Celta Vigo vs Athletic Bilbao Prediction & Match Preview

Celta Vigo vs Athletic Bilbao Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in Spanish La Liga on Sunday, 29 January 2023.

Bilbao are going after a spot in the top-six, and currently need a surplus of two points to make it happen. It helps their cause that the teams just below and above them are having tough fixtures this weekend.

Meanwhile, Celta are level on points with the 18^th placed Valladolid. With the season having entered its second half, they are under threat of being relegated.

The latest encounter at this venue ended in a 0-1 win for Bilbao, and they are also unbeaten at this venue in the past four years.

Bilbao also registered eight of the past eleven h2h wins at this ground, and they kept clean sheets in 100% of meetings at this stadium in the past four years.

Bilbao have a dominant h2h record against this rival at this venue in the past several years. In fact, they are unbeaten at this stadium in the last four years, and kept clean sheets all through this stretch.

Moreover, they recorded eight of the past eleven h2h wins at this ground too. On top of that they are a team that are going after a top-six position, while Vigo are struggling to not get relegated.

Surely expect Athletic Bilbao to have the upper hand this Sunday on the road.

Vigo have just two clean sheets to their name in the past three months. One came against the relegation-threatened Elche, while the other came in the Copa del Rey, against a team from the lower divisions.

Meanwhile, Bilbao scored ten goals from their past three road trips combined, and will be determined to make full use of this upcoming encounter. They are after all in pursuit of a top-six spot, for which they need a surplus of just two points.

Likely, we could expect goals to come in plenty this Sunday.

Bilbao surely are the favorites here. But do note that they their only clean sheet on the road in the past three months came against the dead-last placed Elche. Meanwhile in spite of all their issues Celta managed to find the back of the net in every single home fixture since April of 2022.

Chances are quite high that goals will come from either end of the pitch this weekend.

Athletic Bilbao are in contention for a top-six spot, and have a superb h2h record against this opponent at this venue. They are totally unbeaten at this venue in the past four years, and lost just thrice here in the past twenty years.

On the other hand, Celta are barely above the relegation cut-off, and have just four wins to their name all through the campaign. In fact, their only league win in the past four months came against the dead-last placed Elche.

On the other hand, Celta are barely above the relegation cut-off, and have just four wins to their name all through the campaign. In fact, their only league win in the past four months came against the dead-last placed Elche.

As such, the Athletic Bilbao to Win at an odd of 2.80 looks very promising.

Going on though, their defense has not been very impressive lately. As a matter of fact, they registered a single league clean sheet away from home in the past three months, and this came against the 20^th placed Elche.

Celta Vigo vs Athletic Bilbao Prediction & Match Preview