Spanish LALIGA

FT Friday, March 6, 2026
Real Madrid WWLWL 2
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Celta Vigo DWWWW 1
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RMA112
CEL101
Balaidos · 22,048 att. · ESPN Deportes

Match Report

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Madrid get vital win over Celta with Valverde's last-gasp goal

Federico Valverde struck in the fourth minute of stoppage time as Real Madrid snatched a vital 2-1 win at Celta Vigo to bounce back from consecutive LaLiga defeats.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
4
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
1
3
Saves
1
63.3
Possession
36.7
14
SHOTS
8
3
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
740
Accurate Passes
410
810
Passes
472
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
3
18
Crosses
6
0.1
Cross %
0.5
51
Long Balls
44
26
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
7
Blocked Shots
0
10
Effective Tackles
4
13
Tackles
10
0.8
Tackle %
0.4
14
Interceptions
10
6
Effective Clearances
22
6
Clearances
22

Highlights

01:09 Real Madrid gets an added-time winner to beat Celta Vigo Watch on ESPN 01:57 Late Real Madrid winner vs. Celta de Vigo keeps LaLiga title race alive Watch on ESPN 00:49 Aurélien Tchouaméni slots in the goal for Real Madrid Watch on ESPN 01:00 Borja Iglesias scores in the 25' Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

RMA leads series 4-1

Lineups

CEL · 3-4-3

  1. 13Andrei RaduG
  2. 2Carl StarfeltCD
  3. 20Marcos AlonsoCD-L
  4. 32Javi RodríguezCD-R
  5. 6Ilaix MoribaCM-L
  6. 16Miguel RománCM-R
  7. 3Óscar MinguezaLM
  8. 5Sergio CarreiraRM
  9. 7Borja IglesiasF
  10. 19Williot SwedbergCF-L
  11. 9Ferran JutglàCF-R

RMA · 4-4-2

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 22Antonio RüdigerCD-L
  3. 17Raúl AsencioCD-R
  4. 23Ferland MendyLB
  5. 12Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 14Aurélien TchouaméniCM-L
  7. 15Arda GülerCM-R
  8. 45Thiago PitarchLM
  9. 8Federico ValverdeRM
  10. 7Vinícius JúniorCF-L
  11. 21Brahim DíazCF-R

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Celta Vigo 0, Real Madrid 1. Aurélien Tchouaméni (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Arda Güler following a corner.
  2. 25' Goal! Celta Vigo 1, Real Madrid 1. Borja Iglesias (Celta Vigo) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Williot Swedberg.
  3. 31' Borja Iglesias (Celta Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 65' Substitution, Real Madrid. César Palacios replaces Arda Güler.
  5. 69' Substitution, Celta Vigo. Fer López replaces Williot Swedberg.
  6. 70' Substitution, Celta Vigo. Jones El Abdellaoui replaces Borja Iglesias.
  7. 70' Substitution, Celta Vigo. Hugo Álvarez replaces Ferran Jutglà.
  8. 77' Substitution, Real Madrid. Gonzalo García replaces Brahim Díaz.
  9. 83' Substitution, Celta Vigo. Iago Aspas replaces Óscar Mingueza.
  10. 86' Aurélien Tchouaméni (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 90' Substitution, Real Madrid. Manuel Ángel replaces Thiago Pitarch.
  12. 90' Raúl Asencio (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+1' Substitution, Celta Vigo. Matías Vecino replaces Ilaix Moriba.
  14. 90'+4' Goal! Celta Vigo 1, Real Madrid 2. Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.

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