Espanyol vs Celta Vigo

18 March 2023 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

  • José Gragera 86’
  • Gabriel Veiga 26’
  • Iago Aspas 45’ (pen)
  • Carles Pérez 82’

Match summary

Celta Vigo won 3-1 away at Espanyol. Celta Vigo led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Gabriel Veiga put Celta Vigo ahead in the 26th minute, set up by Carles Pérez and Iago Aspas made it 0-2 from the penalty spot in the 45th minute. In the second half, Carles Pérez made it 0-3 in the 82nd minute, set up by Franco Cervi and José Gragera pulled one back to make it 1-3 from a corner in the 86th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Espanyol created 1.71 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots, Celta Vigo 1.63 from 8.

Match stats

Espanyol Celta Vigo
11 Shots 8
3 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 1
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.71 xG 1.63
1.71 Non-penalty xG 0.89
3 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Espanyol Celta Vigo
Kick-off
26’
Gabriel Veiga
Assist: Carles Pérez0-1 (Celta Vigo)
45’
Iago Aspas
Penalty0-2 (Celta Vigo)
Half-time0-2
82’
Carles Pérez
Assist: Franco Cervi0-3 (Celta Vigo)
José Gragera1-3 (Espanyol)
86’
Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Espanyol
  • Leandro Cabrera
  • Sergi Darder
Celta Vigo
  • Javi Galán
  • Jørgen Strand Larsen

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.71 1.63 26’ Gabriel Veiga (Celta Vigo), 0-1 26’ 45’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), 0-2 45’ 82’ Carles Pérez (Celta Vigo), 0-3 82’ 86’ José Gragera (Espanyol), 1-3 86’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.71 1.63 26’ Gabriel Veiga (Celta Vigo), 0-1 Veiga 26’ 45’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), 0-2 Aspas 45’ 82’ Carles Pérez (Celta Vigo), 0-3 Pérez 82’ 86’ José Gragera (Espanyol), 1-3 Gragera 86’
Espanyol 1.71 xGCelta Vigo 1.63 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Celta Vigo attacking Espanyol attacking 
86’ José Gragera (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.83 xG, goal 45’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 51’ Haris Seferovic (Celta Vigo), from a corner, 0.36 xG, off target 59’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 86’ José Gragera (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.16 xG, blocked 50’ Luca De La Torre (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 78’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 61’ Unai Núñez (Celta Vigo), set piece, 0.08 xG, saved 82’ Carles Pérez (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 54’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 20’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 56’ Rubén Sánchez (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 63’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 26’ Gabriel Veiga (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 39’ Denis Suárez (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 65’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 86’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 2’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 64’ Sergi Gómez (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 86’ José Gragera (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.83 xG, goal 45’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 51’ Haris Seferovic (Celta Vigo), from a corner, 0.36 xG, off target 59’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 86’ José Gragera (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.16 xG, blocked 50’ Luca De La Torre (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 78’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 61’ Unai Núñez (Celta Vigo), set piece, 0.08 xG, saved 82’ Carles Pérez (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 54’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 20’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 56’ Rubén Sánchez (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 63’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 26’ Gabriel Veiga (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 39’ Denis Suárez (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 65’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 86’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 2’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 64’ Sergi Gómez (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Fernando Pacheco GK900 0.000.000
Óscar Gil DEF900 0.000.000
César Montes DEF900 0.000.000
Sergi Gómez DEF721 0.010.000
Leandro Cabrera DEF460 0.000.000
Sergi Darder MID900 0.000.000
Vinicius Souza MID540 0.000.000
Rubén Sánchez MID721 0.060.341
Denis Suárez MID641 0.050.092
Martin Braithwaite MID903 0.140.051
Joselu FWD903 0.460.051
Javi Puado Sub440 0.000.112
José Gragera Sub3612 0.990.000
Nicolás Melamed Sub260 0.000.000
Aleix Vidal Sub180 0.000.000
Edu Expósito Sub180 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Espanyol win 32% Avg odds 2.97
Draw 31% Avg odds 3.05
Celta Vigo win 37% Avg odds 2.62

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

Form going into the game

Espanyol LWWLL
Celta Vigo LDWDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Celta Vigo 2-2 Espanyol, 13 Aug 22 Next meeting: Espanyol 3-1 Celta Vigo, 30 Nov 24  All Espanyol vs Celta Vigo 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.