Celta vs Betis
Match details. LaLiga, Regular Season - 10. Kick-off is Sun 25 Oct, 16:15 Lagos time. It is played at Municipal de Balaídos, Vigo. The referee is Isidro Diaz de Mera Escuderos.
What's at stake. Celta are 9th on 11 points after 9 games, 1 point behind Villarreal, level on points with Deportivo La Coruna. A win would take them above Villarreal. Betis are 4th on 19 points after 9 games, 2 points behind Real Madrid, 3 points clear of Real Sociedad. A win would take them above Real Madrid.
Team news. Celta are without J. El Abdellaoui (knee injury), B. Iglesias (calf injury), A. Nunez (groin injury), M. Roman (knee injury), C. Starfelt (muscle injury), J. El Abdellaoui (knee injury). Betis are without F. Bernal (red card), J. Firpo (groin injury), C. Hernandez (calf injury), I. Losada (inactive), F. Bernal (red card), J. Firpo (groin injury).
Form. Celta have won three, drawn four and lost three of their last ten, 1.3 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W W L D W. Betis have won seven, drawn one and lost two of their last ten, 2.2 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L W W D.
The numbers. Celta score 1.8 and concede 1.2 a game in their last five at home, with one clean sheet. Celta average 10.9 shots (3.3 on target), 3.7 corners and 1.5 cards a game, with 49% of the ball. Betis score 2.1 and concede 1.8 a game over their last ten, with three clean sheets. Betis average 14.7 shots (6.8 on target), 5.1 corners and 2.1 cards a game, with 52% of the ball.
Head to head. In the last ten meetings Celta have won five, drawn four and lost one. Five of the ten went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in seven. In the last four, Celta won one and three were drawn. The last time they met, on 15 Mar 2026, it finished Celta 1-1 Betis: Celta had 7 shots to 19, 48% of the ball, five yellow cards.
Where it pulls both ways. Betis are the form side, but the meetings favour Celta: in the last ten meetings, Celta won five, Betis won one and four were drawn. On goals, their goals for and against point to an open game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 49%.
The case against. Not everything agrees on goals: their records put over 2.5 goals at 49%.
The read. No side to back. A draw is live. An open game. Form and the meetings point different ways, so I back neither side. Their goals for and against point to an open game.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Betis or Over 2.5 Goals (no result call); Under 4.5 Goals (no unders on an open read); Celta or Over 1.5 Goals (no result call). Predicted score: Celta 1-2 Betis (8% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (an open game).