On the morning of August 17, the first round of the 24/25 La Liga season saw Celta face off against Alavés. The starting lineups for both teams were announced before the match:
Celta starting lineup: 1-Villar, 22-Mancillo, 2-Stafylidis, 24-Domingues, 30-Hugo Álvarez, 8-Bertrán, 28-Damián Rodríguez, 21-Mihai, 10-Aspas, 9-Duarte, 17-Bamba
Alavés starting lineup: 1-Sivera, 5-Abdallahi, 6-Guerra, 7-Vicente, 8-Blanco, 10-Corné, 14-Tenaglia, 17-Quique, 18-Guridi, 20-Luka Romero, 22-Moussa Diarra