Real Sociedad vs Celta Vigo — La Liga result and pre-match forecast, Thursday, 3 September 2026

La Liga·Thursday, 3 September 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 6.0 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Real Sociedad

53%

top pick

Draw

26%

result

Celta Vigo

22%

Final score

0–0

Top pick missed

Metis gave the draw 25.5% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Real Sociedad win. Expected goals 1.67–1.06 against 0–0 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals51%0 scored
Both teams score54%no
Real Sociedad clean sheet35%yes
Celta Vigo clean sheet18%yes
Real Sociedad score 2+50%no
Celta Vigo score 2+28%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1622
1X2 Brier score0.8789
Probability on the result25.5%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (12.2%), 1–0 (10.9%), 2–1 (10.7%). It finished 0–0.

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Real Sociedad

21 AugAvs Real Betis0–1L
26 AugAvs Real Madrid1–4L
29 AugHvs Espanyol2–1W
3 SeptHvs Celta Vigo0–0D
7 SeptAvs Elche3–2W

Celta Vigo

22 AugAvs Valencia0–0D
27 AugHvs Osasuna1–2L
30 AugHvs Athletic Club0–2L
3 SeptAvs Real Sociedad0–0D
7 SeptAvs Getafe1–1D

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatReal Sociedad
(Home · 3 matches)
Celta Vigo
(Away · 3 matches)
BTTS rate33.3%33.3%
Over 2.5 rate66.7%0.0%
Clean sheet33.3%66.7%
Avg goals2.000.67

Home stats use Real Sociedad's home record; away stats use Celta Vigo's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.