 5
6 2 0 Lost L 2 6 9
21 13 3 Scored S 1 5 18
16 7 0 Conceded C 5 16 29
84% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
58% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 44% 63%
47% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 47%
5% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 26%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 22% 16%
42% 56% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 53%
42% 44% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 32%
32% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 21%
 
4.1 4.6 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.7 4.6
5.1 4.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.8 4
2.3 1.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 1.8 2.1
8 4 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.8 11.8 18 Shots (avg) S ( 16.5 12.8 13
3.8 4.7 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.1 4.4
29% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 14% 22%
 
12.2 11.4 4 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.4 9.7
3.8 3.6 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.6 3.7
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Celta de Vigo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Real Betis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Real Betis have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Celta de Vigo have scored away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barcelona 19 16 2 1 39 7 9 7 2 0 19 1 10 9 0 1 20 6 32 50
2 Real Madrid 18 13 3 2 38 16 8 5 3 0 16 7 10 8 0 2 22 9 22 42
3 Real Sociedad 19 12 3 4 28 18 9 5 2 2 12 10 10 7 1 2 16 8 10 39
4 Atletico Madrid 19 10 4 5 28 16 9 4 2 3 14 9 10 6 2 2 14 7 12 34
5 Villarreal 19 9 4 6 21 14 9 6 1 2 14 7 10 3 3 4 7 7 7 31
6 Real Betis 19 9 4 6 21 16 9 5 2 2 13 7 10 4 2 4 8 9 5 31
7 Rayo Vallecano 19 8 5 6 25 22 9 4 2 3 13 11 10 4 3 3 12 11 3 29
8 Osasuna 19 8 4 7 18 18 10 6 0 4 12 9 9 2 4 3 6 9 0 28
9 Athletic Club 19 7 5 7 25 20 10 5 2 3 12 6 9 2 3 4 13 14 5 26
10 Mallorca 19 7 4 8 15 18 9 4 2 3 7 6 10 3 2 5 8 12 -3 25
11 Almeria 19 6 4 9 23 29 10 6 1 3 17 12 9 0 3 6 6 17 -6 22
12 Girona 19 5 6 8 26 29 10 4 3 3 16 15 9 1 3 5 10 14 -3 21
13 Sevilla 19 5 6 8 21 26 10 3 3 4 10 12 9 2 3 4 11 14 -5 21
14 Valencia 18 5 5 8 25 21 10 4 2 4 17 10 8 1 3 4 8 11 4 20
15 Espanyol 19 4 8 7 23 29 9 2 3 4 11 15 10 2 5 3 12 14 -6 20
16 Celta de Vigo 19 5 5 9 18 29 10 3 4 3 13 13 9 2 1 6 5 16 -11 20
17 Real Valladolid 19 6 2 11 14 28 10 5 1 4 9 9 9 1 1 7 5 19 -14 20
18 Cadiz 19 4 7 8 14 29 10 2 5 3 9 15 9 2 2 5 5 14 -15 19
19 Getafe 19 4 5 10 16 26 10 2 3 5 9 13 9 2 2 5 7 13 -10 17
20 Elche 19 0 6 13 12 39 9 0 3 6 5 15 10 0 3 7 7 24 -27 6

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.