The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Athletic Club are in the 8th position while the guesting Celta de Vigo worry at 17th.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Athletic Club form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at San Mames as Athletic Club have scored 13 goals to get 20 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the La Liga are 6-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). The last three games played by Athletic Club, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
A good away victory last time out for Athletic Club, who won 4-0 against Sestao River. Before that, Athletic Club played out a La Liga draw 1-1 when visiting Sevilla.
As mentioned above, Athletic Club "killed" Sestao River in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
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 ten games) they have won 7 times, drawn 0 and lost 3.
Athletic Club are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. Defensively Athletic Club have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Celta de Vigo form and stats
Celta de Vigo have only collected 5 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 1-2-6 (9 played). Celta de Vigo has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
It's the second away game in a row for Celta de Vigo, but there's smiles all around after the 4-1 victory versus Merida AD in the Copa Del Rey last time out. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Osasuna.
We have checked recent matches where Celta de Vigo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were W1-D1-L4.
Celta de Vigo find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 9 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. The Celta de Vigo manager Ó. García has some worries about the defense as 18 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Celta de Vigo - Athletic Club 1-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Athletic Club won 7 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Celta de Vigo has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 7 / 3Top Goalscorers
  I. Aspas 7 goals |   R. García 5 goals |  I. Muniain 4 goals |
Athletic Club missing players
Celta de Vigo missing players
| Athletic Club | Celta de Vigo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 20 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 18 | 29 |
| 79% | 89% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 63% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 68% |
| 21% | 22% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 37% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 44% | 32% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 37% | 22% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 53% |
| 47% | 67% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 37% | 22% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 37% |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 210 | 122 | 44 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 82 | 201 |
| 66 | 45 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 34 | 72 |
| 30% | 29% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 26% | 22% |
- Athletic Club has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home
- Athletic Club has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Athletic Club have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Celta de Vigo has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
- Celta de Vigo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Barcelona | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 26 | 40 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 24 | 40 |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 35 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 31 |
| 6 | Valencia | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 31 |
| 7 | Getafe | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 30 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
| 9 | Villarreal | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 28 |
| 10 | Granada | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 27 |
| 11 | Levante | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Osasuna | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 24 |
| 13 | Real Betis | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -6 | 24 |
| 14 | Real Valladolid | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 15 | Deportivo Alavés | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -9 | 20 |
| 16 | SD Eibar | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 19 |
| 17 | Celta de Vigo | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -13 | 15 |
| 18 | Mallorca | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -15 | 15 |
| 19 | Leganes | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 14 |
| 20 | Espanyol | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -22 | 11 |