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Latest Celta Vigo vs Real Betis squad information

Celta Vigo will welcome back Hugo Alvarez, Oscar Mingueza and Marcos Alonso after serving suspensions. However, Carl Starfelt will miss out due to the same suspension.

The Sky Blues are also without Franco Cervi, Unai Nunez, Iago Aspas and Miguel Rodriguez. Injuries are wreaking havoc on the Celta squad at a crucial time of the season.

Borja Iglesias is expected to continue to lead the line, with Pablo Duran starting on the right flank. Cervi's injury opens the door for Alvarez to return to the starting line-up at left-back.

On Real Betis' side, the list of absentees due to injury includes Pablo Fornals, Ezequiel Avila, Hector Bellerin, Aitor Ruibal, Youssouf Sabaly and William Carvalho.

Antony made his debut against Athletic Bilbao after joining on loan from Manchester United, and the Brazilian is likely to resume his right-back role for the Seville side this weekend.

Cedric Bakambu is likely to continue at centre-forward. However, there could be a change on the left wing, with Giovani Lo Celso likely to return to the starting line-up.

Latest expected lineup Celta Vigo vs Real Betis

Celta Vigo:

Guaita; Mingueza, J Rodriguez, Alonso; Carreira, Beltran, Moriba, Alvarez; Duran, Iglesias, Swedberg

Real Betis:

Adrian; Ortiz, Llorente, Natan, Perraud; Cardoso, Altimira; Antony, Isco, Lo Celso; Bakambu

Latest football commentary Celta Vigo vs Real Betis

Celta Vigo ended 2024 with a 2-0 home win over Real Sociedad. However, 2025 has not been a smooth start for the Sky Blues, who have picked up just one point from four league games and head into the next game on the back of a 2-1 defeat to Valencia.

Claudio Giraldez's team is currently 13th in the rankings, with 7 wins, 4 draws and 11 losses after 22 matches, earning 25 points - 4 points behind Real Betis (ranked 10th).

Celta's home form this season has been good, with 20 points from 11 games in front of their home crowd. However, they have struggled away from home, with just five points from 11 games.

Last season, Celta finished 13th in La Liga. So their current position in the table is not too surprising. However, their squad is good enough to aim for a top-half finish this season.

In fact, Celta have scored 31 goals in 22 league games in 2024-25, just six behind second-placed Atletico Madrid. But they have conceded 35, the fourth-worst record in the league.

As for Real Betis, 7 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses after 22 matches have brought them 29 points. Thanks to that, they are ranked 10th on the rankings, only 3 points behind Rayo Vallecano (ranked 6th).

Los Verdiblancos finished seventh in La Liga last season and are in the knockout stages of the Conference League. They are set to face Gent over two legs for a place in the next round.

Real Betis have picked up four points from their last two league games, beating Mallorca 1-0 in their last away game and drawing 2-2 with Athletic Bilbao in their last.

Manuel Pellegrini's side took the lead twice at home against Athletic, but the Lions equalised both times to share the points. The Greens have lost just two of their 11 home league games this season, but have lost five away from home.

The two teams drew 2-2 in the first leg earlier this season. But Celta won 2-1 when the two met in Vigo in the 2023-24 season.

Latest score prediction Celta Vigo vs Real Betis

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Celta Vigo vs Real Betisas follows:

• Sportsmole:Celta Vigo 1-1 Real Betis

• WhoScore:Celta Vigo 2-1 Real Betis
• Our newspaper predicts:Celta Vigo 1-1 Real Betis

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