Racing de Santander vs Celta Vigo Prediction and Betting Tips | January 5th 2025

Racing de Santander will face Celta Vigo at the El Sardinero on Sunday in the last 32 of the 2024-25 Copa del Rey campaign. The home side have seen their quest for promotion from the Spanish second-tier take a major hit in recent weeks and will be looking to get their campaign back on track in the new year.

After a dramatic 4-3 away victory over Lanzarote in their cup opener in October, Racinguistas returned to home turf where they traded tackles with Sporting Gijon and won 1-0, with Inigo Vicente scoring a late winner mere minutes after his introduction from the bench.

Celta Vigo, meanwhile, put five past San Pedro in their tournament opener in October with three different players getting on the scoresheet to hand Os Celestes a 5-1 win. They then faced Salamanca in the second round of the cup and carried out a 7-0 hiding of the Segunda Federacion side.

The visitors faced Valencia at this stage of the competition last season, winning 3-1, and will be hungry for victory here as well.

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Racing de Santander vs Celta Vigo Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• There have been 70 meetings between Racing and Celta. The home side have won 30 of those games while the visitors have won 23 times with their other 17 contests ending level.
• The two teams last faced off in a La Liga clash back in February 2007 which ended 2-2.
• The visitors have won just one of their last 10 games in this fixture.
• Celta have scored 27 goals in the Spanish top flight this season, the highest of any team in the bottom half of the table.

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Racing de Santander vs Celta Vigo Prediction

Racing have lost three of their last four matches and have won just one of their last seven. They have struggled for results on home turf in recent outings and have a difficult test ahead of them at the weekend.

Celta, meanwhile, have won three of their last four matches and will head into this one in high spirits. The sheer gulf in class and quality between the two teams should see the visitors come out on top here.

Prediction: Racing de Santander 0-2 Celta Vigo

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Racing de Santander vs Celta Vigo Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Celta Vigo to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Three of the visitors' last four matches have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: NO (Both sides have found the back of the net in just one of the hosts' last eight matches)