- Celta de Vigo sit 9th in LaLiga 2026/2027 after 8 games with eight points.
- Deportivo Alaves are 7th after 8 matches with 11 points.
- Celta de Vigo are 1.98 to win, Deportivo Alaves are 3.7 and the draw is 3.4.
Celta have the edge, but Alaves won’t be easy to beat
Celta de Vigo are a shade behind Deportivo Alaves in the early running of LaLiga 2026/2027, but both of these teams are in decent form and should make for a competitive fixture at the Abanca Balaidos on Sunday. Celta have a home record of one win, one draw and two defeats at the Balaidos so far in the 2026/2027 campaign with seven goals scored, an average of 1.75 per game. They come into this game after a 5-0 home win over Racing Santander and a 0-0 away draw with Elche, a positive for Claudio Giraldez, who has been in charge of the Celestes since March 2024 and is building a team with a clear identity. His side are a possession-based 5-3-2 system that is set up to counter-press when they lose the ball, and are likely to dominate possession, while Alaves, whose coach Quique Sanchez Flores has built a compact, defence-first team that is designed to frustrate and hit men on the break. And with Lucas Boye top scoring in LaLiga 2026/2027 with four goals in six appearances, they have a poacher capable of punching a hole through the middle of a defence with the ball.
Alaves have the tools to cause Celta a few problems
Alaves arrive in Vigo. Alaves look the cleaner of the two sides in their most recent two games.
Alaves are still seeking their first away win of the campaign in 2026/2027 after two draws and a defeat from three matches. They should have enough in them to avoid a third defeat on the road to Celta, but the hosts have a little more momentum and a sharper finisher in Pablo Duran, who has scored two LaLiga 2026/2027 goals in five games.
Celta de Vigo are the better team and should be able to edge this one, but the odds don't reflect enough of a gap to make the home side a banker. Alaves are a well organised team that can make it tricky for most sides in the division, so we're taking the home favourites to just about edge a close encounter with a draw no bet option.
But a repeat of the 4-3 away win that Alaves produced in the last LaLiga head-to-head is also in the locker of this fixture.
Celta have won one and lost one of their last five games overall and Alaves have only won one of their last five, so a narrow home win looks the best way to go.
