Celta Vigo x PAOK Salonika Betting tips for February 26 in UEFA Europa League

Our betting tip for Celta Vigo x PAOK Salonika, Thursday, 26/2/2026

📅 26/2/2026 20:00

Celta Vigo 1.80

X 3.60

PAOK Salonika 4.26

This is the bet from our artificial intelligence for Celta Vigo x PAOK Salonika:

🔮 PAOK Salonika wins the match
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Some important points for the tip for Celta Vigo x PAOK Salonika:

👉 If you had bet $100 on Celta Vigo in each of its last 5 matches as home, you would have had a profit of $300.0.
👉 If you had bet $100 on PAOK Salonika in each of its last 5 matches as away, you would have had a profit of $152.0.
👉 In the last 7 matches as the home team, Celta Vigo scored at least 1 goal(s).
👉 In the last 3 PAOK Salonika matches as the away team, it finished under 2.5 goals.
👉 In the last 3 road matches, PAOK Salonika has not lost any of them.

🤖 What does ChatGPT think about our prediction for Celta Vigo vs PAOK Salonika?

Lets analyze the match between Celta Vigo and PAOK Salonika in the UEFA Europa League, which will take place at Balaidos Stadium, home of Celta Vigo. 🏟️

📈 Celta has shown strength at home with 4 wins and only 1 loss in their last 5 games at their stadium, averaging 2 goals per game and conceding only 1. PAOK, on the other hand, has a more modest away record, with 2 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss in their last five away games in the same competition. Ball possession slightly favors PAOK (52% vs. 45%), but Celtas offensive volume is higher (14 shots per game vs. 8). This indicates that the Spanish team has more offensive control when playing at home.

📰 Recent news highlight that Celta is on a winning streak after beating Mallorca in La Liga and has already won the first leg against PAOK 2-0 away. Additionally, they had some key substitutions due to injuries but maintain a competitive squad. PAOK needs to overturn this deficit playing away and relies on Giakoumakis as their main offensive reference to attempt a comeback.

Analyzing the provided median odds: home win (Celta) is around @1.8; draw @3.6; away win (PAOK) @4.1 — converting to normalized implied probabilities, we get approximately: Celta win ~51%, draw ~25%, PAOK win ~24%. Considering recent statistics and the clear advantage in the first leg for Celta, my fair estimate would be close to this or slightly more favorable to the home team due to the aggregate score advantage.

The Bets Kenya model suggests different predicted odds: favorite bet is the home win with odds near @1.89 but assigns a negative expected value to this bet (-7%), while seeing a considerable positive value (+15%) in a possible surprising away victory (@3.9). I disagree with this optimistic view regarding PAOKs realistic chance of a comeback given the current data — playing away and reversing a two-goal deficit in a stadium where the opponent is offensively strong doesnt seem very likely.

Therefore, my recommendation is a safe bet on the double chance – Win or Draw favoring Celta Vigo, avoiding high risks in an unlikely comeback by the visitor despite the tempting odds offered by the bookmakers.

Suggested Bet: Double chance – Win or Draw for Celta Vigo.

Betting directly on the visitors comeback carries high risk without sufficient statistical or recent news support.

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Analysis from Celta Vigo x PAOK Salonika for the UEFA Europa League – 26 of February

Latest news on Celta Vigo x PAOK Salonika

Celta Vigo: Celta Vigo has been showing good form recently, recording a 1-0 victory in La Liga against Mallorca on February 22, 2026, thanks to a penalty scored by Iago Aspas after a foul on Borja Iglesias. During the match, Jones El Abdellaoui replaced Javi Rueda and Williot Swedberg came on for Pablo Durán, who was injured. Just three days earlier, the team secured an away win of 2-0 in the Europa League against PAOK Salonika, with Williot Swedberg opening the scoring and a second goal later in the game, with substitutions like Fer López replacing Iago Aspas and Hugo Álvarez replacing Swedberg. Recent transfer market moves include the return of striker Tadeo Allende to Inter Miami after his time at Celta Vigo.

PAOK Salonika: PAOK Salonika, coached by Razvan Lucescu, is third in the Greek Super League and is preparing for the decisive second leg of the Europa League qualifiers against Celta Vigo on February 26, 2026, at 20:00 UTC, after losing 2-1 in the first leg on February 19, trailing by one goal. The team hopes to rely on striker Giakoumakis, who has scored four times in seven matches this season, to try to turn things around. Nationally, PAOK faces AEL Novibet in a Super League match on February 22, 2026, at 16:00 UTC, a game that could intensify their fight for the title.

