Little to separate Celta de Vigo and Athletic

Celta de Vigo and Athletic face off this Sunday at the Municipal de Balaídos in an intriguing match in the La Liga. Currently, Carlos Carvalhal's team are 18th in the table with 17 points, while Ernesto Valverde's team are 8th with 26 points.

After losing 1x0 in the last match against Mallorca (La Liga 2022/23), Celta de Vigo receive Athletic, who won 1x3 against Valencia (Copa del Rey 2022/23). On the other hand, Ernesto Valverde's team is on a sequence of 4 games without a win in the Liga Santander 22/23. When analysing the previous encounters between the teams, Carlos Carvalhal's team and Athletic have faced each other one hundred twenty-nine times, with Ernesto Valverde's team holding the advantage: 66 victories, against 35 victories of Celta de Vigo. Specifically in the Municipal de Balaídos, Carlos Carvalhal's team has the advantage in the duels against Athletic: 28 wins in 64 games, while Ernesto Valverde's team has 21 wins.

Considering only the La Liga, there have been one hundred twelve games played between the two teams, with 59 wins for Athletic, 24 draws and 29 wins for Celta de Vigo.

Considering the Liga Santander 22/23, from Celta de Vigo's most influential players, Javi Galán participated in 18 games, and Agustín Marchesín has played the most minutes (1620). Iago Aspas is their current best scorer with 8 goals. As for Athletic, Ohian Sancet has entered the pitch 18 times, and Unai Simón has played the most minutes (1620). Gorka Guruzeta has scored 5 goals, the most across Athletic's squad.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Celta de Vigo winning 2x0. It is expected to be an exciting clash, that can go either way.