RC Celta de Vigo vs Deportivo Alavés Prediction La Liga · Oct 18, 2026

Analysis

Celta arrive on the back of a 5-0 demolition of Racing Santander, but that scoreline is an outlier in a run that otherwise reads 1-1 with Malaga, 1-1 at Getafe, 0-0 at Real Sociedad and 0-2 at home to Athletic: seven goals in five games, six of them in a single afternoon. Alaves have been two different teams depending on the venue, winning 1-0 against Villarreal and 5-2 against Osasuna in Vitoria while managing just one goal in two trips away (0-0 at Athletic, 1-2 at Racing). Both clubs are stuck in a congested midtable band where only a few points separate eighth from fourteenth, so neither can afford to open up. Three draws in five tells you Celta control matches without finishing them, and Alaves have failed to score in two of their last five. That combination points to a tight, low-volume contest settled by a single goal, with home advantage in Vigo tilting it just far enough towards the hosts.