Celta Vigo vs Bournemouth Prediction

Two very different recent patterns

Bournemouth's last 20 matches across competitions show 10 wins, 6 draws and just 4 losses, with 49 goals scored along the way. That run includes some big scorelines both ways, a 3-0 win at AC Milan but also a 5-1 defeat away at Chelsea, so the goals have flowed in both directions.

Celta Vigo: 20 completed matches; Bournemouth: 20 completed matches.

Celta Vigo

20 matches

Win

30% 6 / 20

Draw

50% 10 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

25

Conceded

18

Difference

+7

Bournemouth

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

49

Conceded

24

Difference

+25

Celta Vigo's equivalent sample is quieter. Six wins, ten draws and four losses in 20 games points to a side that rarely gets beaten heavily but also struggles to turn games into victories, with only 25 goals scored over that stretch.

Bournemouth's goal output over this period is notably higher than Celta's, even if neither side's underlying strength is fully settled by these numbers.

Comparative Team Statistics: Celta Vigo vs Bournemouth

Contrasting starts in the league phase

The standings here cover this season's Europa League league phase specifically, not domestic form. Bournemouth sit fifth after two matches, with two wins, six goals for and just one conceded.

Celta Vigo are down in 28th from the same two-game sample, having lost both outings and scored once while conceding three. It's an early picture, but it's the one both sides carry into this fixture.

Celta have more ground to make up in this competition than Bournemouth do, at least based on these opening results.

How it could unfold

Celta's home record this season has been a mixed bag. They've beaten weaker opposition like Racing Santander and Omonia Nicosia at home, but lost to Athletic Club, Osasuna and Juventus in the same ground over a similar stretch.

Bournemouth's away form carries a similar split, a Europa League win at Real Sociedad sits alongside heavy defeats at Manchester United and Chelsea. Given Bournemouth's stronger overall numbers and better start to this competition, there's a case for them edging it, but Celta's tendency to hold their own against teams they're expected to beat shouldn't be dismissed either.