Athletic Club vs RC Celta de Vigo, La Liga 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Primera Division · 2024-25

Athletic Club

3 – 1

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RC Celta de Vigo

Sun 22 Sep 2024 · 14:15 UTC San Mames Barria 48,737 HT 45' · FT 45'

Gorka Guruzeta 4' 1–0

1–1 25' Iago Aspas pen

Gorka Guruzeta 39' 2–1

Alvaro Djalo 80' 3–1

Alex Berenguer 20' Y

Aitor Paredes Casamichana 30' Y

Y 50' Hugo Sotelo

Benat Prados 52' Y

Y 86' Ilaix Moriba

Overview

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Athletic Club vs RC Celta de Vigo — La Liga at San Mames Barria.

Athletic Club 38 games · 45 pts (2026/27)
RC Celta de Vigo 38 games · 54 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Jose Sanchez Martinez (Spain)
Assistant 1 Juan Lopez Mir (Spain)
Assistant 2 Javier Martinez Nicolas (Spain)

9 games this season 🟨 0.6/game ⚽ 3.3 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Barcelona	38	94
2	Real Madrid CF	38	86
3	Villarreal CF	38	72
4	Club Atletico de Madrid	38	69
5	Real Betis Balompie	38	60
6	RC Celta de Vigo	38	54
7	Getafe CF	38	51
8	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	38	50
9	Valencia CF	38	49
10	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	38	46
11	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	38	46
12	Athletic Club	38	45
13	Elche CF	38	43
14	Deportivo Alaves	38	43
15	Sevilla FC	38	43
16	CA Osasuna	38	42
17	RCD Mallorca	38	42
18	Levante UD	38	42
19	Girona FC	38	41
20	Real Oviedo	38	29

Head-to-Head

Athletic Club 16 games · Avg 2.5 goals RC Celta de Vigo

Last 5 meetings

2024-09-22 Athletic Club 3–1 RC Celta de Vigo 2024-05-15 RC Celta de Vigo 2–1 Athletic Club 2023-11-10 Athletic Club 4–3 RC Celta de Vigo 2023-05-20 Athletic Club 2–1 RC Celta de Vigo 2023-01-29 RC Celta de Vigo 1–0 Athletic Club

Recent Form

Athletic Club

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Sep	RC Celta de Vigo	H	3–1	W
19 Sep	CD Leganes	A	2–0	W
15 Sep	UD Las Palmas	A	3–2	W
31 Aug	Club Atletico de Madrid	H	0–1	L
28 Aug	Valencia CF	H	1–0	W
24 Aug	FC Barcelona	A	1–2	L

RC Celta de Vigo

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Sep	Athletic Club	A	1–3	L
15 Sep	Real Valladolid CF	H	3–1	W
01 Sep	CA Osasuna	A	2–3	L
26 Aug	Villarreal CF	A	3–4	L
23 Aug	Valencia CF	H	3–1	W
16 Aug	Deportivo Alaves	H	2–1	W

Season Stats

Athletic Club		RC Celta de Vigo
#12	Position	#6
45	Points	54
38	Played	38
13 / 6 / 19	W / D / L	14 / 12 / 12
43	Scored	53
58	Conceded	48
-15	GD	+5
1.18	PPG	1.42
34%	Win %	37%

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Athletic Club are 12th (45 pts). RC Celta de Vigo are 6th (54 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. RC Celta de Vigo kicks off things out of here…
4' What a moment for Gorka Guruzeta! That strike on 4 puts his side firmly in control.
6' Marcos Alonso is ready to make an impact after coming on for Oscar Mingueza at the 6 minute mark.
11' It looks surprising Athletic Club does not make any changes. Oihan Sancet has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
16' Vicente Guaita, a Spain , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
20' A moment of madness from Alex Berenguer on 20 minutes earns him a card. Athletic Club will be frustrated.
25' The Spain Iago Aspas breaks the deadlock on 25 minutes. 1-1!
30' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Aitor Paredes Casamichana.
35' It’s high time Ernesto Valverde made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
39' GOAL! Gorka Guruzeta scores on 39. Assisted by Alex Berenguer
44' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 3-4-3 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
46' Fresh legs for Athletic Club! Alex Padilla comes on to replace Julen Agirrezabala.
50' Hugo Sotelo has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 50.
52' Benat Prados picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
57' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
62' Time for substitution for RC Celta de Vigo. Hugo Sotelo is replaced by Ilaix Moriba.
63' Jailson makes way for Carlos Dominguez at the 63 minute mark. A tactical switch from RC Celta de Vigo.
65' A tactical swap from Athletic Club — Ruiz de Galarreta on, Mikel Jauregizar off on 65 minutes.
68' Time for substitution for RC Celta de Vigo. Hugo Alvarez is replaced by Williot Swedberg.
73' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Benat Prados made 328 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
75' Fresh legs for Athletic Club! Unai Gomez comes on to replace Alex Berenguer.
77' Fresh legs for Athletic Club! Alvaro Djalo comes on to replace Gorka Guruzeta.
80' The deadlock is broken! Alvaro Djalo gets on the scoresheet on 80 minutes.
85' RC Celta de Vigo are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
86' Ilaix Moriba catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 86.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 3-1.

