Barcelona vs Celta, La Liga: Preview
Barça look to bounce back from European pain and take another step towards the league title
Photo by Jose Breton/Pics Action/NurPhoto via Getty Images FC Barcelona (1st, 79pts) vs RC Celta de Vigo (6th, 44pts) Competition/Round : 2025-26 La Liga , Matchday 33 Barcelona Outs & Doubts : Raphinha, Andreas Christensen (out), Marc Bernal (doubt) Celta Outs & Doubts : Miguel Román (out), Carl Starfelt (doubt) Barcelona Form Guide : WWLWW Celta Form Guide : LWLLL Date/Time : Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 9. 30pm CET/WAT (Barcelona), 8. 30pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 3.
30pm ET, 12. 30pm PT (USA), 1am IST (India, Thursday) Venue : Camp Nou, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Referee : José Luis Munuera Montero VAR : Carlos del Cerro Grande How to watch on TV : ESPN Deportes (USA), Premier Sports 1 (UK), SuperSport (Nigeria), Movistar (Spain), others How to watch o nline : ESPN+ (USA), Premier Sports Player (UK), FanCode (India), Movistar+ (Spain), others Following a painful Champions League elimination against Atlético Madrid, Barcelona have had a full week to rest, recover, train and reset as they turn their focus back to La Liga and a home game against Celta Vigo on Wednesday night at the Greatest Stadium on Earth. The European exit in Madrid was certainly disappointing and deflating, but any notion that Barça’s season “is over” by any means is just false.
Winning back-to-back La Liga titles would be a massive achievement, one that Barça still haven’t accomplished this decade and would serve as further proof that Hansi Flick is the right man for the job as the Catalans try to take the next step in continental play. Barça are four wins away from clinching the title, and the dream scenario of winning the league by defeating Real Madrid in El Clásico in three weeks is becoming more and more real. Madrid won on Tuesday against Alavés, which means the Blaugrana must pick up all three points to restore their nine-point lead at the top and continue on the march to the championship — which could very well come at home against their biggest rivals.
The task on Wednesday is not easy, however. Celta are one of the very few teams in La Liga who are not afraid of facing Barça in Catalonia, and are willing to play aggressive, attacking football at the Catalans’ home. Celta are on a terrible run of results and have conceded 15 goals in their last five games, but their attack is dynamic and tough to stop, so we should be prepared for a high-scoring affair at Camp Nou.