Celta Vigo vs Villarreal

30 March 2019 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Jesús Gil Manzano

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

Iago Aspas 50’, 86’ (pen)
Maxi Gómez 71’

Karl Toko Ekambi 11’
Alfonso 15’

Match summary

Celta Vigo came back from 2 goals down to win 3-2 at home to Villarreal, with a late winner. Villarreal led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Karl Toko Ekambi put Villarreal ahead from a corner in the 11th minute, set up by Mario and Alfonso made it 0-2 in the 15th minute, set up by Karl Toko Ekambi. In the second half, Iago Aspas pulled one back to make it 1-2 with a direct free kick in the 50th minute, Maxi Gómez equalised with a header in the 71st minute, set up by Lucas Olaza, and Aspas won it from the penalty spot in the 86th minute.

Villarreal can feel hard done by, creating 2.58 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Celta Vigo's 1.89 from 15.

Match stats

15 Shots 14

6 Shots on Target 5

10 Corners 7

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.89 xG 2.58

1.15 Non-penalty xG 2.58

9 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Celta Vigo Villarreal

Kick-off

11’

Karl Toko Ekambi
Assist: Mario

0-1

15’

Alfonso
Assist: Karl Toko Ekambi

0-2

Half-time0-2

Iago Aspas

1-2

50’

Maxi Gómez
Assist: Lucas Olaza

2-2

71’

Iago Aspas
Penalty

3-2

86’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Celta Vigo

Hugo Mallo

Villarreal

Víctor Ruiz
Mario
Alfonso

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 1.89 xGVillarreal 2.58 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Villarreal 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	0.09	0.03	1
Wesley Hoedt	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.02	1
David Costas	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Olaza	DEF	88		1	0	0.00	0.22	1
Brais Méndez	MID	90			5	0.20	0.39	2
Stanislav Lobotka	MID	90			0	0.00	0.11	2
Okay Yokuslu	MID	90			2	0.13	0.01	1
Sofiane Boufal	MID	72			1	0.33	0.24	4
Iago Aspas	FWD	90	2		3	0.90	0.04	1
Maxi Gómez	FWD	90	1		2	0.24	0.00	0
Pione Sisto	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cabral	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Sergio Asenjo	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Álvaro González	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Víctor Ruiz	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mario	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.65	1
Xavier Quintillá	MID	88			1	0.03	0.08	1
Alfonso	MID	90	1		1	0.72	0.00	0
Santiago Cazorla	MID	90			1	0.01	0.06	1
Manuel Morlanes	MID	82			1	0.01	0.50	4
Vicente Iborra	MID	90			3	0.12	0.00	0
Samuel Chukwueze	MID	70			3	0.55	0.12	1
Karl Toko Ekambi	FWD	90	1	1	3	1.09	0.76	2
Pablo Fornals	Sub	20			1	0.05	0.00	0
Carlos Bacca	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Raba	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.05	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Celta Vigo win 38% Bet365 odds 2.50

Draw 28% Bet365 odds 3.30

Villarreal win 34% Bet365 odds 2.75

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

Form going into the game

Celta Vigo L D L L L

Villarreal W L L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Villarreal 2-3 Celta Vigo, 08 Dec 18 Next meeting: Villarreal 1-3 Celta Vigo, 24 Nov 19 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.