Lineups

Athletic Club Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

18
De Marcos
3
Daniel Vivian
9
Inaki Williams
12
Gorka Guruzeta ↓ Alvaro Djalo 77'
7
Alex Berenguer ↓ Unai Gomez 75'
8
Oihan Sancet
4
Aitor Paredes Casamichana
13
Julen Agirrezabala ↓ Alex Padilla 46'
24
Benat Prados
23
Mikel Jauregizar ↓ Ruiz de Galarreta 65'
32
Adama Boiro ↓ Inigo Lekue 65'

Bench

21
Ander Herrera
6
Mikel Vesga
16
Ruiz de Galarreta ↑ 65'
2
Andoni Gorosabel
15
Inigo Lekue ↑ 65'
14
Unai Nunez
22
Nico Serrano
11
Alvaro Djalo ↑ 77'
20
Unai Gomez ↑ 75'
26
Alex Padilla ↑ 46'
19
Javi Marton

Coach Ernesto Valverde

RC Celta de Vigo Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

16
Jailson ↓ Carlos Dominguez 63'
13
Vicente Guaita
17
Jonathan Bamba
10
Iago Aspas
9
Anastasios Douvikas ↓ Borja Iglesias 68'
2
Carl Starfelt
3
Oscar Mingueza ↓ Marcos Alonso 6'
33
Hugo Sotelo ↓ Ilaix Moriba 62'
30
Hugo Alvarez ↓ Williot Swedberg 68'
32
Javi Rodriguez
25
Damian Rodriguez

Bench

Coach Claudio

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Iago Aspas	7
Inaki Williams	6
Alex Berenguer	4
Gorka Guruzeta	4
Raul Garcia	3
Fran Beltran	2
Williot Swedberg	2
Damian Rodriguez	1

Head to Head

Athletic Club Form

2024-09-22 Athletic Club 3–1 RC Celta de Vigo W 2024-09-19 CD Leganes 0–2 Athletic Club W 2024-09-15 UD Las Palmas 2–3 Athletic Club W 2024-08-31 Athletic Club 0–1 Club Atletico de Madrid L 2024-08-28 Athletic Club 1–0 Valencia CF W 2024-08-24 FC Barcelona 2–1 Athletic Club L

RC Celta de Vigo Form

2024-09-22 Athletic Club 3–1 RC Celta de Vigo L 2024-09-15 RC Celta de Vigo 3–1 Real Valladolid CF W 2024-09-01 CA Osasuna 3–2 RC Celta de Vigo L 2024-08-26 Villarreal CF 4–3 RC Celta de Vigo L 2024-08-23 RC Celta de Vigo 3–1 Valencia CF W 2024-08-16 RC Celta de Vigo 2–1 Deportivo Alaves W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.79 Athletic Club xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.49 RC Celta de Vigo xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 65% + Over 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Athletic Club48% Draw24% RC Celta de Vigo28%

Actual: Athletic Club win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.28

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Athletic Club or Draw

72%

Draw or RC Celta de Vigo

52%

Athletic Club or RC Celta de Vigo

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Athletic Club33% Draw42% RC Celta de Vigo25%

Actual: Athletic Club win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.9%

2 – 1

8.6%

1 – 2

7.2%

2 – 2

6.4%

1 – 0

2 – 0

0 – 0

5.3%

3 – 1

Actual

0 – 1

4.9%

0 – 2

4.2%

3 – 2

3.9%

1 – 3

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Athletic Club

Handicap	Athletic Club covers	Push	RC Celta de Vigo covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	13%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	20%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	16%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Athletic Club keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

RC Celta de Vigo keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.