Athletic Bilbao vs Celta Vigo Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Athletic Bilbao

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Athletic Bilbao are hoping to win again after their last result, the 1-0 La Liga triumph vs Celta Vigo.

In that match, Athletic Bilbao had 61% possession and 1 attempts at goal with 1 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Athletic Bilbao was Iñaki Williams (5'). For their opponents, Celta Vigo had 0 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Athletic Bilbao haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Athletic Bilbao have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 9 goals during that time. That sort of trend isn’t assured to be continued into this game, however.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Athletic Bilbao:

• have left without a victory over Celta Vigo in their previous 2 league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 matches in the league.

Celta Vigo

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The stats don’t lie, and Celta Vigo have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals overall. In defence, Celta Vigo have been far from perfect.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Celta Vigo:

• are undefeated by Athletic Bilbao when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
• are without a win away from home in their last 4 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 19/01/2020 shows us that Athletic Bilbao have won 1 of them and Celta Vigo 3, with the tally of drawn games being 2.

A combined total of 8 goals were scored between them in these games, with 2 for Los Leones and 6 created by Os Celestes. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.33.

The last league match between these sides was La Liga match day 19 on 29/01/2023 when it finished Celta Vigo 1-0 Athletic Bilbao.

On that day, Celta Vigo had 49% possession and 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer was Iago Aspas (71').

On the other side, Athletic Bilbao got 5 shots on goal with 0 on target.

The referee was Isidro Díaz de Mera.

🗞️ Team News: Athletic Bilbao

Unai Vencedor (Shinbone injury), Iñigo Martínez (Calf Strain) and Jon Morcillo (Collarbone fracture) are unavailable for Athletic Bilbao boss Ernesto Valverde.

It’s our opinion that Los Leones could employ a 4-2-3-1 system this time, beginning the first half with Unai Simon, Oscar de Marcos, Aitor Paredes, Daniel Vivian, Yuri Berchiche, Oihan Sancet, Dani Garcia, Nico Williams, Iker Muniain, Alex Berenguer and Inaki Williams.

🗞️ Team News: Celta Vigo

Due to a completely injury-free group available for selection, the Celta Vigo boss Carlos Carvalhal doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of before this match.

We believe Os Celestes seem likely to play in a 4-3-3 system, choosing Ivan Villar, Kevin Vazquez, Joseph Aidoo, Unai Nunez, Javi Galan, Gabriel Veiga, Oscar Rodriguez, Fran Beltran, Carles Perez, J. Strand Larsen and Franco Cervi.

⚡ Prediction

In our opinion, Athletic Bilbao certainly have the ability to get the goals that they need against Celta Vigo, who might well find it a difficult task to score themselves.

We reckon that it will be a 2-0 margin for Athletic Bilbao after 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 00:42 16/05/2023