Barcelona vs Celta Vigo

9 November 2019 · La Liga · 2019/20 · Referee Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

Lionel Messi 23’ (pen), 45+1’, 48’
Sergio Busquets 85’

Lucas Olaza 42’

Match summary

Barcelona won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Celta Vigo. Barcelona led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Lionel Messi put Barcelona ahead from the penalty spot in the 23rd minute, Lucas Olaza equalised with a direct free kick in the 42nd minute, and Messi put Barcelona back in front with a direct free kick in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Messi made it 3-1 with a direct free kick in the 48th minute and Sergio Busquets made it 4-1 in the 85th minute.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 1.50 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Celta Vigo's 0.32 from 6.

Match stats

10 Shots 6

7 Shots on Target 5

2 Corners 2

4 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.50 xG 0.32

0.75 Non-penalty xG 0.32

7 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Barcelona Celta Vigo

Kick-off

Lionel Messi
Penalty

1-0

23’

42’

Lucas Olaza

1-1

Lionel Messi

2-1

45+1’

Half-time2-1

Lionel Messi

3-1

48’

Sergio Busquets

4-1

85’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Barcelona

Samuel Umtiti
Sergi Roberto
Lionel Messi
Sergio Busquets

Celta Vigo

Fran Beltrán

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 1.50 xGCelta Vigo 0.32 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	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marc-André ter Stegen	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Nélson Semedo	DEF	22		0	0.00	0.00	0
Samuel Umtiti	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Gerard Piqué	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Júnior Firpo	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.03	1
Arthur	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Frenkie de Jong	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergi Roberto	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Lionel Messi	FWD	90	3	5	0.98	0.35	2
Antoine Griezmann	FWD	74		2	0.30	0.00	0
Anssumane Fati	FWD	47		0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergio Busquets	Sub	68	1	1	0.07	0.00	0
Ousmane Dembélé	Sub	43		1	0.12	0.04	1
Luis Suárez	Sub	16		1	0.04	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
Joseph Aidoo	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Néstor Araújo	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Olaza	DEF	90	1	2	0.13	0.00	0
David Juncà	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Fran Beltrán	MID	90		1	0.02	0.06	1
Pape Cheikh	MID	82		0	0.00	0.02	1
Stanislav Lobotka	MID	77		0	0.00	0.00	0
Iago Aspas	FWD	90		1	0.07	0.03	1
Pione Sisto	FWD	65		2	0.10	0.00	0
Brais Méndez	Sub	25		0	0.00	0.00	0
Denis Suárez	Sub	13		0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriel Fernández	Sub	8		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 80% Avg odds 1.20

Draw 13% Avg odds 7.16

Celta Vigo win 7% Avg odds 13.52

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

Form going into the game

Barcelona W W W W L

Celta Vigo W L L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Celta Vigo 2-0 Barcelona, 04 May 19 Next meeting: Celta Vigo 2-2 Barcelona, 27 Jun 20 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.