Celta Vigo - Athletic Club live - Football

Celta Vigo host Athletic Club on Sunday, 30 August 2026, at the Abanca-Balaídos stadium in Vigo - a Matchday 3 encounter in the 2026/27 La Liga season that finds both clubs still seeking their first win of the campaign. Celta opened their season with a 0-0 draw at Valencia, while Athletic fell to a damaging 1-3 home defeat against Sevilla. Historically, Athletic hold a clear edge in this fixture with 28 wins to Celta's 16, though recent seasons have seen the gap narrow considerably.

Match Info: Celta Vigo vs Athletic Club

Celta Vigo take on Athletic Club in a Matchday 3 La Liga 2026/27 fixture on Sunday, 30 August 2026, kicking off at 20:30 BST at the Abanca-Balaídos stadium in Vigo, Spain.

Where to Watch Celta Vigo vs Athletic Club?

Viewers in the United Kingdom and Ireland can follow the match live on Premier Sports 1, with streaming available through the Premier Sports Player platform. These are the primary options for English-speaking audiences, offering full coverage from Vigo.

In the United States, ESPN+ and the ESPN App carry the game, while Fubo TV also broadcasts the fixture for cord-cutters. Canadian fans can stream via TSN+. Across Latin America, Disney+ holds rights in multiple territories including Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, while VIX serves Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, the Dominican Republic, and El Salvador. In Mexico, the game is on Sky+ and izzi.

Australian viewers can access the game via beIN Sports Connect Australia and beIN Sports 1 Australia on TV. In the Middle East and North Africa, beIN SPORTS CONNECT Arabia and beIN Sports English 1 are the go-to platforms. South African fans can tune in on SuperSport LaLiga, and across much of sub-Saharan Africa, DStv Now provides streaming. In Brazil, the match is shown on Amazon Prime Video and CazéTV, and in Japan on DAZN and U-Next.

Match between Celta Vigo and Athletic Club - Preview

The clash between Celta Vigo and Athletic Club pits two winless sides against each other just three matchdays into the 2026/27 La Liga season, with pressure on both benches to deliver before September arrives.

Celta Vigo enter the tie on the back of a productive 2025/26 campaign in which they finished sixth with 54 points and secured a berth in the UEFA Conference League play-off round. Claudio Giráldez has built a side capable of attacking football - the team scored 53 league goals last season - but the goalless stalemate at Mestalla on opening day suggests early-season caution. Their home record at Balaídos has historically been their strongest card, and they will need to play to that advantage here.

Athletic Club, meanwhile, enter the fixture looking to bounce back from a poor start. A 1-3 loss to Sevilla at San Mamés on Matchday 1 was not the statement Ernesto Valverde's side hoped to make after a 2025/26 season that included UEFA Champions League football. The Basques finished 12th in La Liga last term - a clear step backward from the fourth-place finish that had earned them their European adventure. A positive result in Vigo would help steady nerves considerably.

Head-to-Head: Celta Vigo vs Athletic Club

Athletic Club hold a commanding overall advantage in this rivalry, with 28 wins recorded against Celta's 16 victories in FBref's dataset, with 18 draws. In recent seasons, however, the fixture has grown more competitive: five of the last six meetings have seen both teams score, and Celta have claimed wins both home and away in that stretch.

The six most recent meetings between the two sides:

• 17 May 2026 - La Liga - Athletic Club 1-1 Celta Vigo
• 14 December 2025 - La Liga - Celta Vigo 2-0 Athletic Club
• 19 January 2025 - La Liga - Celta Vigo 1-2 Athletic Club
• 22 September 2024 - La Liga - Athletic Club 3-1 Celta Vigo
• 15 May 2024 - La Liga - Celta Vigo 2-1 Athletic Club
• 10 November 2023 - La Liga - Athletic Club 4-3 Celta Vigo

Celta Vigo - Recent Form

Celta Vigo have begun the 2026/27 season with one point from Matchday 1, following a goalless draw at Valencia - a workmanlike start that reflects a measured approach on the road.

Their 2025/26 La Liga campaign produced 14 wins, 12 draws, and 12 defeats, good enough for sixth place and 54 points - a finish that delivers Conference League football for the season ahead. In the UEFA Europa League that same year, Celta progressed to the quarter-finals before losing to Freiburg. The December 2025 shutout of Athletic at Balaídos - a 2-0 win - was among the highlights of last season's domestic campaign.

Under Giráldez, Celta have developed an identity built on attacking movement, with Iago Aspas remaining a creative force. Their home record is typically stronger than away performances, and returning to Balaídos for the first time in 2026/27 should suit them well against a visiting side that has already struggled defensively this season.

Athletic Club - Recent Form

Athletic Club come to Vigo looking to recover from a damaging start: a 1-3 home defeat to Sevilla on Matchday 1 of the new season left them winless and without momentum heading into this fixture.

The 2025/26 season was one of contrasts for Valverde's men: Champions League football for the first time since 2014-15, but a 12th-place La Liga finish with 10 league goals for top scorer Gorka Guruzeta. A Copa del Rey semi-final run added prestige, but domestic league performances too often fell below expectations. The final-day 1-1 draw with Celta at San Mamés in May 2026 summed up a season where results came in fits and starts rather than with consistency.

Iñaki Williams and Nico Williams remain the offensive fulcrum of Athletic's attack, with Oihan Sancet pulling strings from midfield. But 3 goals conceded at home to Sevilla in the opener is a concern the coaching staff must address before facing a Celta side that scored more than 50 league goals last season. Athletic will need a sharper defensive showing in Galicia to take anything from this trip.

Facts and Statistics

The rivalry between Celta Vigo and Athletic Club is one of La Liga's longer-running fixtures, spanning decades of top-flight competition with the balance of power traditionally weighted toward the Basque side. Yet in the modern era, Celta have emerged as a genuine challenger capable of turning the tables.

• Athletic Club lead the all-time head-to-head record with 28 wins against Celta's 16, with 18 draws (FBref data).
• In 5 of the last 6 meetings between the two clubs, both sides found the net.
• Celta's 2-0 win at Balaídos in December 2025 was the only match in the last six encounters where one side was kept scoreless.
• Celta Vigo finished 6th in La Liga 2025/26 with 54 points, while Athletic Club ended the same season 12th in the table.
• The largest known victory for Celta over Athletic in La Liga is the remarkable 6-1 at San Mamés in the 2001/02 season.