Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, August 15, 2021
Atlético Madrid WLWLL 2
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Celta Vigo WWWWL 1
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ATM112
CEL011
Estadio Abanca-Balaídos · 5,401 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Atletico Madrid beat Celta Vigo in LaLiga opener as both sides see red in late brawl

Atletico Madrid began their LaLiga title defence with a 2-1 win away to Celta Vigo on Sunday thanks to two strikes from Angel Correa.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
11
5
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
2
46.8
Possession
53.2
13
SHOTS
10
5
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
344
Accurate Passes
400
429
Passes
479
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
9
Crosses
21
0.3
Cross %
0.1
68
Long Balls
58
40
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
5
5
Effective Tackles
10
12
Tackles
19
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
4
Interceptions
11
23
Effective Clearances
14
23
Clearances
14

Highlights

00:46 Correa finds the top corner to put Atletico in front Watch on ESPN 00:50 Controversial penalty sees Celta Vigo draw level Watch on ESPN 00:52 Correa restores Atleti's lead with his second of the day Watch on ESPN 01:24 Tensions flare between Atleti & Celta in stoppage time Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

ATM leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

CEL · 4-1-3-2

  1. 1Matías DituroG
  2. 19José FontánCD-L
  3. 4Néstor AraujoCD-R
  4. 14Renato TapiaSW
  5. 17Javi GalánLB
  6. 2Hugo MalloRB
  7. 6Denis SuárezCM
  8. 9NolitoLM
  9. 23Brais MéndezRM
  10. 22Santi MinaCF-L
  11. 10Iago AspasCF-R

ATM · 3-1-4-2

  1. 13Jan OblakG
  2. 2José María GiménezCD
  3. 22Mario HermosoCD-L
  4. 15Stefan SavicCD-R
  5. 4Geoffrey KondogbiaSW
  6. 11Thomas LemarCM-L
  7. 6KokeCM-R
  8. 8Saúl ÑíguezLM
  9. 14Marcos LlorenteRM
  10. 21Yannick CarrascoCF-L
  11. 10Ángel CorreaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 11' Thomas Lemar (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 23' Goal! Celta Vigo 0, Atletico Madrid 1. Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Thomas Lemar.
  3. 57' Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  4. 59' Goal! Celta Vigo 1, Atletico Madrid 1. Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  5. 61' Geoffrey Kondogbia (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 62' Substitution, Celta Vigo. Franco Cervi replaces Nolito.
  7. 64' Goal! Celta Vigo 1, Atletico Madrid 2. Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Saúl Ñíguez following a fast break.
  8. 65' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Luis Suárez replaces Ángel Correa.
  9. 65' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Rodrigo de Paul replaces Thomas Lemar.
  10. 66' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Kieran Trippier replaces Koke.
  11. 74' Substitution, Celta Vigo. Fran Beltrán replaces Brais Méndez.
  12. 75' Substitution, Celta Vigo. Augusto Solari replaces Renato Tapia.
  13. 77' Denis Suárez (Celta Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 82' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Renan Lodi replaces Marcos Llorente.
  15. 86' Augusto Solari (Celta Vigo) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 89' Substitution, Celta Vigo. Miguel Baeza replaces Javi Galán.
  17. 90' José Manuel Fontán (Celta Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 90'+2' Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  19. 90'+5' Hugo Mallo (Celta Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  20. 90'+5' Second yellow card to Hugo Mallo (Celta Vigo).
  21. 90'+5' Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  22. 90'+7' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Sime Vrsaljko replaces Yannick Carrasco.
  23. 90'+8' José Giménez (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card.

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