📏 Form Guide

Barcelona

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Barcelona will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 3-1 Champions League loss in their previous game against Borussia Dortmund.

In that game, Barcelona had 54% possession and 7 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. On the other side, Borussia Dortmund got 18 shots at goal with 11 of them on target. Serhou Guirassy (11', 49', 76') and Ramy Bensebaini (54' Own goal) scored for Borussia Dortmund.

Their most recent results really do illustrate the point that much solidity has been shown by the Barcelona defence. Barcelona have been miserly, seeing the tally of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their past 6 games standing at 3. That sort of trend won’t necessarily be continued here, though.

Their past results show that Barcelona:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Celta Vigo in their previous 3 matches.
• are undefeated in their last 7 home league matches.

Celta Vigo

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Espanyol in La Liga competition, Celta Vigo will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Celta Vigo had 64% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Espanyol had 5 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Roberto Fernández (28', 63') was the scorer for Espanyol.

The numbers tell their own story, and Celta Vigo have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 7 goals in all. At the back, Celta Vigo could really do with shoring things up.

A look at their previous results shows us that Celta Vigo:

• haven't beaten Barcelona when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league games.
• have not been beaten in their last 4 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 10/05/2022 tells us that Barcelona have won 4 of these games & Celta Vigo 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

An aggregate of 20 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 12 for Barça and 8 netted by Os Celestes. The average goals per game has been 3.33.

The previous league fixture between the two was La Liga match day 14 on 23/11/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Celta Vigo 2-2 Barcelona.

In that game, Celta Vigo managed 41% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. The goalscorers were Alfon González (84') and Hugo Álvarez (86').

Barcelona had 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Raphinha (15') and Robert Lewandowski (61') scored.

The referee was César Soto Grado.

📰 Team News: Barcelona

Alejandro Balde (Hamstring injury), Marc Casadó (Ligament injury), Marc Bernal (Cruciate ligament tear) and Marc-André ter Stegen (Patellar tendon rupture) won’t be available for Barcelona gaffer Hansi Flick.

It looks as if Barça could go for a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game featuring Wojciech Szczesny, Jules Kounde, Pau Cubarsi, Inigo Martinez, Gerard Martin, Frenkie de Jong, Pedri, Lamine Yamal, Fermin Lopez, Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski.

📋 Team News: Celta Vigo

There’s a good chance that Os Celestes seem likely to utilise a 3-4-3 system, starting the game with Vicente Guaita, Javi Rodriguez, Carlos Dominguez, Marcos Alonso, Sergio Carreira, Fran Beltran, Ilaix Moriba, Oscar Mingueza, Iago Aspas, Borja Iglesias and Alfon Gonzalez.

🧠 Prediction

We’re thinking that Barcelona will most probably convert a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.

At the same time, Celta Vigo may well struggle finding the net themselves but we can see them scoring here.

We’re therefore anticipating a controlled 3-1 winning margin for Barcelona at the end of the match.

Victor Martins, 14:05 19/04/2025