- Home form: Elche have scored four goals in three home games in LaLiga 2026/2027.
- Away scoring: Celta de Vigo have averaged 0.33 goals per game away from home in the league this term, scoring just once on the road.
- Away form: Celta de Vigo are unbeaten on the road in LaLiga 2026/2027, although all three of those games were draws.
Tense chess match likely at Estadio Martinez Valero
Elche and Celta de Vigo are in the bottom eight in the early standings for LaLiga 2026-2027 with 5 and 7 points from their first seven games respectively, so the Franjiverdes are already in a relegation fight while Los Celestes have a small buffer but little to be comfortable about.
Celta will be more happy to be coming to Estadio Martinez Valero on Sunday as they are in better form than Elche, who have lost three, drawn one and won one of their last five matches in all competitions. Elche have been poor at home in this campaign, taking no draws and three defeats from three in front of their own fans, but they will be encouraged by their visitors' record of only three away points from three attempts.
Clash of styles makes draw and under 2.5 goals good plays
Franjiverdes have been much improved since Martín Anselmi took charge on 1 July 2026. The Argentinian is drilling his team in a positional-play, build-from-the-back system that aims to control the tempo and territory.
Celta de Vigo are more free-flowing under Claudio Giráldez, who has the side playing in an attractive, controlled possession-based system, but also making the most of their transitions and asymmetrical attacks. The former Sevilla number two has been in the job since 13 March 2024 and, having overseen a 5-0 hammering of Racing Santander in their LaLiga 2026/2027 game at home, he will hope his side can grab their first away win this term following a disappointing 1-0 defeat to Omonia FC Nicosia in the UEFA Europa League.
Celta are 2.54 favorites to win this clash against 2.74 for Elche and 3.2 for the draw, which looks tight enough to pass by us. But we like the look of both teams to score at 1.75 as both sides will get chances in this kind of game, while under 2.5 goals at 1.8 looks a solid alternative as the game appears set up to be a close affair.
A Celta win could be possible as they are the team with the better form and were 3-1 winners at home in this corresponding fixture in the 2025/2026 LaLiga season, but we think the home side should have enough about them to keep the contest close.
- Fer Niño has been deadly for Elche in recent weeks, scoring five of their ten goals in their last five and Tete Morente has been the team's creator with three assists in the same period.
- Celta will need a big contribution from their leading scorer Pablo Duran, who has two goals in five LaLiga 2026/2027 games this season.
