Barcelona vs Celta Vigo

23 September 2023 · La Liga · 2023/24 · Referee Mario Melero López

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

Robert Lewandowski 81’, 85’
João Cancelo 89’

Jørgen Strand Larsen 19’
Tasos Douvikas 76’

Match summary

Barcelona came back from 2 goals down to win 3-2 at home to Celta Vigo, with a late winner. Celta Vigo led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Jørgen Strand Larsen put Celta Vigo ahead in the 19th minute, set up by Luca De La Torre. In the second half, Tasos Douvikas made it 0-2 in the 76th minute, set up by Iago Aspas, Robert Lewandowski pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 81st minute, set up by João Félix, Lewandowski equalised in the 85th minute, set up by João Cancelo, and João Cancelo won it in the 89th minute, set up by Gavi.

There was little between the sides on chances: Barcelona created 1.82 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots, Celta Vigo 1.69 from 13.

Match stats

15 Shots 13

6 Shots on Target 7

2 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.82 xG 1.68

1.82 Non-penalty xG 1.68

7 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Barcelona Celta Vigo

Kick-off

19’

Jørgen Strand Larsen
Assist: Luca De La Torre

0-1

Half-time0-1

76’

Tasos Douvikas
Assist: Iago Aspas

0-2

Robert Lewandowski
Assist: João Félix

1-2

81’

Robert Lewandowski
Assist: João Cancelo

2-2

85’

João Cancelo
Assist: Gavi

3-2

89’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Barcelona

Andreas Christensen
Gavi

Celta Vigo

Unai Núñez

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.

Barcelona 1.82 xGCelta Vigo 1.69 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Celta Vigo attacking Barcelona 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
Marc-André ter Stegen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
João Cancelo	DEF	90	1	1	2	0.50	0.44	1
Jules Koundé	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	2
Andreas Christensen	DEF	64			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcos Alonso	DEF	49			2	0.02	0.00	0
Ilkay Gündogan	MID	90			1	0.05	0.38	3
Oriol Romeu	MID	49			0	0.00	0.00	0
Frenkie de Jong	MID	35			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ferrán Torres	FWD	75			3	0.38	0.04	2
Robert Lewandowski	FWD	90	2		3	0.73	0.00	0
João Félix	FWD	90		1	2	0.11	0.33	2
Gavi	Sub	55		1	0	0.00	0.58	4
Ronald Araújo	Sub	41			1	0.02	0.00	0
Lamine Yamal	Sub	41			0	0.00	0.00	0
Álex Balde	Sub	26			1	0.02	0.00	0
Raphinha	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Iván Villar	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Óscar Mingueza	DEF	90			2	0.19	0.23	3
Unai Núñez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Carlos Domínguez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Carl Starfelt	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mihailo Ristic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonathan Bamba	MID	90			2	0.14	0.28	3
Fran Beltrán	MID	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Luca De La Torre	MID	90		1	2	0.26	0.26	1
Iago Aspas	FWD	81		1	3	0.23	0.63	2
Jørgen Strand Larsen	FWD	69	1		2	0.32	0.05	1
Tasos Douvikas	Sub	21	1		1	0.53	0.09	1
Williot Swedberg	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Miguel Rodriguez	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Carlos Dotor	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 77% Avg odds 1.24

Draw 15% Avg odds 6.36

Celta Vigo win 8% Avg odds 11.36

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Barcelona D W W W W

Celta Vigo L D L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Celta Vigo 2-1 Barcelona, 04 Jun 23 Next meeting: Celta Vigo 1-2 Barcelona, 17 Feb 24 All Barcelona 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.