Celta Vigo - Alaves predictions and free betting tips [28/09/2023]

On Thursday, 28th September, as part of the 17th round of the Spanish Primera, "Celta" will host "Alaves" on its field. The visitors, having lost all three opening away matches, are headed to Galicia hoping to score their first points of the season outside their home ground, whereas the "Crusaders" have also suffered two successive defeats.

Predicted Line-ups

"Celta": Villar; Nunez, Starfelt, Dominguez; Mingueza, Beltran, De La Torre, Ristic; Larsen, Bamba, Aspas.
"Alaves": Sivera; Gorosabel, Abqar, Sedlar, Lopez; Benavidez, Guevara; Sola, Guridi, Riojo; Omorodion.

Stadium

The clash will take place in Vigo at the Balaidos Stadium.

"Celta"

"Celta" are in poor form at the start of the season, only further confirming their dismal results in the spring when they barely escaped relegation. Last Saturday, the Galicians traveled to Catalonia and fell to "Barcelona" 3:2, failing to recuperate after their defeat against "Almeria" in the previous round (2:3). The "Crusaders" sensationally led the scoring thanks to accurate strikes from Jorgen Strand Larsen and Anastasios Douvikas, but the reigning champions turned the game around through the efforts of Robert Lewandowski and Joao Cancelo. In three home matches, "Celta" lost to "Osasuna" (0:2), "Real" (0:1), and then with the same score to "Mallorca" (0:1), ending up in a depressing 18th place in the overall standings. Currently, "Celta" is the only La Liga team that has failed to pick up a single point on their home ground in this campaign.

"Alaves"

"Alaves" have been struggling on the road, suffering three defeats in three away matches: against "Cadiz" (1:0), "Getafe" (1:0) and "Rayo Vallecano" (2:0). While performing more confidently at home, the Basques, nonetheless, suffered a defeat in the Basque derby this past weekend against "Athletic" Bilbao (0:2) and now sit in 16th place in La Liga, with six points to their name. All these points were garnered in their first two home encounters: against "Sevilla" and "Valencia". It's noteworthy that the white-and-blues were promoted to the Primera Division through the Segunda play-offs. "Alaves" hosted their Basque neighbours from Bilbao without Giuliano Simeone (son of Atletico coach Diego Simeone), who fractured his fibula at the start of the season. Simeone had a splendid last season with "Zaragoza", netting 9 goals in Segunda.

Head-to-head

"Alaves" has lost their past six encounters with "Celta", their last victory against the "Crusaders" came in a home match in October 2019 (2:0). Last season, "Celta" prevailed both times (4:0 and 1:2).

Predictions for the "Celta" - "Alaves" Match

In this Thursday fixture, a team struggling at home will face a team who has lost their last nine away matches in La Liga. Despite both teams being in poor form, "Celta" has recently performed well against "Alaves", and generally has a more experienced roster. My prediction is a victory for the hosts.

Total Predictions

"Alaves" have scored only five goals in La Liga so far this season - only "Las Palmas" have less with two. I'm betting on the visitor's individual total under 1.5.

Corner Predictions

"Celta", by virtue of being the home team, will hold the initiative and more actively attack the opponent's goal, hence I predict they'll earn more corners.

Yellow Cards Predictions

Neither side is particularly notorious for rough play on the field, so I'm betting on the total bookings to be under 4.5.

Score Predictions

I'll place a bet on an exact score of 1:0 in favour of "Celta".