Celta Vigo vs Real Madrid

20 August 2022 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Jesús Gil Manzano

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 1–2

Iago Aspas 23’ (pen)

Karim Benzema 14’ (pen)
Luka Modric 42’
Vinícius Júnior 56’
Federico Valverde 66’

Match summary

Real Madrid won comfortably, 4-1 away at Celta Vigo. Real Madrid led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Karim Benzema put Real Madrid ahead from the penalty spot in the 14th minute, Iago Aspas equalised from the penalty spot in the 23rd minute, and Luka Modric put Real Madrid back in front in the 42nd minute, set up by David Alaba. In the second half, Vinícius Júnior made it 1-3 in the 56th minute, set up by Luka Modric and Federico Valverde made it 1-4 in the 66th minute, set up by Vinícius Júnior.

The chances backed that up: Real Madrid created 3.95 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Celta Vigo's 1.32 from 15. Eden Hazard had a penalty saved for Real Madrid.

Match stats

15 Shots 16

2 Shots on Target 7

2 Corners 2

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.32 xG 3.60

0.58 Non-penalty xG 1.99

9 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Celta Vigo Real Madrid

Kick-off

14’

Karim Benzema
Penalty

0-1

Iago Aspas
Penalty

1-1

23’

42’

Luka Modric
Assist: David Alaba

1-2

Half-time1-2

56’

Vinícius Júnior
Assist: Luka Modric

1-3

66’

Federico Valverde
Assist: Vinícius Júnior

1-4

Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Celta Vigo

Hugo Mallo
Renato Tapia

Real Madrid

Daniel Carvajal
David Alaba

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.

Celta Vigo 1.32 xGReal Madrid 3.95 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Real Madrid attacking Celta Vigo 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
Agustín Marchesín	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Hugo Mallo	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.01	1
Joseph Aidoo	DEF	90		1	0.08	0.00	0
Unai Núñez	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Javi Galán	DEF	90		1	0.03	0.06	1
Renato Tapia	MID	89		0	0.00	0.03	1
Franco Cervi	MID	90		2	0.05	0.00	0
Fran Beltrán	MID	90		2	0.04	0.06	1
Óscar Rodríguez	MID	81		3	0.13	0.10	2
Iago Aspas	FWD	90	1	1	0.74	0.19	4
Gonçalo Paciência	FWD	71		4	0.18	0.00	0
Carles Pérez	Sub	19		1	0.06	0.01	1
Gabriel Veiga	Sub	9		0	0.00	0.00	0
Luca De La Torre	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Thibaut Courtois	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Carvajal	DEF	71			1	0.02	0.00	0
Eder Militão	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
David Alaba	DEF	79		1	1	0.07	0.03	1
Ferland Mendy	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Aurelien Tchouameni	MID	90			1	0.02	0.18	3
Eduardo Camavinga	MID	85			0	0.00	0.05	1
Luka Modric	MID	79	1	1	1	0.03	1.07	3
Federico Valverde	FWD	90	1		2	0.13	0.10	1
Karim Benzema	FWD	90	1		5	2.15	0.06	1
Vinícius Júnior	FWD	85	1	1	3	0.68	0.47	2
Antonio Rüdiger	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Vázquez	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dani Ceballos	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eden Hazard	Sub	5			1	0.74	0.00	0
Marco Asensio	Sub	5			1	0.10	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Celta Vigo win 19% Avg odds 5.10

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.16

Real Madrid win 58% Avg odds 1.65

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

Form going into the game

Celta Vigo W L W L D

Real Madrid L W D D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Celta Vigo 1-2 Real Madrid, 02 Apr 22 Next meeting: Real Madrid 2-0 Celta Vigo, 22 Apr 23 All Celta Vigo vs Real Madrid 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.