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Celtic vs Celta Vigo prediction: Europa League preview

By The SharpTips Team

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Celtic and Celta Vigo meet with both still looking for their first Europa League points. We assess their form, team news and the factors shaping Thursday’s match.

Celtic host Celta Vigo in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday 22 October, with kick-off at 20:00 UK time. Both clubs have lost their opening two league-phase matches and have no points, so this fixture offers each side an opportunity to get their campaign moving.

The standings show Celtic 33rd and Celta 28th among the 36 teams, with goal differences of -5 and -2 respectively. Neither is already through or out, but another defeat would leave either side with more ground to make up. No recent head-to-head fixtures were found, so the focus is on current form and the available team news.

Celtic and Celta Vigo in the Europa League table

Celtic’s two defeats have left them with a goal difference of -5, while Celta’s opening losses have produced a -2 difference. The competition figures show Celtic have scored once per game both at home and away, but conceded an average of three at home and four away across their two matches.

Celta have scored once per home game and have yet to score away in this season’s competition. They have conceded an average of two goals at home and one away. Both teams have recorded no clean sheets; Celta have failed to score once, while Celtic have scored in both matches. These figures come from a small sample of two games apiece, so they offer context rather than a settled pattern.

Recent form before Celtic vs Celta Vigo

Celtic’s latest five results in all competitions read as a win, a defeat, a win and two further defeats. Their most recent outing was a 7-1 win over Heart of Midlothian, following a 4-1 loss away to Benfica in Europe. They also beat Motherwell 2-0, but lost to Rangers and Ferencvarosi in their other recent matches.

Celta’s last five are two wins, a draw and two defeats. They come to Glasgow after beating Alavés 2-1, while their previous European match ended in a 2-1 home loss to Juventus. Their other recent results include a goalless draw at Elche, a 5-0 win over Racing Santander and a 1-0 defeat away to Omonia Nicosia. The sequence suggests both sides have had mixed results, with their latest domestic matches ending in wins.

Celtic vs Celta Vigo team news

Starting line-ups have not been published and are normally confirmed around 30 minutes before kick-off, so team news remains provisional. The available data lists Celtic’s Alistair Johnston as missing with a leg injury, while Cameron Carter-Vickers is questionable with health problems and Yang Hyun-Jun is questionable with a hamstring injury.

For Celta, the latest injury report says Pablo Durán is fit again and could start, with Jutglà another attacking option. Álvaro Núñez, Carl Starfelt, Borja Iglesias, Miguel Román and Jones El-Abdellaoui are listed as unavailable; Celta have no Europa League suspensions reported. Both clubs also have domestic matches three days after this fixture, which adds another consideration when final selections are made. Any assessment remains uncertain, and betting predictions carry risk.

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