Celta Vigo vs Real Madrid

17 August 2019 · La Liga · 2019/20 · Referee Estrada Fernández

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

Iker Losada 90+1’

Karim Benzema 12’
Toni Kroos 61’
Lucas Vázquez 80’

Match summary

Real Madrid won 3-1 away at Celta Vigo. Real Madrid led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Karim Benzema put Real Madrid ahead in the 12th minute, set up by Gareth Bale. In the second half, Toni Kroos made it 0-2 in the 61st minute, set up by Marcelo, Lucas Vázquez made it 0-3 in the 80th minute, set up by Karim Benzema, and Iker Losada pulled one back to make it 1-3 in stoppage time, set up by Pape Cheikh.

The chances backed that up: Real Madrid created 2.00 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Celta Vigo's 1.51 from 7. Real Madrid had a player sent off.

Match stats

7 Shots 17

4 Shots on Target 11

6 Corners 4

5 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 1

1.51 xG 2.00

1.51 Non-penalty xG 2.00

5 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Celta Vigo Real Madrid

Kick-off

12’

Karim Benzema
Assist: Gareth Bale

0-1

Half-time0-1

61’

Toni Kroos
Assist: Marcelo

0-2

80’

Lucas Vázquez
Assist: Karim Benzema

0-3

Iker Losada
Assist: Pape Cheikh

1-3

90+1’

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Celta Vigo

Rubén Blanco
Kevin
David Costas
Denis Suárez
Gabriel Fernández
Pape Cheikh

Real Madrid

Luka Modric
Álvaro Odriozola
Vinícius Júnior

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 1.51 xGReal Madrid 2.00 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	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Rubén Blanco	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Néstor Araújo	DEF	90			1	0.37	0.00	0
David Costas	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Lucas Olaza	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fran Beltrán	MID	85			0	0.00	0.00	0
Stanislav Lobotka	MID	77			0	0.00	0.00	0
Denis Suárez	MID	90			0	0.00	0.65	3
Brais Méndez	MID	90			1	0.54	0.07	1
Iago Aspas	FWD	90			3	0.31	0.00	0
Gabriel Fernández	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pione Sisto	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pape Cheikh	Sub	5		1	0	0.00	0.24	1
Iker Losada	Sub	1	1		1	0.24	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Thibaut Courtois	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Álvaro Odriozola	DEF	90			1	0.17	0.04	1
Raphael Varane	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergio Ramos	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Marcelo	DEF	90		1	1	0.06	0.30	4
Casemiro	MID	90			1	0.02	0.03	1
Toni Kroos	MID	90	1		1	0.02	0.10	3
Luka Modric	MID	58			1	0.07	0.05	1
Gareth Bale	FWD	77		1	2	0.08	0.87	1
Karim Benzema	FWD	83	1	1	4	1.00	0.39	2
Vinícius Júnior	FWD	71			0	0.00	0.07	1
Lucas Vázquez	Sub	19	1		2	0.40	0.00	0
Isco	Sub	13			2	0.10	0.06	1
Luka Jovic	Sub	7			1	0.03	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Celta Vigo win 19% Avg odds 4.93

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.26

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 D D W L D

Real Madrid D L W L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Real Madrid 2-0 Celta Vigo, 16 Mar 19 Next meeting: Real Madrid 2-2 Celta Vigo, 16 Feb 20 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.