Celta Vigo vs Alaves Prediction & Betting Tips (22 March)

Celta Vigo welcome Alavés to Balaídos in late March with both sides arriving from demanding LaLiga schedules and European-chasing ambitions quietly simmering in the background. Rafa Benítez’s men have pieced together a mixed but competitive run, including a gritty draw away at Real Betis, that finished 1-1, and another stalemate at home to Lyon, also ending 1-1. Those results, alongside a narrow defeat to Real Madrid and a recent win at Girona, paint the picture of a side that rarely gets blown away, even when the margins tilt against them.

Team news over the past couple of months has added extra intrigue to Celta’s evolving identity. In midfield, Moriba’s suspension has forced tweaks in the engine room, while forward Ferran Jutglà has been nursing a head injury and remains a doubt. Defensive depth has also been tested, with Fernández dealing with a muscle issue and Román sidelined until late May. Yet Celta have still found ways to stay competitive, leaning on the creativity of Iago Aspas and the growing influence of younger squad members to keep their LaLiga campaign on a steady, if unspectacular, upward curve.

Alavés, meanwhile, arrive with a recent record that hints at resilience but also inconsistency. Their last few league outings include a home draw with Villarreal, finishing 1-1, and a dramatic trip to Mestalla where they lost by the odd goal in five, the scoreline reading 3-2. Before that, defeats away to Levante and a battling draw at Sevilla underlined how tight their matches can be, even when results do not fully reward their effort. Suspensions for Garcés and Enríquez, plus fitness concerns for Tenaglia and Protesoni, have complicated squad selection but also opened doors for fringe players to stake a claim.

All of this recent context—Celta’s habit of staying in games, Alavés’ tendency to grind through low-margin contests, and the list of suspensions and knocks on both sides—points toward another finely balanced encounter in Galicia. Celta’s home form has generally been solid, and their slight edge in attacking cohesion could prove decisive against an Alavés outfit still searching for rhythm away from home. With both managers likely to prioritize structure over chaos, a single moment of quality or a set-piece could settle it, and our view is that Celta Vigo may just edge this one by a tight 1 : 0 scorel