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- Celta are ninth in the table with eight points from their opening eight matches and arrive off a run of one win, three draws and one defeat in their last five in all competitions.
- Pablo Duran, the Argentine who has scored two goals in five LaLiga appearances this season, and the team have been better at home than away so far with one win, one draw and two defeats at the Abanca-Balaidos.
Away - Deportivo Alaves
- Deportivo Alaves enter Sunday's game with Celta de Vigo in good spirits after hammering Racing Santander 5-0 at home in their last LaLiga 2026/2027 match and then holding on to a 0-0 draw away to Elche in midweek.
- The Babazorros are seventh in the standings after eight games played and remain in search of their first away win in three trips in the 2026/2027 campaign, which have produced two draws and a loss.
Head-to-Head
- Celta have won two, lost two and drawn one of the last five head-to-heads with Alaves.
- Celta average 2.5 goals per home game against Alaves with the Babazorros also averaging 2.5 in their head-to-head away matches, so this could turn into a classic LaLiga fixture, as their 4-3 away win over Celta in the previous campaign suggests.
Key Players
- Pablo Duran is Celta's top scorer and has two goals in five LaLiga appearances this season.
- Lucas Boye is the top scorer in the Alaves team in 2026/2027 with four goals in six games and has been in particularly good form of late, scoring four of Alaves' seven goals across their past five matches.
- Celta's fluid 5-3-2 system should dominate the ball and Alaves will look to stay compact and cause problems in transition, so we are going with both teams to score in the match.
Betting Insights
- Alaves 3.7 to win and Draw 3.4 make this look like a 50/50 matchup in our eyes.
- We are taking Celta to just edge a close game here and feel that the under 2.5 goals at 1.7 will also be a factor if Alaves keep the blocks in order and Celta can't break them down.
- Both teams to score is a selection we're backing given the tactical setup and recent form.
Prediction
- We are taking Celta to just edge a close game here and feel that the under 2.5 goals at 1.7 will also be a factor if Alaves keep the blocks in order and Celta can't break them down.
- Celta's fluid 5-3-2 system should dominate the ball and Alaves will look to stay compact and cause problems in transition, so we are going with both teams to score in the match.