UEFA Europa League

Celta Vigo vs PAOK Salonika, 2025-26 UEFA Europa League, Knockout Round Playoffs

· 2nd Leg - Celta Vigo advance 3-1 on aggregate
Celta Vigo
  • 63': Williot Swedberg
FT
1 - 0
2nd Leg - Celta Vigo advance 3-1 on aggregate
PAOK Salonika

    About

    Celta Vigo are hosting PAOK Salonika at Balaidos, Vigo, Spain, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Europa League.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Foul by Alessandro Bianco (PAOK Salonika).
    • 1': Ilaix Moriba (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Dimitrios Chatsidis (PAOK Salonika) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 3': Foul by Javi Rueda (Celta Vigo).
    • 3': Attempt missed. Giannis Michailidis (PAOK Salonika) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dimitrios Chatsidis with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 4': Foul by Williot Swedberg (Celta Vigo).
    • 4': Tomasz Kedziora (PAOK Salonika) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 5': Foul by Magomed Ozdoev (PAOK Salonika).
    • 5': Sergio Carreira (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 10': Foul by Borja Iglesias (Celta Vigo).
    • 10': Giorgos Giakoumakis (PAOK Salonika) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Delay in match because of an injury Tomasz Kedziora (PAOK Salonika).
    • 14': Delay in match because of an injury Williot Swedberg (Celta Vigo).
    • 15': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 16': Corner, PAOK Salonika. Conceded by Javi Rodríguez.
    • 17': Attempt missed. Giorgos Giakoumakis (PAOK Salonika) header from very close range is just a bit too high following a corner.
    • 18': Alessandro Bianco (PAOK Salonika) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Foul by Matías Vecino (Celta Vigo).
    • 21': Attempt blocked. Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Javi Rueda.
    • 23': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Christos Zafeiris.
    • 23': Attempt missed. Matías Vecino (Celta Vigo) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Williot Swedberg with a cross following a corner.
    • 24': Offside, Celta Vigo. Javi Rueda is caught offside.
    • 28': Attempt missed. Matías Vecino (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Iago Aspas.
    • 32': Attempt blocked. Williot Swedberg (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Iago Aspas.
    • 32': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Giannis Michailidis.
    • 32': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Magomed Ozdoev.
    • 32': Attempt missed. Marcos Alonso (Celta Vigo) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Williot Swedberg following a corner.
    • 33': Foul by Giorgos Giakoumakis (PAOK Salonika).
    • 33': Matías Vecino (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Attempt missed. Javi Rueda (Celta Vigo) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
    • 34': Foul by Carl Starfelt (Celta Vigo).
    • 34': Giorgos Giakoumakis (PAOK Salonika) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Christos Zafeiris (PAOK Salonika) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 40': Foul by Matías Vecino (Celta Vigo).
    • 40': Ilaix Moriba (Celta Vigo) is shown the yellow card.
    • 41': Alessandro Bianco (PAOK Salonika) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 41': Foul by Matías Vecino (Celta Vigo).
    • 43': Attempt blocked. Alessandro Bianco (PAOK Salonika) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dimitrios Chatsidis.
    • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Jorge Sánchez (PAOK Salonika).
    • 45'+1': Sergio Carreira (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Celta Vigo 0, PAOK Salonika 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Celta Vigo 0, PAOK Salonika 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Miguel Román replaces Ilaix Moriba.
    • 50': Attempt saved. Borja Iglesias (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Antonis Tsiftsis (PAOK Salonika). Assisted by Javi Rueda.
    • 50': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Antonis Tsiftsis.
    • 51': Attempt blocked. Carl Starfelt (Celta Vigo) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Miguel Román with a cross.
    • 51': Attempt missed. Javi Rodríguez (Celta Vigo) header from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Carl Starfelt following a corner.
    • 52': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Tomasz Kedziora.
    • 58': Foul by Giorgos Giakoumakis (PAOK Salonika).
    • 58': Marcos Alonso (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 63': Goal! Celta Vigo 1, PAOK Salonika 0. Williot Swedberg (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Borja Iglesias.
    • 64': Substitution, PAOK Salonika. Mady Camara replaces Alessandro Bianco.
    • 65': Attempt saved. Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner by Antonis Tsiftsis (PAOK Salonika).
    • 66': Offside, Celta Vigo. Sergio Carreira is caught offside.
    • 67': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Ferran Jutglà replaces Iago Aspas.
    • 68': Foul by Jorge Sánchez (PAOK Salonika).
    • 68': Sergio Carreira (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 69': Attempt blocked. Miguel Román (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 69': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Jorge Sánchez.
    • 70': Foul by Matías Vecino (Celta Vigo).
    • 70': Giorgos Giakoumakis (PAOK Salonika) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 71': Borja Iglesias (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 71': Christos Zafeiris (PAOK Salonika).
    • 71': Foul by Abdul Baba (PAOK Salonika).
    • 71': Javi Rueda (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 72': Offside, Celta Vigo. Borja Iglesias is caught offside.
    • 74': Substitution, PAOK Salonika. Greg Taylor replaces Dimitrios Chatsidis.
    • 77': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Fer López replaces Borja Iglesias.
    • 77': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Jones El Abdellaoui replaces Williot Swedberg.
    • 79': Substitution, PAOK Salonika. Alexander Jeremejeff replaces Giorgos Giakoumakis.
    • 80': Foul by Jones El Abdellaoui (Celta Vigo).
    • 80': Giannis Michailidis (PAOK Salonika) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 83': Corner, PAOK Salonika. Conceded by Marcos Alonso.
    • 84': Attempt blocked. Alexander Jeremejeff (PAOK Salonika) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Magomed Ozdoev.
    • 87': Attempt missed. Fer López (Celta Vigo) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Javi Rueda.
    • 89': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Carlos Domínguez replaces Marcos Alonso.
    • 90': Foul by Jonjoe Kenny (PAOK Salonika).
    • 90': Sergio Carreira (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90': Offside, Celta Vigo. Ferran Jutglà is caught offside.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Jones El Abdellaoui (Celta Vigo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ferran Jutglà following a fast break.
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Celta Vigo 1, PAOK Salonika 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Celta Vigo 1, PAOK Salonika 0.

