Celta Vigo vs PAOK prediction 02.10.2025 | Europa League

Celta Vigo came to this season after finishing seventh last year, which is their best placement in almost a decade. Unfortunately, they did not continue with such good performances this year, considering they are sitting in 16th place with five points in the first seven rounds. With Girona, they are the only winless team in La Liga. Besides a bad start in La Liga, they also started the EL poorly, losing the competition opener 2:1 vs Stuttgart.

After a 2:1 loss vs Elche, coach Claudio Giraldez spoke to the media. He was self-critical, saying the team has not been good and saying that nothing is going right for them at the moment. The coach acknowledged they deservedly lost, but tried to be positive and insisted they have to keep working to return to their form. 

PAOK finished third last year, missing out on Champions League Qualifiers just by one point. This year, they were solid as they are in 3rd place in the Greek Super League with two points behind the top two teams - Olympiacos and AEK Athens. 

In the EL, they drew the first game of the main phase vs Maccabi Tel Aviv. Their campaign had begun in the qualifiers, where they successfully eliminated Wolfsberger AC and Rijeka.

After a 3:3 draw with Asteras Tripolis, coach Răzvan Lucescu spoke to the media. He said it is still too early to speak about a crisis after failing to win in the past four games. However, the coach accepted there were errors, especially when they had possession and eventually lost the ball in dangerous moments. The coach was also asked about Despodov's substitution, and he clarified that the winger isn't fit to play 90 minutes due to recent injuries.