Athletic Bilbao vs Celta Vigo

12 May 2019 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Estrada Fernández

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 3–0

Raúl García 16’ (pen), 17’
Iñaki Williams 40’

Iago Aspas 89’ (pen)

Match summary

Athletic Bilbao won 3-1 at home to Celta Vigo. Athletic Bilbao led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Raúl García put Athletic Bilbao ahead from the penalty spot in the 16th minute, García made it 2-0 in the 17th minute, set up by Muniain, and Iñaki Williams made it 3-0 in the 40th minute. In the second half, Iago Aspas pulled one back to make it 3-1 from the penalty spot in the 89th minute.

The chances backed that up: Athletic Bilbao created 2.05 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Celta Vigo's 0.92 from 3.

Match stats

8 Shots 3

4 Shots on Target 2

3 Corners 3

4 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.05 xG 0.92

1.31 Non-penalty xG 0.18

7 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Athletic Bilbao Celta Vigo

Kick-off

Raúl García
Penalty

1-0

16’

Raúl García
Assist: Muniain

2-0

17’

Iñaki Williams

3-0

40’

Half-time3-0

89’

Iago Aspas
Penalty

3-1

Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Athletic Bilbao

Ander Capa
Beñat
Muniain
Aduriz

Celta Vigo

Néstor Araújo
Wesley Hoedt
Ryad Boudebouz

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Athletic Bilbao 2.05 xGCelta Vigo 0.92 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Celta Vigo attacking Athletic Bilbao attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Iago Herrerín	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ander Capa	DEF	90			1	0.09	0.00	0
Iñigo Martínez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Yeray Álvarez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yuri	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dani García	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Beñat	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Ibai Gómez	MID	77			0	0.00	0.03	2
Raúl García	MID	90	2		5	1.45	0.00	0
Muniain	MID	80		1	0	0.00	0.73	3
Iñaki Williams	FWD	83	1		1	0.50	0.00	0
Iñigo Córdoba	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Markel Susaeta	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aduriz	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Rubén Blanco	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Hugo Mallo	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Néstor Araújo	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Wesley Hoedt	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Olaza	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Brais Méndez	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Stanislav Lobotka	MID	87		1	0.09	0.00	0
Okay Yokuslu	MID	73		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ryad Boudebouz	MID	90		0	0.00	0.09	1
Iago Aspas	FWD	90	1	2	0.83	0.09	1
Maxi Gómez	FWD	64		0	0.00	0.00	0
Sofiane Boufal	Sub	26		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jozabed	Sub	17		0	0.00	0.00	0
Fran Beltrán	Sub	3		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Athletic Bilbao win 48% Bet365 odds 2.00

Draw 27% Bet365 odds 3.50

Celta Vigo win 25% Bet365 odds 3.80

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Athletic Bilbao W L W D L

Celta Vigo L W D D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Celta Vigo 1-2 Athletic Bilbao, 07 Jan 19 Next meeting: Celta Vigo 1-0 Athletic Bilbao, 06 Oct 19 All Athletic Bilbao vs Celta Vigo meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.