    Statistics

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    9 Fouls 9
    0 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 4
    2 Corner Kicks 6
    2 Saves 0
    44.6 Possession 55.4
    4 SHOTS 14
    0 ON GOAL 3
    0.0 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    395 Accurate Passes 532
    470 Passes 583
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    3 Accurate Crosses 3
    9 Crosses 13
    0.3 Cross % 0.2
    54 Long Balls 29
    22 Accurate Long Balls 20
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.7
    2 Blocked Shots 4
    12 Effective Tackles 13
    21 Tackles 15
    0.6 Tackle % 0.9
    8 Interceptions 5
    15 Effective Clearances 16
    15 Clearances 16

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Europa League

    Venue: Balaidos
    Location: Vigo, Spain
    Attendance: 21,344

    Line-Ups

    CEL Celta Vigo (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    13 Andrei Radu (GK)
    2 Carl Starfelt
    20 Marcos Alonso
    32 Javi Rodríguez
    6 Ilaix Moriba Yellow Card
    15 Matías Vecino
    5 Sergio Carreira
    17 Javi Rueda
    7 Borja Iglesias
    19 Williot Swedberg
    10 Iago Aspas
    Celta Vigo Substitutes:
    Óscar Mingueza, Miguel Román, Iván Villar, Joseph Aidoo, Manuel Fernández, Jones El-Abdellaoui, Hugo Álvarez, Fernando López, Álvaro Núñez, Mihailo Ristic, Carlos Domínguez, Ferran Jutglà.

    PAOK PAOK Salonika (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    99 Antonis Tsiftsis (GK)
    5 Ioannis Michailidis
    16 Tomasz Kedziora
    21 Abdul Rahman Baba
    3 Jonjoe Kenny
    22 Alessandro Bianco
    20 Christos Zafeiris
    27 Magomed Ozdoev
    7 Giorgos Giakoumakis
    52 Dimitrios Chatsidis
    35 Jorge Sánchez
    PAOK Salonika Substitutes:
    Dimitris Berdos, Vasilis Nikolakoulis, Alexander Jeremejeff, Konstantinos Thymianis, Dimitrios Monastirlis, Alessandro Vogliacco, Mady Camara, Bendri Dunga, Greg Taylor.

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