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Celta Vigo vs Levante

Competition – La Liga

Stadium: Balaidos

Date: 12th May 2026

Kick-off time – 18:00 GMT

Tuesday evening brings a La Liga clash of starkly contrasting ambitions as Celta Vigo host Levante at Estadio de Balaídos. The home side have long since secured their top-half credentials and are seeking to close the season in style, while the visitors arrive in Vigo in the grip of a relegation battle with everything still to play for.

The Sky Blues head into this fixture in encouraging form. Their most recent outing produced one of the results of the weekend, a 1-0 away win at Atlético Madrid that announced their intent to finish the campaign strongly. Prior to that, they beat Elche 3-1 at Balaídos in a comfortable home victory. Before that, back-to-back away defeats — 2-1 at Villarreal and 1-0 at the Camp Nou — had placed a question mark over their consistency. Earlier in this run, they were beaten 3-1 at home by SC Freiburg in Europe. The current sequence of W-W-L-L-L from most recent tells the story of a side that has rediscovered its teeth at precisely the right moment.

Levante, meanwhile, are a team fighting for their lives but not without belief. Their most recent outing ended in a 3-2 home win over Osasuna — a result that showed real character and provided a timely morale boost. Prior to that, they were dismantled 5-1 away at Villarreal in one of their heaviest defeats of the season, a game that laid bare the defensive vulnerabilities that have haunted them all campaign. Before that, they earned a goalless draw at Espanyol, a point that demonstrated their capacity to grind. Earlier in this run, they posted back-to-back home wins — 2-0 against Sevilla and 1-0 against Getafe — underlining that Balaídos or not, this group retains the ability to take points. A sequence of W-L-D-W-W is not the form of a side ready to accept relegation.

The head-to-head record favours Celta Vigo, who have won three of the last five meetings, with two draws and no wins for Levante. Most recently, Celta claimed a 1-2 victory at Levante’s ground in November 2025. In the previous encounter, the sides drew 1-1 at Balaídos in February 2022.

Celta sit sixth in La Liga with 50 points from 35 matches, four points behind Real Betis in fifth — a gap that remains mathematically closeable if results fall their way. Levante, by contrast, are anchored in 19th place with 36 points, one point below Alavés in 18th and firmly inside the relegation zone. Three points here would lift them to 39, moving them above both Girona (38) and Alavés (37) and into 17th — outside the drop zone for the first time in months. The margin for error is gone; this is a must-win.

In Spain, the match is live on Movistar+ and LaLiga TV Bar HD. Viewers in the United Kingdom and Ireland can watch on Premier Sports 1 and stream via the Premier Sports Player. In the United States, the game is available on ESPN Deportes, ESPN Select, fuboTV and the ESPN App.


Celta Vigo Form

Result Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
Atlético Madrid 0-1 Celta Vigo La Liga May 9, 2026
Celta Vigo 3-1 Elche La Liga May 3, 2026
Villarreal 2-1 Celta Vigo La Liga Apr 26, 2026
Barcelona 1-0 Celta Vigo La Liga Apr 22, 2026
Celta Vigo 1-3 SC Freiburg Europa League Apr 16, 2026

Levante Form

Result Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
Levante 3-2 Osasuna La Liga May 8, 2026
Villarreal 5-1 Levante La Liga May 2, 2026
🤝 Espanyol 0-0 Levante La Liga Apr 27, 2026
Levante 2-0 Sevilla La Liga Apr 23, 2026
Levante 1-0 Getafe La Liga Apr 13, 2026

Head to Head

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
Levante 1-2 Celta Vigo La Liga Nov 2, 2025
Celta Vigo 1-1 Levante La Liga Feb 21, 2022
Levante 0-2 Celta Vigo La Liga Sep 21, 2021
Celta Vigo 2-0 Levante La Liga Apr 30, 2021
Levante 1-1 Celta Vigo La Liga Oct 26, 2020

TV Listings / Streaming

Country Channel
Spain Movistar+, LaLiga TV Bar HD, M+ LALIGA TV 2
UK & Ireland Premier Sports 1, Premier Sports Player
USA ESPN Deportes, ESPN Select, fuboTV, ESPN App
Germany DAZN Germany, DAZN1 Germany
France beIN Sports 2, beIN SPORTS CONNECT, freemyCANAL
Italy DAZN Italia
Netherlands Ziggo Go, Ziggo Sport
Australia beIN SPORTS 3, beIN Sports Connect
Argentina DIRECTV Sports Argentina, DGO
Canada TSN+

La Liga Table

Pos Club MP W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Barcelona 35 30 1 4 91 31 +60 91
2 Real Madrid 35 24 5 6 70 33 +37 77
3 Villarreal 35 21 6 8 65 40 +25 69
4 Atlético Madrid 35 19 6 10 58 38 +20 63
5 Real Betis 35 13 15 7 54 43 +11 54
6 Celta 35 13 11 11 49 44 +5 50
7 Getafe 35 13 6 16 28 36 -8 45
8 Real Sociedad 35 11 11 13 54 55 -1 44
9 Athletic Club 35 13 5 17 40 51 -11 44
10 Osasuna 35 11 9 15 42 45 -3 42
11 Rayo Vallecano 34 10 12 12 35 41 -6 42
12 Valencia 35 11 9 15 38 50 -12 42
13 Sevilla 35 11 7 17 43 56 -13 40
14 Espanyol 35 10 9 16 38 53 -15 39
15 Mallorca 35 10 9 16 43 52 -9 39
16 Elche 35 9 12 14 46 54 -8 39
17 Girona 34 9 11 14 36 51 -15 38
18 Alavés 35 9 10 16 41 54 -13 37
19 Levante 35 9 9 17 41 57 -16 36
20 Real Oviedo 35 6 11 18 26 54 -28 29

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