RC Celta de Vigo vs Lille OSC Prediction 22 January 2026
Added on 20 January, 2026
Ambitious Celta Vigo and Lille will go head-to-head in the seventh matchday of the UEFA Europa League.
With nine points and a 12–9 goal difference, Celta currently sit 19th in the table, a position that practically guarantees progression to the first knockout round. Their European campaign has been lively: wins over PAOK (3–1), Nice (2–1), and Dinamo Zagreb (3–0) have been balanced out by narrow defeats to Ludogorets (2–3) and Bologna (1–2).
Lille’s recent run has been far less stable. The Dogues managed solid victories against Roma (1–0) and Dinamo Zagreb (4–0), but damaging losses to PAOK (3–4), Crvena Zvezda (0–1), and Young Boys (0–1) have significantly weakened their position. As it stands, Lille are 20th, level on nine points but with a slightly inferior 10–7 goal difference.
On paper, these sides look evenly matched, and the table situation leaves little margin for error for either. With qualification pressure hanging over both camps, this feels like a game where caution could outweigh risk. A pragmatic contest with limited goals seems the most likely scenario.
Under 2.5 goals in the match 2.04