The leaders of La Liga, Barcelona, will compete against European hopefuls Celta Vigo in Catalonia on Saturday afternoon.
Hansi Flick’s team was beaten for the first time on Tuesday evening 2025, but Borussia Dortmund’s 3-1 victory in Germany was not enough to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time since 2019.
The damage had been done in the first leg, where Barca triumphed 4-0, but it cannot be denied that they were as poor as in the Signal Iduna Park.
The hosts are badly sold by the domestic competition on Saturday against a Celta team that has used up one of the surprise packages from La Liga this season. While they recently had an unbeaten run from Espanyol with eight games, Celta has struggled for a Top-Six finish.
The Sky Blues is currently in the Seventh table and contains five points from Real Betis with seven remaining games. Meanwhile, Barca can extend her lead to seven points on the summit before Real Madrid competes against the Athletic Club on Sunday evening.
Here is 90 minutes Guide to the upcoming La Liga Clash.
Barcelona against Celta Vigo head-to-head record (last five games)
Current form (all competitions)
Barcelona | Celta Vigo |
|---|---|
Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Barcelona – 15/04/25 | Celta Vigo 0-2 Espanyol – 12/04/25 |
Leganes 0-1 Barcelona – 12/04/25 | Mallorca 1-2 Celta Vigo – 05/04/25 |
Barcelona 4-0 Dortmund – 09/04/25 | Celta Vigo 1-1 Las Palmas – 31/03/25 |
Barcelona 1-1 Real Betis – 05/04/25 | Real Valladolid 0-1 Celta Vigo – 15/03/25 |
Atletico Madrid 0-1 Barcelona – 02/04/25 | Celta Vigo 2-1 Leganes – 08/03/25 |
country | TV channel/live stream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | Premier sports player Laligatv |
United States | Paramount+, Tudn.com, Univision Now, Tudn App, VIX, Tudn USA, Univision |
Canada | TSN+, TSN2 |
Alejandro Baldes Femor injury is a big blow for Barcelona, but there is hope that the left -back will be back with Inter at the start of her semi -finals of the Champions League. Gerard Martin departed for the Spanish international on Wednesday and probably has to continue.
Ronald Araujo fought in Dortmund and was able to fall on the bench, with Inigo Martinez returning to the start of XI.
Dani Olmo and Pedri should return to Flick’s midfield, and the boss will soon have to choose between the posts between Wojciech Szczesny and Marc-Andre Ter Stegen. Marc Casado and Marc Bernal are injured.
Barcelona predicted the line-up against Celta (4-2-3-1): Szczesny; Kounde, Comatarsi, Martinez, Martin; De Jong, Pedri; Yamal, Olmo, Torres; Lewandowski.
Celta was hit hard by Barca’s local rival Espanyol last weekend, and it is unlikely that there will be a big change in Claudio Giraldez staff on Saturday.
The former Barca Starlet Ilaix Moriba played a sporadic role for visitors this season, but could appear on Saturday from the bank. At 37, IAGO Aspas is still strong and heads the Torcharts for Celta in La Liga with eight strikes.
Giraldez Jones El-Abdellaoui and Center-Back Carl Starfelt cannot call the injury front.
Celta predicted the line-up against Barcelona (4-1-4-1): Guaita; Rodriguez, Dominguez, Alonso, Mingueza; Beltran; Carreia, Aspas, Sotelo, Gonzalez; Duran.
The prey was shared in the reverse device in November, and the Giraldez team is a potential banana skin for the league leaders. Celta has been anything but guilty in recent years, but the new manager who came in during the backend of last season shaked her world.
Barca has recently shown signs of fatigue, and they are put to the test by a fresher Celta outfit that is so well drilled. Your defeat last weekend should not be more than a Blip, even though you have benefited from a friendly schedule in the past few months.
Nevertheless, visitors expected the league leaders to lead the league on Saturday. Barca may have to find additional equipment to assert itself.