La Liga: The average league table spots shows the journey Athletic Club and Celta de Vigo have taken uptil now. Both teams are set to play; let's get this baby out!
- Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
This could be an entertaining match with lots of spark and bustle as both contenders are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Athletic Club form and stats
Athletic Club have collected 27 points from their La Liga home games so far after 8-3-4.
Athletic Club travelled for their previous game, a trip to Villarreal that ended 1-1. Midfield player Muniain got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, the max score being 10. Muniain served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 38 successful passes (of 43 total).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Elche in a game that was won 2-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Athletic Club have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won four times, drawn two and lost one.
The manager Toral will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Cadiz in only four days.
Athletic Club have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at San Mamés Barria with 25 goals in 15 league matches. Club have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Celta de Vigo form and stats
4 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Celta de Vigo playing as the away team in the La Liga this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Coudet, the Celta de Vigo manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
There might be some fixture complaints from Celta de Vigo as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against Espanyol. Vázquez was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.61. The defender Vázquez hit two key passes and won 6 of 9 duels.
A loss against Real Madrid was the result prior to that, in a home game.We have checked recent matches where Celta de Vigo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were one victory, two draws and three defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Getafe in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Celta as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Celta de Vigo are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 14 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Here's what happened when the squads met previously this campaign; Celta de Vigo - Athletic Club 0-1. Club-Celta de Vigo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Athletic Club four wins, Celta de Vigo three wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  I. Aspas Juncal 13 goals |   I. Williams Arthuer 7 goals |  S. Mina Lorenzo 7 goals |
Athletic Club missing players
Celta de Vigo missing players
| Athletic Club | Celta de Vigo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 36 | 25 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 13 | 34 |
| 30 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 35 |
| 84% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 73% | 84% |
| 61% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 47% | 61% |
| 39% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 35% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 16% |
| 6% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 52% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 39% |
| 32% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 47% | 35% |
| 32% | 13% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 42% |
| 6.2 | 7.2 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 4.4 | 2.9 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.4 | 4 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13.2 | 15 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.1 | 10.7 |
| 4.7 | 5.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 25% | 28% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 11.7 | 9.3 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 12.3 | 11.1 |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
- Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Athletic Club have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Athletic Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 31 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 63 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 37 | 72 |
| 2 | FC Barcelona | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 60 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 18 | 29 | 60 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 31 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 44 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 22 | 60 |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 31 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 57 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 19 | 57 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 56 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 19 | 56 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 54 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 49 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 46 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 36 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 45 |
| 9 | Valencia | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 25 | -1 | 41 |
| 10 | Osasuna | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -9 | 41 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 42 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 26 | -6 | 39 |
| 12 | Celta de Vigo | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 36 |
| 13 | Rayo Vallecano | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 25 | -5 | 33 |
| 14 | Getafe | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 22 | -7 | 32 |
| 15 | Elche | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 27 | -12 | 32 |
| 16 | Granada | 31 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 35 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 28 | -17 | 29 |
| 17 | Mallorca | 31 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 33 | -23 | 29 |
| 18 | Cadiz | 31 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -17 | 28 |
| 19 | Levante | 31 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 61 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 36 | -26 | 22 |
| 20 | Deportivo Alaves | 31 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 53 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 35 | -29 | 22 |
