Espanyol vs Celta Vigo

10 April 2022 · La Liga · 2021/22 · Referee Javier Alberola Rojas

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Wu Lei 89’

Match summary

Espanyol beat Celta Vigo 1-0, with a late winner. It was goalless at half-time.

Wu Lei put Espanyol ahead in the 89th minute, set up by Sergi Darder.

The chances backed that up: Espanyol created 1.68 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Celta Vigo's 0.73 from 10.

Match stats

Espanyol Celta Vigo
11 Shots 10
2 Shots on Target 5
2 Corners 3
4 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.56 xG 0.70
1.56 Non-penalty xG 0.70
6 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Espanyol Celta Vigo
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Wu Lei
Assist: Sergi Darder1-0 (Espanyol)
89’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Espanyol
  • Fernando Calero
  • Keidi Bare
  • Yangel Herrera
  • Tonny Vilhena
Celta Vigo
  • Kevin

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 1.68 0.73 89’ Wu Lei (Espanyol), 1-0 89’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.68 0.73 89’ Wu Lei (Espanyol), 1-0 Lei 89’
Espanyol 1.68 xGCelta Vigo 0.73 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Celta Vigo attacking Espanyol attacking 
84’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 89’ Wu Lei (Espanyol), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 52’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.25 xG, off target 84’ Wu Lei (Espanyol), open play, 0.21 xG, saved 65’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 14’ Santi Mina (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 31’ Franco Cervi (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 65’ Franco Cervi (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 3’ Fernando Calero (Espanyol), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 65’ Brais Méndez (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 8’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 9’ Franco Cervi (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 19’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 74’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 88’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 18’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 24’ Denis Suárez (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 62’ Fran Beltrán (Celta Vigo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 73’ Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 3’ Adrià Pedrosa (Espanyol), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 90+4’ Javi Galán (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 84’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 89’ Wu Lei (Espanyol), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 52’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.25 xG, off target 84’ Wu Lei (Espanyol), open play, 0.21 xG, saved 65’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 14’ Santi Mina (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 31’ Franco Cervi (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 65’ Franco Cervi (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 3’ Fernando Calero (Espanyol), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 8’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 65’ Brais Méndez (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 9’ Franco Cervi (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 19’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 74’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 88’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 18’ Javi Puado (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 24’ Denis Suárez (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 62’ Fran Beltrán (Celta Vigo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 73’ Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 90+4’ Javi Galán (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 3’ Adrià Pedrosa (Espanyol), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Diego López GK900 0.000.000
Óscar Gil DEF900 0.000.251
Fernando Calero DEF901 0.090.000
Leandro Cabrera DEF901 0.010.000
Adrià Pedrosa DEF901 0.010.091
Sergi Darder MID9011 0.040.422
Keidi Bare MID660 0.000.000
Adrián Embarba MID670 0.000.000
Yangel Herrera MID900 0.000.000
Javi Puado MID903 0.680.211
Raúl de Tomás FWD902 0.280.062
Tonny Vilhena Sub240 0.000.011
Wu Lei Sub2312 0.570.000
Aleix Vidal Sub10 0.000.000
David López Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Espanyol win 33% Avg odds 2.89
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.19
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 LWDWL
Celta Vigo LWLDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Celta Vigo 3-1 Espanyol, 17 Dec 21 Next meeting: Celta Vigo 2-2 Espanyol, 13 Aug 22  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.