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Celta de Vigo v PAOK Salonika : Europa League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 26th Feb, 20:00 BST, Balaídos, Vigo, Pontevedra

The Europa League is the focus for both Celta de Vigo and PAOK Salonika on Thursday night, as managers Claudio Giráldez González and Răzvan Lucescu face one another at the Balaídos. Recent form, head-to-head stats, predictions and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are all laid out below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. Here we've gone for , but why not use the stats to find the perfect bet for you?


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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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Celta
45%
--
Draw
25%
--
PAOK
30%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Celta 2-1
9%
--
Celta 1-0
9%
--
PAOK 2-1
7%
--
Celta 2-0
7%
--
PAOK 1-0
7%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Celta 3-1
5%
--
PAOK 2-0
5%
--
Celta 3-0
4%
--
Celta 3-2
3%
--
PAOK 3-1
3%
--
PAOK 3-2
2%
--
Celta 4-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
55%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
45%
--
Home 1st Goal
51%
--
Away 1st Goal
46%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
58%
--
BTTS - No
42%
--
BTTS - Home Win
23%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
16%
--
Home/draw
70%
--
Away/draw
55%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
68%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
62%
--
Away DNB
48%
--
Celta win to nil
22%
--
PAOK win to nil
15%
--
Win / draw / win Europa League table

Celta have played 8 matches so far this season and lay in 16th place in the Europa League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 5 games against teams below in the table, having won 4, drawn 0 and lost 1 match. They have kept 1 clean sheet and have scored in every game. They have been outscored by their opponents by 17 goals to 15 goals.

Home League Performance

Celta have played 4 games at home winning 3, drawing 0 and losing 1 game. They have scored 8 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and conceded 5 goals at home.

PAOK are in 17th position in the Europa League on 12 points having played 8 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 14 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 10 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

3 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 0 and won 1. PAOK have conceded 7 goals, scored 5, scored in every game and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Celta
PAOK
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Lyon87011321 
-
-
-
-
2
A Villa8701821 
-
-
-
-
3
Midtjylland86111019 
-
-
-
-
4
Real Betis8521617 
-
-
-
-
5
Porto8521617 
-
-
-
-
6
Braga8521617 
-
-
-
-
7
Freiburg8521617 
-
-
-
-
8
Roma8512716 
-
-
-
-
9
Genk8512416 
-
-
-
-
10
Bologna8431715 
-
-
-
-
11
Stuttgart8503615 
-
-
-
-
12
Ferencvaros8431115 
-
-
-
-
13
Nottm Forest8422814 
-
-
-
-
14
Plzen8350514 
-
-
-
-
15
Red Star Bel.8422114 
-
-
-
-
16
Celta8413413 
-
-
Feb 19
Feb 26
17
PAOK8332312 
Feb 26
Feb 19
-
-
18
Lille8404312 
-
-
-
-
19
Fenerbahce8332312 
-
-
-
-
20
Panathinaikos8332212 
-
-
-
-
21
Celtic8323-211 
-
-
-
-
22
Ludogorets8314-310 
-
-
-
-
23
D. Zagreb8314-410 
-
-
-
-
24
Brann8233-29 
-
-
-
-
25
Young Boys8305-69 
-
-
-
-
26
Sturm Graz8215-67 
-
-
-
-
27
FCSB8215-77 
-
-
-
-
28
GA Eagles8215-87 
-
-
-
-
29
Feyenoord8206-46 
-
-
-
-
30
Basel8206-46 
-
-
-
-
31
Salzburg8206-56 
-
-
-
-
32
Rangers8116-94 
-
-
-
-
33
Nice8107-83 
-
-
-
-
34
Utrecht8017-101 
-
-
-
-
35
Malmö8017-111 
-
-
-
-
36
M. Tel-Aviv8017-201 
-
-
-
-
Next round
Play Off
Win / draw / win form
Celta 16TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
PAOK 17TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
Goal Statistics

Celta de Vigo have been consistent in attack of late, finding the net in 9 consecutive Europa League games. Their PG of 1.6 against PAOK Salonika on Thursday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Celta 16th PAOK 17th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that Celta will score 1 or more goals
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 64% probability that PAOK will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
=0
Celta’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-5
PAOK’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Europa League - 2025/2025 season
Celta
PG (predicted goals)
PAOK
1.6
1.3
Attack rating
CEL
PAO
21%
better
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Games scored16
17
Failed to score4
3
Scored first11
14
Goals scored30
48
Avg. goals scored1.5
2.4
Avg. shots per game8
10
Avg. shots per goal5
4
Conversion rate for19
23
Avg. XG for1.3
2.1
KickOff rating
+21%
Defence rating
CEL
PAO
12%
better
view stats
Games conceded11
9
Clean sheets9
11
Conceded first7
4
Goals conceded22
19
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1
Avg. shots/game conceded8
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against13%
14%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.5
KickOff rating
+12%

The line-ups for the Europa League match between Celta v PAOK will show here when available.

Celta Europa League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
6333
I AspasP DuránB ZaragozaI Moriba
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Iglesias FWD82
-
I Aspas FWD822
1
-
C Starfelt DEF71
-
Óscar Mingueza DEF71
2
-
B Zaragoza FWD713
-
I Radu  GLK6
2
-
J. Rodríguez Galiano DEF6
-
J. Rueda García DEF61
1
-
M. Román González MID61
2
-
P Durán FWD63
-
F Jutglà FWD6
-
M Alonso DEF5
1
-
M Ristić DEF5
-
I Moriba MID51
3
-
S Carreira DEF4
-
H Sotelo MID4
1
W Swedberg MID422
3
-
F Beltrán MID4
-
H Álvarez FWD4
-
J El-Abdellaoui FWD41
-
Y. Lago Amil DEF3
1
-
M. Fernández Arroyo DEF3
1
-
D Rodríguez MID3
-
I Villar GLK2
-
C Domínguez DEF2
-
F Cervi FWD1
-
PAOK Europa League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
12554
A BabaG GiakoumakisA ZivkovicG Konstantelias
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Baba DEF1211
-
S Meïté  MID1231
1
-
A Zivkovic FWD1235
3
-
I Michailidis DEF111
2
-
T Kedziora DEF11
2
1
J Kenny DEF111
2
-
G Konstantelias MID1134
3
1
M Ozdoev MID111
4
-
M Camara MID101
1
-
F Chalov FWD1011
-
K Despodov FWD912
1
-
Taison FWD92
-
J Pavlenka GLK8
-
L Ivanusec MID811
3
-
G Giakoumakis FWD851
3
-
A. Mythou FWD61
-
A Bianco MID51
-
D Pelkas MID51
1
-
A Tsiftsis GLK4
1
-
A Vogliacco DEF31
1
-
J Sastre DEF2
-
D. Chatsidis FWD21
-
G Taylor DEF1
-