Celta Vigo vs Freiburg Preview & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Europa League | Quarter-Final
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Celta Vigo are in a surprisingly and sudden desperate spot as the Galicians need to overturn a Freiburg hammering at Balaidos on Thursday night this weekend.
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- The first leg was the first UEFA competition match between Freiburg and Celta.
- Celta have lost their last four UEFA matches against German teams.
- Celta have contested two previous UEFA two‑legged ties against German opposition: a 2-1 aggregate victory over Stuttgart in the 2000/01 UEFA Cup fourth round, and a 3-0 aggregate defeat to Werder Bremen in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup round of 16.
- This is Celta’s fifth UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League quarter‑final. They lost their first three, all in the UEFA Cup, but won their most recent tie in the 2016/17 Europa League, edging Genk 4-3 on aggregate — and this is their first European campaign since that run.
- Celta have won five of their last six UEFA two-legged ties.
- Celta have lost only two of their last nine UEFA home matches (W6 D1).
- This tie marks the first time in UEFA competition history that Celta have entered a second leg facing a three‑goal deficit.
- Prior to this tie, Freiburg’s only UEFA encounters with a Spanish team were a pair of 2-0 defeats to Sevilla in the 2013/14 Europa League group stage.
- This is Freiburg’s first UEFA competition quarter‑final appearance. They are the 22nd different German club to reach the last eight of the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League — more than any other country has produced.
- Freiburg are aiming to become the 18th different German club to reach the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League semi‑finals. Germany’s tally of 17 clubs prior to this season is already a record, four more than any other nation — with England and Italy next on 13.
- Freiburg have lost only two of their last 11 UEFA matches (W7 D2).
- Freiburg have won only one of their last eight UEFA away matches (D3 L4).
- This tie marks the first time in UEFA competition history that Freiburg have entered a second leg with a three-goal advantage.
Celta Vigo vs Freiburg prediction
The first-leg was one-sided in Baden-Wurttemberg as Freiburg hammered Celta Vigo by three goals to nil with strikes from Vincenzo Grifo, Jan-Niklas Beste and Matthias Ginter.
Celta have been brilliant in the last few seasons under Claudio Giraldez but things are falling a part a bit and their pursuit for a top five finish and UEFA Champions League qualification in La Liga was dealt a blow with a 3-0 loss to rock-bottom Real Oviedo at the weekend. Freiburg, on the other hand, edged past Mainz in a game that was very dull to watch with both sides focused on their European action.
Celta have been entertaining and they will have to dip into that to stand a chance here and get themselves on the front foot here but that should mean, like last week, an efficient Freiburg side punish them in Galicia on Thursday evening.
Celta Vigo vs Freiburg tip: Both teams to score
