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Villarreal v Celta de Vigo : La Liga match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 26th Apr, 20:00 BST, Estadio de la Cerámica, Castellón

Sunday night at the Estadio de la Cerámica, and it’s a La Liga clash between Villarreal and Celta de Vigo. Marcelino García Toral and Claudio Giráldez González will be doing all they can to guide their side to the win. In this preview you'll find the best odds for 17 top betting markets as well as predictions, statistics and head-to-head data for both teams. Simply click through the tabs below to explore.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We make over 1.5 goals our top tip on this match, meaning that the teams will score 2 goals or more between them during the standard 90 mins. Both Villarreal and Celta's current form stats suggest things will go that way, while their head-to-head (H2H) record also supports the bet. The bookies make it their favoured prediction in this market too, available at 1.20.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Villarreal
49%
5/6
5%
10/11
6%
Draw
24%
13/5
4%
27/10
5%
Celta
27%
3/1
2%
29/10
3%
Draw 1-1
12%
6/1
7%
11/2
7%
Villarreal 1-0
10%
15/2
6%
13/2
6%
Villarreal 2-1
10%
15/213/2
Villarreal 2-0
8%
17/28/1
Celta 1-0
7%
12/1
13%
10/1
8%
Celta 2-1
7%
12/110/1
8%
Draw 0-0
6%
12/1
13%
10/1
8%
Draw 2-2
6%
12/110/1
Villarreal 3-1
5%
14/1
15%
11/1
9%
Villarreal 3-0
5%
14/112/1
8%
Celta 2-0
4%
20/1
9%
16/1
11%
Villarreal 3-2
3%
22/1
10%
16/1
Celta 3-1
3%
28/120/1
Villarreal 4-1
2%
28/1
12%
20/1
11%
Celta 3-2
2%
33/122/1
Over 2.5 Goals
53%
4/5
8%
7/10
6%
Under 2.5 Goals
47%
1/1
9%
21/20
7%
Home 1st Goal
52%
8/138/13
1%
Away 1st Goal
44%
11/8
1%
6/4
No 1st Goal
3%
12/1
13%
9/1
17%
BTTS - Yes
55%
7/10
5%
4/6
3%
BTTS - No
45%
21/20
7%
11/10
5%
BTTS - Home Win
24%
13/5
6%
5/2
9%
BTTS - Draw
18%
7/2
5%
17/5
2%
BTTS - Away Win
14%
6/111/2
8%
Home/draw
73%
2/91/4
2%
Away/draw
51%
10/11
5%
10/11
5%
Home/away
76%
2/7
3%
2/7
3%
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
1/4
4%
2/9
3%
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
3/1
11%
29/10
10%
Over 3.5 Goals
31%
2/1
14%
17/10
10%
Under 3.5 Goals
69%
2/5
7%
2/5
7%
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
9/2
10%
4/1
15%
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
1/7
3%
2/13
3%
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
10/1
10%
17/2
19%
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/20
1%
1/20
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/25
1%
1/33
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
12/1
13%
10/1
8%
Home DNB
66%
4/11
2%
2/5
4%
Away DNB
44%
2/1
8%
9/5
7%
Villarreal win to nil
25%
12/5-
Celta win to nil
13%
7/1-
Villarreal / Villarreal
29%
15/8
5%
9/5
7%
Villarreal / Celta
3%
33/1
17%
22/1
12%
Villarreal / Draw
6%
12/111/1
Draw / Villarreal
16%
4/14/1
Draw / Celta
9%
8/115/2
6%
Draw / Draw
13%
5/1
8%
9/2
4%
Celta / Villarreal
4%
20/116/1
Celta / Celta
13%
11/2
7%
19/4
4%
Celta / Draw
6%
14/111/1
Win / draw / win La Liga table

Villarreal have played 31 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the La Liga league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 27 games against teams below in the table, having won 19, drawn 4 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 8 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Villarreal have outscored their opponents by 56 goals to 44 goals.

Home League Performance

Villarreal have played 15 games at home winning 12, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored 34 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 13 goals at home.

