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Celta Vigo vs Valencia - Predictions, Stats & Odds

La Liga Statistics, AI predictions, (Expected) Lineups and Insights for Gameweek 18

La Liga - Gameweek 18

Saturday, 3 Jan 2026 • 14:00

Celta Vigo

4 : 1

Valencia

Goals

Borja Iglesias
1 : 0
33'
33'Borja Iglesias
1 : 0
Borja Iglesias
2 : 0
59'
59'Borja Iglesias
2 : 0
70'
2 : 1
Pepelu
2 : 1
Pepelu70'
Jones El-Abdel...
3 : 1
83'
83'Jones El-Abdellaoui
3 : 1
Hugo Álvarez
4 : 1
90'
90'Hugo Álvarez
4 : 1

Lineups

Celta Vigo

PosPlayer
GK
Ionuț Radu
DEF
Marcos Alonso
DEF
Joseph Aidoo
DEF
Sergio Carreira
DEF
Óscar Mingueza
DEF
Javi Rodríguez
MID
Ilaix Moriba
MID
Williot Swedberg
MID
Miguel Román
FWD
Borja Iglesias
FWD
Bryan Zaragoza

Substitutes

28'Pablo Duránfor Williot Swedberg
67'Jones El-Abdellaoui
for Borja Iglesias
67'Hugo Álvarez
for Bryan Zaragoza
81'Iago Aspasfor Pablo Durán
81'Manu Fernándezfor Javi Rodríguez

Valencia

PosPlayer
GK
Julen Agirrezabala
DEF
Dimitri Foulquier
DEF
Mouctar Diakhaby
DEF
Thierry Correia
DEF
Jesús Vázquez
DEF
José Copete
MID
Pepelu
MID
André Almeida
MID
Javi Guerra
FWD
Hugo Duro
FWD
Lucas Beltrán

Substitutes

57'Luis Riojafor Thierry Correia
57'Largie Ramazani
for Lucas Beltrán
66'César Tárrega Requenifor Dimitri Foulquier
66'Arnaut Danjumafor Javi Guerra
81'Diego Lópezfor José Copete
Difference Maker Star: Top 3 players of their team

League Table after the game

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
7Celta Vigo186842420+426
L
W
W
D
W
18Valencia183781730-1316
D
D
L
D
L

Last Games

Celta Vigo

@Real Oviedo
0 - 0
vsAthletic Bilbao
2 - 0
@Real Madrid
2 - 0
vsEspanyol
0 - 1
@Deportivo Alavés
1 - 0

Valencia

vsMallorca
1 - 1
@Atlético Madrid
1 - 2
vsSevilla
1 - 1
@Rayo Vallecano
1 - 1
vsLevante
1 - 0

Head-to-Head

05 Apr 2026
Valencia2 - 3Celta Vigo
05 Apr 2026Valencia
2 - 3
Celta Vigo
03 Jan 2026
Celta Vigo4 - 1Valencia
03 Jan 2026Celta Vigo
4 - 1
Valencia
02 Feb 2025
Valencia2 - 1Celta Vigo
02 Feb 2025Valencia
2 - 1
Celta Vigo
23 Aug 2024
Celta Vigo3 - 1Valencia
23 Aug 2024Celta Vigo
3 - 1
Valencia
26 May 2024
Celta Vigo2 - 2Valencia
26 May 2024Celta Vigo
2 - 2
Valencia

La Liga

Gameweek 18

02 Jan • 21:00
Rayo Vallecano
Getafe
1 - 1
03 Jan • 14:00
Celta Vigo
Valencia
4 - 1
03 Jan • 16:15
Osasuna
Athletic Bilbao
1 - 1
03 Jan • 18:30
Elche
Villarreal
1 - 3
03 Jan • 21:00
Espanyol
Barcelona
0 - 2
04 Jan • 14:00
Sevilla
Levante
0 - 3
04 Jan • 16:15
Real Madrid
Real Betis
5 - 1
04 Jan • 18:30
Deportivo Alavés
Real Oviedo
1 - 1
04 Jan • 18:30
Mallorca
Girona
1 - 2
04 Jan • 21:00
Real Sociedad
Atlético Madrid
1 - 1

What is GAP?

What is Plus Minus Goals (G±)?

Plus Minus Goals (G±) is the average goal difference per game while the player was on the pitch. A value above 0 indicates that the team rather wins, a value below 0 means his team concedes more goals than they score when the player is on the pitch. As an example, if the player's team is winning 3:1 the goal difference is +2, if the player's team is loosing 0:1, the goal difference is -1. It is a pure metric which is barely adjusted for circumstances to purely show the goal difference.

What is GAP?

GAP (Game Advantage Percentage) shows the percentage gap between a player and the average league player. It answers the question: How much does a player improve or worsen a team's performance? It is based on high level game data with a focus on the impact on the goal difference (G±) from the last 50 games of a player. Besides that, GAP goes further and considers game context by involving data from the player and all other players who are at the same time on the pitch, no matter if teammates or opponents. Football GAP - the individual metric for team players.