Celta Vigo vs Real Betis Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Celta Vigo have been entertaining throughout the campaign and ever since the appointment of Claudio Giraldez as the Galicians now welcome Manuel Pellegrini’s Real Betis to Balaidos.
Kick-off date/time: Saturday 8th February, 2025: UK – 1:00pm / US ET – 8:00am / US PT – 5:00am
How to watch on TV: UK – Premier Sports / US – ESPN have the exclusive rights to La Liga games in the USA, so Celta Vigo vs Real Betis may be televised on one of their affiliated channels
How to watch online: UK – Premier Sports / US – ESPN+
Celta Vigo Preview: Silky Celta
In their 22 La Liga matches so far this season, there has been 66 goals with Celta an entertaining watch for the neutral but the Galicians have drifted into the bottom-half of the table due to a fairly average run of form in the last couple of months.
The home team now come into this one on the back of a 2-1 defeat at Mestalla against Valencia last weekend with Pablo Duran’s fourth goal in the last month being sandwiched by strikes from Luis Rioja and Javi Guerra for the Valencians.
Real Betis Preview: Mid-table Betis
Former West Ham United boss Manuel Pellegrini is under a bit of pressure with Real Betis enduring a difficult campaign due to a range of circumstances such as their ageing squad being affected by limited financial resources.
The Andalusians come into this one on the back of a 2-2 draw with Athletic Club at the Benito Villamarin last weekend which means they have managed just two victories, one coming against second-tier side Huesca, in their last seven matches across all competitions.
Celta Vigo Team News: Couple of suspensions
Celta are dealing with a couple of suspensions for the visit of Betis this weekend as centre-back Carl Starfelt and former Barcelona midfielder Ilaix Moriba are unavailable for the hosts with club captain Iago Aspas still a doubt due to a calf injury.
Predicted XI (3-4-3): Vicente Guaita; Javi Rodriguez, Jailson, Carlos Dominguez; Sergio Carreira, Fran Beltran, Iker Losada, Oscar Mingueza; Pablo Duran, Borja Iglesias, Swedberg
Unavailable: Starfelt (Suspended), Ilaix Moriba (Suspended), Cervi (Injured)
Questionable: Iago Aspas (Injured)
Real Betis Team News: Being pragmatic
Real Betis have brought in Antony on loan from Manchester United with another busy transfer window done on a shoestring budget but Real Betis are struggling with a few injury issues as both Youssouf Sabaly and William Carvalho are out injured for this weekend.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Adrian; Angel Ortiz, Diego Llorente, Natan, Perraud; Johnny Cardoso, Sergio Altimira; Antony, Isco, Abde Ez; Vitor Roque
Unavailable: Sabaly (Injured), Carvalho (Injured)
Questionable: Aitor Ruibal (Injured), Hector Bellerin (Injured), Chimy Avila (Injured)
Celta Vigo vs Real Betis Prediction
Celta are an attacking and entertaining style of football that could do with an up turn in their results now with performances remaining encouraging. They face a Real Betis side that have an abundance of recognisable and impressive attacking players with key man Giovani Lo Celso boosting that having recently returned from injury. The likelihood for this one up in the north west is for another fun watch for the neutral in which both teams scoring once again seems a good bet for this one.
Celta Vigo vs Real Betis Tip: Both teams to score
