Celta Vigo vs Real Sociedad

7 April 2019 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Mario Melero López

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

Iago Aspas 51’ (pen), 70’
Maxi Gómez 90+2’

Willian José 32’ (pen)

Match summary

Celta Vigo came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Real Sociedad. Real Sociedad led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Willian José put Real Sociedad ahead from the penalty spot in the 32nd minute. In the second half, Iago Aspas equalised from the penalty spot in the 51st minute, Aspas put Celta Vigo in front with a header in the 70th minute, set up by Hugo Mallo, and Maxi Gómez made it 3-1 in stoppage time, set up by Ryad Boudebouz.

The chances backed that up: Celta Vigo created 3.31 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Real Sociedad's 1.25 from 14. Real Sociedad had a player sent off.

Match stats

11 Shots 14

4 Shots on Target 7

2 Corners 7

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 1

3.31 xG 1.25

2.56 Non-penalty xG 0.51

3 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Celta Vigo Real Sociedad

Kick-off

32’

Willian José
Penalty

0-1

Half-time0-1

Iago Aspas
Penalty

1-1

51’

Iago Aspas
Assist: Hugo Mallo

2-1

70’

Maxi Gómez
Assist: Ryad Boudebouz

3-1

90+2’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Celta Vigo

Okay Yokuslu
Iago Aspas

Real Sociedad

Willian José
Gerónimo Rulli

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 3.31 xGReal Sociedad 1.25 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Real Sociedad 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
Hugo Mallo	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.59	1
Cabral	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Néstor Araújo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Olaza	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.08	1
Okay Yokuslu	MID	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Stanislav Lobotka	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Sofiane Boufal	MID	82			0	0.00	0.08	1
Jozabed	MID	66			0	0.00	0.00	0
Iago Aspas	FWD	90	2		5	1.81	0.78	2
Maxi Gómez	FWD	90	1		5	1.46	0.00	0
Ryad Boudebouz	Sub	24		1	0	0.00	0.67	2
Andrew Hjulsager	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fran Beltrán	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Gerónimo Rulli	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Zaldúa	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.14	2
Aritz Elustondo	DEF	90		3	0.11	0.00	0
Raúl Navas	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Theo Hernández	DEF	90		2	0.07	0.01	1
Mikel Oyarzabal	MID	90		2	0.14	0.10	3
Igor Zubeldia	MID	90		2	0.03	0.00	0
Mikel Merino	MID	82		1	0.03	0.02	1
Sandro Ramírez	MID	62		1	0.04	0.00	0
Willian José	FWD	59	1	2	0.77	0.05	1
Rubén Pardo	FWD	56		0	0.00	0.06	2
Luca Sangalli	Sub	34		1	0.06	0.04	1
Juanmi	Sub	28		0	0.00	0.02	1
Jon Bautista	Sub	8		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Celta Vigo win 39% Bet365 odds 2.40

Draw 29% Bet365 odds 3.30

Real Sociedad win 32% Bet365 odds 3.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Celta Vigo L L L W D

Real Sociedad L L D D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Real Sociedad 2-1 Celta Vigo, 26 Nov 18 Next meeting: Celta Vigo 0-1 Real Sociedad, 27 Oct 19 All Celta Vigo vs Real Sociedad 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.