Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, March 30, 2019
Villarreal LWWWW 2
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Celta Vigo LDLLL 3
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VIL202
CEL033
Estadio Abanca-Balaídos · 22,564 att.

Match Report

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Aspas inspires Celta comeback in thriller against Villarreal

Iago Aspas struck twice on his return from injury to earn Celta Vigo a crucial 3-2 win over Villarreal on Saturday, leaving them one point and one p

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
7
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
10
3
Saves
3
36.3
Possession
63.7
14
SHOTS
15
5
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
229
Accurate Passes
456
301
Passes
521
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
7
17
Crosses
40
0.2
Cross %
0.2
57
Long Balls
60
29
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
13
18
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
5
Interceptions
17
33
Effective Clearances
23
33
Clearances
23

Head to Head

VIL leads series 4-1

Lineups

CEL · 4-4-2

  1. 13Rubén BlancoG
  2. 12Wesley HoedtCD-L
  3. 3David CostasCD-R
  4. 15Lucas OlazaLB
  5. 2Hugo MalloRB
  6. 5Okay YokusluCM-L
  7. 14Stanislav LobotkaCM-R
  8. 19Sofiane BoufalLM
  9. 23Brais MéndezRM
  10. 9Maximiliano GómezCF-L
  11. 10Iago AspasCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Kevin VázquezSUB
  2. 21JozabedSUB
  3. 1Sergio ÁlvarezSUB
  4. 7Emre MorSUB
  5. 24Ryad BoudebouzSUB
  6. 11Pione SistoSUB
  7. 22Gustavo CabralSUB

VIL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Sergio AsenjoG
  2. 3Álvaro GonzálezCD
  3. 6Víctor RuizCD-L
  4. 2MarioCD-R
  5. 19Santi CazorlaCM-L
  6. 28Manu MorlanesCM-R
  7. 16Alfonso PedrazaLM
  8. 39Xavier QuintilláRM
  9. 17Karl Toko EkambiF
  10. 10Vicente IborraCF-L
  11. 30Samuel ChukwuezeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Carlos BaccaSUB
  2. 42Andrei RatiuSUB
  3. 22Dani RabaSUB
  4. 5Santiago CaseresSUB
  5. 8Pablo FornalsSUB
  6. 13Andrés FernándezSUB
  7. 23Daniele BoneraSUB

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Celta de Vigo 0, Villarreal 1. Karl Toko Ekambi (Villarreal) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mario Gaspar following a corner.
  2. 15' Goal! Celta de Vigo 0, Villarreal 2. Alfonso Pedraza (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Karl Toko Ekambi.
  3. 44' Alfonso Pedraza (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 50' Mario Gaspar (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 50' Goal! Celta de Vigo 1, Villarreal 2. Iago Aspas (Celta de Vigo) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
  6. 60' Víctor Ruiz (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 61' Hugo Mallo (Celta de Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 70' Substitution, Villarreal. Pablo Fornals replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
  9. 71' Goal! Celta de Vigo 2, Villarreal 2. Maxi Gómez (Celta de Vigo) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lucas Olaza with a cross.
  10. 72' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Pione Sisto replaces Sofiane Boufal.
  11. 82' Substitution, Villarreal. Carlos Bacca replaces Manuel Morlanes.
  12. 84' VAR: Penalty Kick. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  13. 86' Goal! Celta de Vigo 3, Villarreal 2. Iago Aspas (Celta de Vigo) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  14. 88' Substitution, Villarreal. Raba replaces Xavier Quintillá.
  15. 88' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Kevin Vázquez replaces Lucas Olaza.
  16. 90' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Gustavo Cabral replaces Iago Aspas.

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