Celta Vigo vs Villarreal

23 April 2025 · La Liga · 2024/25 · Referee Javier Alberola Rojas

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Fernando López 45’
  • Borja Iglesias 53’
  • Iago Aspas 87’ (pen)

Match summary

Celta Vigo won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Villarreal. Celta Vigo led 1-0 at half-time.

Fernando López put Celta Vigo ahead in the 45th minute, set up by Borja Iglesias, Borja Iglesias made it 2-0 in the 53rd minute, set up by Hugo Álvarez, and Iago Aspas made it 3-0 from the penalty spot in the 87th minute.

The chances backed that up: Celta Vigo created 3.58 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Villarreal's 0.59 from 4. Villarreal had a player sent off.

Match stats

Celta Vigo Villarreal
21 Shots 4
9 Shots on Target 1
6 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
3.20 xG 0.59
2.45 Non-penalty xG 0.59
12 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Celta Vigo Villarreal
Kick-off
Fernando López
Assist: Borja Iglesias1-0 (Celta Vigo)
45’
Half-time1-0
Borja Iglesias
Assist: Hugo Álvarez2-0 (Celta Vigo)
53’
Iago Aspas
Penalty3-0 (Celta Vigo)
87’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Celta Vigo
  • Hugo Álvarez
  • Fran Beltrán
Villarreal
  • Eric Bailly
  • Nicolas Pepe

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 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.58 0.59 45’ Fernando López (Celta Vigo), 1-0 45’ 53’ Borja Iglesias (Celta Vigo), 2-0 53’ 87’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), 3-0 87’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.58 0.59 45’ Fernando López (Celta Vigo), 1-0 López 45’ 53’ Borja Iglesias (Celta Vigo), 2-0 Iglesias 53’ 87’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), 3-0 Aspas 87’
Celta Vigo 3.58 xGVillarreal 0.59 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Villarreal attacking Celta Vigo attacking 
87’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 45’ Fernando López (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.68 xG, goal 45’ Borja Iglesias (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.56 xG, off target 61’ Santiago Comesaña (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.43 xG, off target 53’ Borja Iglesias (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 23’ Fernando López (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.38 xG, blocked 47’ Borja Iglesias (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 71’ Sergio Carreira (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 47’ Hugo Álvarez (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 68’ Sergio Carreira (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 52’ Nicolas Pepe (Villarreal), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 81’ Marcos Alonso (Celta Vigo), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 33’ Santiago Comesaña (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 53’ Ilaix Moriba (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 45’ Fran Beltrán (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 39’ Marcos Alonso (Celta Vigo), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 5’ Borja Iglesias (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 47’ Alfon (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 49’ Fran Beltrán (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 68’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 81’ Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 80’ Ilaix Moriba (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 4’ Damián Rodríguez (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 48’ Óscar Mingueza (Celta Vigo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 42’ Marcos Alonso (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 87’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 45’ Fernando López (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.68 xG, goal 45’ Borja Iglesias (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.56 xG, off target 61’ Santiago Comesaña (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.43 xG, off target 53’ Borja Iglesias (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 23’ Fernando López (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.38 xG, blocked 47’ Borja Iglesias (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 71’ Sergio Carreira (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 47’ Hugo Álvarez (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 68’ Sergio Carreira (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 52’ Nicolas Pepe (Villarreal), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 81’ Marcos Alonso (Celta Vigo), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 33’ Santiago Comesaña (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 53’ Ilaix Moriba (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 39’ Marcos Alonso (Celta Vigo), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 45’ Fran Beltrán (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 5’ Borja Iglesias (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 47’ Alfon (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 49’ Fran Beltrán (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 68’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 81’ Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 80’ Ilaix Moriba (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 4’ Damián Rodríguez (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 48’ Óscar Mingueza (Celta Vigo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 42’ Marcos Alonso (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Vicente Guaita GK900 0.000.000
Marcos Alonso DEF903 0.140.000
Carlos Domínguez DEF900 0.000.000
Yoel Lago DEF800 0.000.000
Hugo Álvarez MID6011 0.090.553
Óscar Mingueza MID901 0.020.000
Damián Rodríguez MID901 0.020.031
Fran Beltrán MID512 0.090.582
Fernando López FWD8012 1.060.143
Borja Iglesias FWD71114 1.101.062
Alfon FWD901 0.030.091
Ilaix Moriba Sub392 0.090.021
Sergio Carreira Sub302 0.180.000
Iago Aspas Sub1912 0.770.112
Iker Losada Sub100 0.000.000
Javier Rodríguez Sub100 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Celta Vigo win 40% Avg odds 2.41
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.49
Villarreal win 33% Avg odds 2.89

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

Form going into the game

Celta Vigo WDWLL
Villarreal LWDWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Villarreal 4-3 Celta Vigo, 26 Aug 24 Next meeting: Celta Vigo 1-1 Villarreal, 31 Aug 25  All Celta Vigo vs Villarreal 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.