Table analysis for the game between Celta Vigo and PAOK Salonika

Celta Vigo: Celta Vigo is in 16th place with 13 points, close to the top qualifying positions for the UEFA Europa League playoffs, but still outside the direct qualification zone. This match is important because a victory could push the team closer to the spots that guarantee continuation in the competition, especially since it is in a fierce battle where every point counts in this final phase.

PAOK Salonika: PAOK Salonika is in 17th place with 12 points, just one point behind Celta Vigo, keeping hope alive to reach the qualification zone. This match is essential for PAOK, which needs to score away from home to maintain its chances of advancing in the standings and prevent the rival from increasing the advantage.

Summary: A very important game for both teams, as the difference in the table is minimal and the round is decisive to determine who will continue fighting for playoff qualification spots.

How the handicap and odds moved for Celta Vigo x PAOK Salonika

It is always useful to analyse how the odds and the handicap behaved over time. This helps us understand where the betting market is heading and what punters expect for the match between Celta Vigo x PAOK Salonika.

Below you will see a summary that compares the opening odds with the current odds in the main markets: 1X2, handicap and goals.

Tips for the 1×2 market for Celta Vigo x PAOK Salonika

When the best bet on Celta Vigo x PAOK Salonika is analysed, notice that our AI model is not interested in getting the right result, but instead in looking for situations where the bookies offer us a positive expected value.

To achieve that, the algorithm analyses more than 1487572 matches from our database seeking for patterns to get to the winning probabilities for the home team, a tie or a victory for the away team. That was the conclusion from our artificial intelligence:

Is it a good idea to bet on Celta Vigo?

🔵 Celta Vigo: the model predicted that the probability of this event happening is 56.44% and we know that avarage odds offered by the bookies are 1.80. That is, when you make 1000 bets of $1 like this one, you:

• Would hit 560 times – this would give you a profit of $448.00
• And would lose other 440 times – losing -$440.00 with them.

We are talking about a bet without profit, because after all you would have an expected final loss of 💰-$8.00.

Is it a good idea to bet on draw?

⚪ draw: our artificial intelligence has calculated that the probability of this event happening is around 20.09%, meanwhile the bookies are offering avarage odds of 3.60. In other words, this means that if you made 1000 bets of $1 like this, you:

• Would hit 200 times – this would give you a profit of $520.00
• And would lose other 800 times – having a loss of -$800.00 with them.

So this bet does not have value. After all, you would have an expected loss of 💰-$280.00.

Is it worth betting on PAOK Salonika?

🔴 PAOK Salonika: the model predicted that the probability of this event happening is 23.47% and we know that avarage odds offered by the bookies are 4.26. This means that if you made 1000 bets of $1 like this, you:

• Would hit 230 times – profiting $749.80;
• And would lose other 770 times – losing -$770.00 with them.

So this is a value bet. After all, at the end of these bets, you would have an expected profit of 💰$20.20.

Handicaps analysis for the match Celta Vigo x PAOK Salonika

Maybe you prefer another approach: betting on Asian handicaps. We thought about it and our model also seeks to find the main handicaps of the most important markets. Maybe you do not even know what this is. If handicap is a 7-headed monster for you, all you have to do is click on our article about Asian handicap on football betting and you will find a complete material to quickly teach you how it works. Click on it and leave it open on another tab to read later..

Moving ahead we can see what the model has in store for these markets here:

⚖ Handicap 1×2: 0.0 Celta Vigo
⚽ Expected goals: 3.25 goals

Tips for the Handicap 1×2 market for Celta Vigo x PAOK Salonika

⚖ Handicap 1×2: our model believes that the ideal handicap is 0.0 Celta Vigo and the available handicap to bet at the moment is -0.5 Celta Vigo.

Since the difference between the handicap we calculated and the offered by the bookie is 0.50, this means that the best bet for the Handicap 1×2 is on: 0.5 PAOK Salonika.

Tips for the Goals Handicap market for Celta Vigo x PAOK Salonika

⚽ Goals Handicap: our model believes that the ideal handicap is 3.25 goals and the available handicap to bet at the moment is 2.50 goals.

We can notice that the difference between the handicap predicted by the model and the one available to bet at the bookmaker is 0.75. Therefore, the recommended bet for the Goals Handicap is on: + 2.50 goals.

FAQs: Frequently asked questions about the prediction for Celta Vigo x PAOK Salonika