LaLiga · Matchday 9 Match report

Celta Vigo 2-1 Deportivo Alavés: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Celta Vigo

2-1Full time

Deportivo Alavés

Sunday 18 October 2026, 14:15 UTC Estadio Abanca-Balaídos, Vigo

Our picks against the result

6 of 12 right

Result Celta Vigo win43% 2-1
Double chance Celta Vigo or draw (1X)72% 2-1
Goals over/under 2.5 Under 2.556% 3 goals
More corners Celta Vigo57% Deportivo Alavés (0-4)
Yellow cards Around average 2 yellow cards · league 4.3
Yellow cards 2 yellow cards 3.5 Over62% 4.5 Under57% 5.5 Under74%
Corners Around average 4 corners · league 9.8
Corners 4 corners 8.5 Over56% 9.5 Under55% 10.5 Under65%

Match stats

Celta Vigo Deportivo Alavés

2 Goals 1
1 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
0 Corners 4

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Celta Vigo vs Deportivo Alavés is the LaLiga Matchday 9 fixture on Sunday 18 October 2026 at Balaídos, where our model picks a Celta Vigo win, with the Celta Vigo win or draw double chance covering the draw.

Why this pick?

Home advantage at Balaídos carries the most weight for our model, alongside a strength rating that puts Celta slightly ahead of an Alavés side rated a touch below the LaLiga average. Against the pick is Celta's attacking play over the last five games, with big chances created below the league average, plus two days' rest after a Europa League night while Alavés have had a full week and the better recent form. Even so, one win in eight owes plenty to five draws, and a defence that has conceded six and given up few clear chances should keep this tight. The call is a narrow one.

Form guide

Celta Vigo

L 1-2 vs Juventus (H) Europa League · 15 Oct
D 0-0 at Elche (A) LaLiga · 11 Oct
W 5-0 vs Racing Santander (H) LaLiga · 19 Sep
L 0-1 at Omonia Nicosia (A) Europa League · 16 Sep
D 1-1 vs Málaga (H) LaLiga · 13 Sep

Deportivo Alavés

L 1-2 vs Atlético Madrid (H) LaLiga · 10 Oct
D 0-0 at Athletic Club (A) LaLiga · 19 Sep
L 0-1 vs Valencia (H) LaLiga · 15 Sep
L 1-2 at Racing Santander (A) LaLiga · 12 Sep
W 5-2 vs Osasuna (H) LaLiga · 6 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

Celta VigoDeportivo Alavés

Attack 63 32 1.0 goals per match this season1.5 goals per match this season

Defence 63 58 0.8 conceded per match this season1.0 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's LaLiga clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.