Celta are in 6th position in the La Liga on 44 points having played 31 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

2 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 16 goals and kept 5 clean sheets. They have scored 21 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

7 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 4 and won 1. Celta have conceded 10 goals, scored 9, scored in every game and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Villarreal
Celta
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Barcelona3126145479 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
4-1A
l
 
2-4A
Apr 22
2
Real Madrid3122453670 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-1A
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-2F
3
Villarreal3119482061 
-
-
d
 
1-1A
Apr 26
4
A.Madrid3117681957 
May 24
l
 
2-0A
d
 
1-1A
May 10
5
Real Betis3111137746 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-0A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
6
Celta3111119444 
Apr 26
d
 
1-1F
-
-
7
R.Sociedad3111911142 
w
 
3-1F
w
 
2-3F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-1A
8
Getafe3012513-441 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
0-00-0
9
Osasuna3110912-139 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-2A
w
 
2-3F
10
Espanyol3110813-1138 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2F
11
A.Bilbao3111515-1238 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-0F
May 17
12
Girona3191111-1238 
w
 
5-0F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-2A
13
R.Vallecano3181112-935 
w
 
4-0F
May 17
w
 
3-0F
d
 
1-1F
14
Valencia319814-1235 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
4-1F
w
 
2-3A
15
Mallorca319715-934 
w
 
2-1F
May 10
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1F
16
Sevilla319715-1234 
May 13
w
 
1-2F
May 24
w
 
0-1F
17
Alaves318914-1133 
w
 
3-1F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-4F
w
 
0-1F
18
Elche3171113-832 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-3F
May 3
l
 
2-1A
19
Real Oviedo316916-2427 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 23
l
 
0-3A
d
 
0-00-0
20
Levante306816-1626 
May 3
w
 
0-1F
May 13
w
 
1-2F
Win / draw / win form
4
Villarreal have won 4 consecutive home league games
Villarreal 3RD
20 league games
Home
4
Overall
Goals: Scored
48
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
16
D
2
L
2
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
12
D
2
Lost
6
Celta 6TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Villarreal since 2015
Villarreal
Celta
Goals: Scored
30
20
Games: Scored
11 / 11
9 / 11
Clean sheets
2 / 11
0 / 11
VIL
7
CEL
4
League games at Celta since 2014
Celta
Villarreal
Goals: Scored
13
17
Games: Scored
7 / 12
10 / 12
Clean sheets
2 / 12
5 / 12
VIL
5
D
4
CEL
3
Goal Statistics

Villarreal's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday night, not least because Celta de Vigo have conceded in each of their last 5 La Liga matches. A PG of 1.7 for M. García Toral's side suggests that run should continue.

Villarreal 3rd Celta 6th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
9%
There is a 81% probability that Villarreal will score 1 or more goals
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Celta will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+28
Villarreal have scored 28% more goals at home than predicted
+23
Celta have scored 23% more goals when away than predicted
2.4
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
La Liga - 2025/2026 season
Villarreal
PG (predicted goals)
Celta
1.7
1.2
Attack rating
%
better
VIL
CEL
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
VIL
CEL
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

Villarreal v Celta La Liga lLine ups will show here when available.

Villarreal La Liga squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
279510
L JúniorA MoleiroS ComesañaS Mouriño
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Moleiro FWD2994
3
-
N Pépé FWD2954
3
-
S Comesaña MID2835
4
1
T Buchanan FWD2861
7
-
L Júnior GLK271
3
-
R Veiga DEF26
3
1
G Mikautadze FWD2595
1
-
S Cardona DEF243
4
-
P Gueye MID2442
7
-
D Parejo MID24
2
-
S Mouriño DEF2312
9
1
A Pedraza DEF2312
7
-
T Oluwaseyi FWD2321
1
-
T Partey MID19
-
P. Navarro Badenes DEF18
3
-
R Marín DEF181
1
-
A Pérez FWD1823
3
-
G Moreno FWD168
-
J Foyth DEF13
2
-
I Akhomach FWD9
-
M Solomon FWD611
-
A Tenas GLK3
-
A Altimira DEF1
-
Celta La Liga squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
301146
I Radu B IglesiasÓscar MinguezaB Iglesias
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
I Radu  GLK30
-
I Moriba MID2912
5
-
B Iglesias FWD27112
6
-
Óscar Mingueza DEF2614
4
-
S Carreira DEF2621
2
-
J. Rodríguez Galiano DEF261
5
-
M Alonso DEF251
4
-
I Aspas FWD2443
3
-
P Durán FWD2322
-
F Jutglà FWD2272
4
-
W Swedberg FWD2243
2
-
H Álvarez FWD2131
2
-
J. Rueda García DEF2024
4
-
J El-Abdellaoui FWD202
-
C Starfelt DEF19
2
1
M. Román González MID191
3
-
B Zaragoza FWD1911
1
-
H Sotelo MID173
3
-
M. Fernández Arroyo MID13
2
-
F Beltrán MID10
-
C Domínguez DEF8
1
-
J Aidoo DEF7
-
Y. Lago Amil DEF5
2
-
M Ristić DEF4
-
D Rodríguez MID2
1
-