Real Madrid will resume their 2024-25 La Liga campaign with a home fixture against Celta Vigo on Sunday afternoon.
Los Blancos are currently second in the La Liga table, four points behind the leaders Barcelona, while Celta occupy seventh, with the Sky Blues battling to secure European football for the 2025-26 season.
Carlo Ancelotti‘s side have not been in action since losing 3-2 to Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final, while Celta will enter the match off the back of an impressive 3-0 home success over Villarreal in Spain’s top flight.
Here, Sports Mole takes a look at the head-to-head record and past meetings between the two sides ahead of their showdown in Madrid, with Los Blancos under major pressure to secure all three points in order to remain in the title hunt heading into the final straight.
Head-to-head record
Previous meetings: 136
Celta Vigo wins: 34
Draws: 21
Real Madrid wins: 81
These two sides have locked horns on 136 occasions throughout history, and Real Madrid comfortably lead the head-to-head record, having won 81 times to Celta’s 34, while there have also been 21 draws.
Real Madrid have netted 319 times against Celta, conceding 170, while Cristiano Ronaldo is the all-time leading goalscorer in this fixture, having scored 20 goals against the Sky Blues during his time with Los Blancos.
Unsurprisingly, Real Madrid have also dominated their La Liga meetings, winning 71 of their 117 matches, suffering 29 defeats in the process, while there have been 17 draws.
Los Blancos are currently on a nine-game winning run against Celta in La Liga, while they have not lost to the Vigo outfit in Spain’s top flight since May 2014, demonstrating the size of the away side’s task in this weekend’s contest.
Two of Celta’s last three wins over Real Madrid have actually come at Bernabeu, though, and they have only beaten Los Blancos once in front of their own supporters since May 2001.
The last La Liga meeting between the two sides took place in October 2024, with Ancelotti’s side recording a 2-1 victory in Vigo courtesy of goals from Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior.
Celta have only scored one goal in their last four league matches against Real Madrid, conceding nine times in the process, which is a further indication of their difficulties when it comes to this fixture, but their success over Villarreal last time out means that confidence should be high.
The last meeting between the two teams took place in the Copa del Rey in January 2025, with Real Madrid booking their spot in the quarter-finals courtesy of a 5-2 success at Bernabeu.
Last 20 meetings
Jan 16, 2025: Real Madrid 5-2 Celta Vigo (Copa del Rey Round of 16)
Oct 19, 2024: Celta Vigo 1-2 Real Madrid (La Liga)
Mar 10, 2024: Real Madrid 4-0 Celta Vigo (La Liga)
Aug 25, 2023: Celta Vigo 0-1 Real Madrid (La Liga)
Apr 22, 2023: Real Madrid 2-0 Celta Vigo (La Liga)
Aug 20, 2022: Celta Vigo 1-4 Real Madrid (La Liga)
Apr 02, 2022: Celta Vigo 1-2 Real Madrid (La Liga)
Sep 12, 2021: Real Madrid 5-2 Celta Vigo (La Liga)
Mar 20, 2021: Celta Vigo 1-3 Real Madrid (La Liga)
Jan 02, 2021: Real Madrid 2-0 Celta Vigo (La Liga)
Feb 16, 2020: Real Madrid 2-2 Celta Vigo (La Liga)
Aug 17, 2019: Celta Vigo 1-3 Real Madrid (La Liga)
Mar 16, 2019: Real Madrid 2-0 Celta Vigo (La Liga)
Nov 11, 2018: Celta Vigo 2-4 Real Madrid (La Liga)
May 12, 2018: Real Madrid 6-0 Celta Vigo (La Liga)
Jan 07, 2018: Celta Vigo 2-2 Real Madrid (La Liga)
May 17, 2017: Celta Vigo 1-4 Real Madrid (La Liga)
Jan 25, 2017: Celta Vigo 2-2 Real Madrid (Copa del Rey Quarter-Finals)
Jan 18, 2017: Real Madrid 1-2 Celta Vigo (Copa del Rey Quarter-Finals)
Aug 27, 2016: Real Madrid 2-1 Celta Vigo (La Liga)
Last 10 La Liga meetings
Oct 19, 2024: Celta Vigo 1-2 Real Madrid (La Liga)
Mar 10, 2024: Real Madrid 4-0 Celta Vigo (La Liga)
Aug 25, 2023: Celta Vigo 0-1 Real Madrid (La Liga)
Apr 22, 2023: Real Madrid 2-0 Celta Vigo (La Liga)
Aug 20, 2022: Celta Vigo 1-4 Real Madrid (La Liga)
Apr 02, 2022: Celta Vigo 1-2 Real Madrid (La Liga)
Sep 12, 2021: Real Madrid 5-2 Celta Vigo (La Liga)
Mar 20, 2021: Celta Vigo 1-3 Real Madrid (La Liga)
Jan 02, 2021: Real Madrid 2-0 Celta Vigo (La Liga)
Feb 16, 2020: Real Madrid 2-2 Celta Vigo (La Liga)
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