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Athletic Club vs Celta Vigo

Competition – Spanish Primera Liga

Stadium: San Mamés

Date: 10th November 2023

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

La Liga resumes this weekend as Athletic Bilbao welcome Celta Vigo to the Estadio San Mamés for Round 13 of the 2023/24 season.

Bilbao come into this tie in good shape having beaten Villarreal 3-2 in their last outing to take their points haul of the season to 21 (W6, D3, L3). That points total represents their best total after 12 games in the 21st century, meaning that Ernesto Valverde’s side are on the verge of even more history with a win here.

They will want to keep the positive mood going as they attempt to break into the top four places.

They currently sit in fifth place and they can reduce the gap between them and fourth-placed Atletico Madrid to one point if they win here.

Winning will require that they are more focused and tight at the back after conceding eight in six league games at home.

However, Celta Vigo will unlikely trouble the hosts’ backline much as the visitors have a poor away record this season. In five trips away from home, Celta Vigo have just one win and one draw, which means their last three away league games have ended in losses.

Athletic’s imposing undefeated record of W6, D3 as favourites this season doesn’t bode well for the languishing Celta who sit in the relegation zone (W1, D4, L7), particularly as they themselves haven’t won a single La Liga match as an underdog this season (D1, L4).

Although Rafael Benítez hasn’t enjoyed his tenure at Celta, he will be hoping for better luck at the San Mames where Celta have lost just once in their last four meetings (W2, D1).

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera Liga:

May 23, 2025
Real Betis 20:00 Valencia
May 24, 2025
Real Madrid 15:15 Real Sociedad
Leganes 17:30 Real Valladolid
Espanyol 17:30 Las Palmas
Alaves 20:00 Osasuna
Getafe 20:00 Celta Vigo
Rayo Vallecano 20:00 Mallorca
May 25, 2025
Girona 13:00 Atlético de Madrid
Villarreal 15:15 Sevilla
Athletic Bilbao 20:00 Barcelona

Spanish Primera Liga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Barcelona 37 27 4 6 99 39 +60 85
2 Real Madrid 37 25 6 6 76 38 +38 81
3 Atlético de Madrid 37 21 10 6 64 30 +34 73
4 Athletic Bilbao 37 19 13 5 54 26 +28 70
5 Villarreal 37 19 10 8 67 49 +18 67
6 Real Betis 37 16 11 10 56 49 +7 59
7 Celta Vigo 37 15 7 15 57 56 +1 52
8 Rayo Vallecano 37 13 12 12 41 45 -4 51
9 Osasuna 37 12 15 10 47 51 -4 51
10 Mallorca 37 13 8 16 35 44 -9 47
11 Real Sociedad 37 13 7 17 35 44 -9 46
12 Valencia 37 11 12 14 43 53 -10 45
13 Getafe 37 11 9 17 33 37 -4 42
14 Alaves 37 10 11 16 37 47 -10 41
15 Girona 37 11 8 18 44 56 -12 41
16 Sevilla 37 10 11 16 40 51 -11 41
17 Espanyol 37 10 9 18 38 51 -13 39
18 Leganes 37 8 13 16 36 56 -20 37
19 Las Palmas 37 8 8 21 40 59 -19 32
20 Real Valladolid 37 4 4 29 26 87 -61 16

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