Celta Vigo vs Elche

12 February 2021 · La Liga · 2020/21 · Referee Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Santi Mina 45’, 68’
  • Brais Méndez 45+2’
  • Emiliano Rigoni 51’

Match summary

Celta Vigo beat Elche 3-1. Celta Vigo led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Santi Mina put Celta Vigo ahead in the 45th minute, set up by Nolito and Brais Méndez made it 2-0 in first-half stoppage time, set up by Nolito. In the second half, Emiliano Rigoni pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 51st minute, set up by Guido Carrillo and Mina made it 3-1 in the 68th minute, set up by Augusto Solari.

The chances backed that up: Celta Vigo created 2.32 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Elche's 0.84 from 7.

Match stats

Celta Vigo Elche
9 Shots 7
6 Shots on Target 2
3 Corners 6
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.32 xG 0.84
2.32 Non-penalty xG 0.84
13 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Celta Vigo Elche
Kick-off
Santi Mina
Assist: Nolito1-0 (Celta Vigo)
45’
Brais Méndez
Assist: Nolito2-0 (Celta Vigo)
45+2’
Half-time2-0
51’
Emiliano Rigoni
Assist: Guido Carrillo2-1 (Elche)
Santi Mina
Assist: Augusto Solari3-1 (Celta Vigo)
68’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Celta Vigo
  • Brais Méndez
  • Iago Aspas
  • Facundo Ferreyra
Elche
  • Gonzalo Verdú
  • Emiliano Rigoni

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.32 0.84 45’ Santi Mina (Celta Vigo), 1-0 45’ 45+2’ Brais Méndez (Celta Vigo), 2-0 45+2’ 51’ Emiliano Rigoni (Elche), 2-1 51’ 68’ Santi Mina (Celta Vigo), 3-1 68’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.32 0.84 45’ Santi Mina (Celta Vigo), 1-0 Mina 45’ 45+2’ Brais Méndez (Celta Vigo), 2-0 Méndez 45+2’ 51’ Emiliano Rigoni (Elche), 2-1 Rigoni 51’ 68’ Santi Mina (Celta Vigo), 3-1 Mina 68’
Celta Vigo 2.32 xGElche 0.84 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Elche attacking Celta Vigo attacking 
51’ Emiliano Rigoni (Elche), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 47’ Brais Méndez (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.56 xG, goal 39’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.54 xG, off target 45’ Santi Mina (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.45 xG, goal 68’ Santi Mina (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 82’ Facundo Ferreyra (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 6’ Nolito (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 71’ Renato Tapia (Celta Vigo), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 33’ Raúl Guti (Elche), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 72’ Gonzalo Verdú (Elche), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 20’ Aarón Martín (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 3’ Lucas Boyé (Elche), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 10’ Guido Carrillo (Elche), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 62’ Emiliano Rigoni (Elche), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 26’ Brais Méndez (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 55’ Josema (Elche), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 51’ Emiliano Rigoni (Elche), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 47’ Brais Méndez (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.56 xG, goal 39’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.54 xG, off target 45’ Santi Mina (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.45 xG, goal 68’ Santi Mina (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 82’ Facundo Ferreyra (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 71’ Renato Tapia (Celta Vigo), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 6’ Nolito (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 33’ Raúl Guti (Elche), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 72’ Gonzalo Verdú (Elche), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 20’ Aarón Martín (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 3’ Lucas Boyé (Elche), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 10’ Guido Carrillo (Elche), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 62’ Emiliano Rigoni (Elche), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 26’ Brais Méndez (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 55’ Josema (Elche), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Rubén Blanco GK900 0.000.000
Hugo Mallo DEF900 0.000.141
Jeison Murillo DEF900 0.000.000
Néstor Araújo DEF900 0.000.000
Aarón Martín DEF901 0.060.000
Renato Tapia MID901 0.090.000
Denis Suárez MID900 0.000.091
Brais Méndez MID7812 0.570.061
Nolito MID6521 0.091.012
Iago Aspas FWD901 0.540.091
Santi Mina FWD7822 0.850.541
Augusto Solari Sub2510 0.000.401
Facundo Ferreyra Sub121 0.140.000
Fran Beltrán Sub120 0.000.000
Joseph Aidoo Sub10 0.000.000
Miguel Baeza Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Celta Vigo win 64% Avg odds 1.48
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.15
Elche win 13% Avg odds 7.44

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

Form going into the game

Celta Vigo LLDDD
Elche LDLLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Elche 1-1 Celta Vigo, 06 Nov 20 Next meeting: Elche 1-0 Celta Vigo, 03 Oct 21  All Celta Vigo vs Elche 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.