RC Celta de Vigo vs Elche CF, La Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
RC Celta de Vigo vs Elche CF — La Liga at Estadio Abanca-Balaidos.
- RC Celta de Vigo 38 games · 54 pts (2025/26)
- Elche CF 38 games · 43 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Ricardo de Burgos
- Assistant 1 Iker De Francisco Grijalba (Spain)
- Assistant 2 Asier Perez de Mendiola (Spain)
24 games this season 🟨 0.5/game ⚽ 3.6 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# 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 Futbol 38 46 11 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 38 46 12 Athletic Club 38 45 13 Sevilla FC 38 43 14 Deportivo Alaves 38 43 15 Elche CF 38 43 16 Levante UD 38 42 17 CA Osasuna 38 42 18 RCD Mallorca 38 42 19 Girona FC 38 41 20 Real Oviedo 38 29 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 May Elche CF H 3–1 W 26 Apr Villarreal CF A 1–2 L 22 Apr FC Barcelona A 0–1 L 16 Apr SC Freiburg H 1–3 L 12 Apr Real Oviedo H 0–3 L 09 Apr SC Freiburg A 0–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 May RC Celta de Vigo A 1–3 L 26 Apr Real Oviedo A 2–1 W 22 Apr Club Atletico de Madrid H 3–2 W 11 Apr Valencia CF H 1–0 W 03 Apr Rayo Vallecano de Madrid A 0–1 L 21 Mar RCD Mallorca H 2–1 W Season Stats
RC Celta de Vigo Elche CF #6 Position #15 54 Points 43 38 Played 38 14 / 12 / 12 W / D / L 10 / 13 / 15 53 Scored 49 48 Conceded 57 +5 GD -8 1.42 PPG 1.13 37% Win % 26% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)38% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history26% Clean Sheets
RC Celta de Vigo this season21% Clean Sheets
Elche CF this seasonRC Celta de Vigo are 6th (54 pts). Elche CF are 15th (43 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
RC Celta de Vigo0-153/316-301/131-45–/346-604/361-752/176+2/2■ Scored ■ ConcededElche CF0-151/316-303/131-453/146-60–/261-753/276+1/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Estadio Abanca-Balaidos will turn into a battlefield for RC Celta de Vigo and Elche CF.
- 5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
- 14' RC Celta de Vigo is taking the lead after the goal scored by Hugo Alvarez on 14.
- 19' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Elche CF winning 100% of all matches.
- 24' RC Celta de Vigo seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 28' Gonzalo Villar is having his name booked by the referee on 28.
- 30' Goal! Iago Aspas scores his 94 goal in 118 matches.
- 35' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Matias Dituro made 306 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 40' The travelling Elche CF supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 41' It’s gonna be a card for Javi Rueda.
- 46' Supporters expect more eagerness from Aleix Febas, as he is very good at scoring at Estadio Abanca-Balaidos with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 51' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 56' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 61' Fer Lopez has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 48 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 66' It looks like no one’s ball. RC Celta de Vigo is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 71' John Chetauya needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 76' Elche CF is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 81' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Elche CF needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 82' GOAL! Andre Silva scores on 82.
- 83' RC Celta de Vigo player sees a card in front of him.
- 85' Goal! Borja Iglesias scores his 69 goal in 271 matches.
- 90' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Ferran Jutgla suffering a number of foals already.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 3-1.
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Lineups
RC Celta de Vigo Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 10
- 13
- 5
- 9
- 6
- 23
- 32
- 17
- 29
- 14
- 8
Bench
- 1
- 7
- 4
- 21
- 3
- 24
- 22
- 19
- 18
- 39
- 12
- 36
Coach ClaudioElche CF Lineups
3-4-1-2Starting XI
- 9
- 6
- 12
- 14
- 15
- 1
- 22
- 18
- 20
- 3
- 8
Bench
- 19
- 17
- 21
- 23
- 45
- 13
- 16
- 39
- 42
- 24
Coach Eder Sarabia -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Iago Aspas 4 Santi Mina 3 Andre Silva 1 Fidel 1 Brais Mendez 1 Emiliano Rigoni 1 Dario Benedetto 1 Denis Suarez 1 Head to Head
RC Celta de Vigo Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.73 RC Celta de Vigo xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.21 Elche CF xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 58% + Over 2.5 goals 56%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: RC Celta de Vigo winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.94Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 79% 21% ± 2.5 56% 44% ± 3.5 34% 66% ± 4.5 18% 82% Double Chance
RC Celta de Vigo or Draw 74%Draw or Elche CF 52%RC Celta de Vigo or Elche CF 74%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: RC Celta de Vigo win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 11.9%2 – 1 9.2%1 – 0 8.3%2 – 0 7.8%0 – 0 7%1 – 2 6.4%2 – 2 5.6%0 – 1 5.5%3 – 1 Actual3 – 0 4.4%0 – 2 3.8%3 – 2 3.3%Asian Handicap — RC Celta de Vigo
Handicap RC Celta de Vigo covers Push Elche CF covers -2.5 12% — 88% -2 12% 15% 73% -1.5 27% — 73% -1 27% 22% 52% -0.5 48% — 52% +0.5 74% — 26% +1 74% 15% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 7% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
RC Celta de Vigo keeps clean sheet 30% ✓Elche CF keeps clean sheet 19% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.