Real Madrid vs Celta Vigo

22 April 2023 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Mateu Lahoz

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Marco Asensio 42’
  • Eder Militão 48’

Match summary

Real Madrid beat Celta Vigo 2-0. Real Madrid led 1-0 at half-time.

Marco Asensio put Real Madrid ahead in the 42nd minute, set up by Vinícius Júnior and Eder Militão made it 2-0 with a header in the 48th minute, set up by Marco Asensio.

The chances backed that up: Real Madrid created 1.81 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Celta Vigo's 0.74 from 12.

Match stats

Real Madrid Celta Vigo
17 Shots 12
5 Shots on Target 2
8 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.81 xG 0.74
1.81 Non-penalty xG 0.74
16 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Real Madrid Celta Vigo
Kick-off
Marco Asensio
Assist: Vinícius Júnior1-0 (Real Madrid)
42’
Half-time1-0
Eder Militão
Assist: Marco Asensio2-0 (Real Madrid)
48’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Real Madrid
  • Dani Ceballos
Celta Vigo
  • Kevin
  • Javi Galán

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 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.81 0.74 42’ Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), 1-0 42’ 48’ Eder Militão (Real Madrid), 2-0 48’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.81 0.74 42’ Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), 1-0 Asensio 42’ 48’ Eder Militão (Real Madrid), 2-0 Militão 48’
Real Madrid 1.81 xGCelta Vigo 0.74 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Celta Vigo attacking Real Madrid attacking 
48’ Eder Militão (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.42 xG, goal 61’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 77’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 32’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), direct free kick, 0.16 xG, blocked 33’ Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.13 xG, off target 42’ Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 20’ Aurelien Tchouameni (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 28’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 51’ Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 78’ Gonçalo Paciência (Celta Vigo), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 90’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 36’ Aurelien Tchouameni (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 62’ Luca De La Torre (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 66’ Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 51’ Haris Seferovic (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 25’ Dani Ceballos (Real Madrid), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 56’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+3’ Unai Núñez (Celta Vigo), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 26’ Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 22’ Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 26’ Nacho (Real Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 53’ Gabriel Veiga (Celta Vigo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 21’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 89’ Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 3’ Gabriel Veiga (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Gabriel Veiga (Celta Vigo), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Óscar Rodríguez (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 69’ Luca De La Torre (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Eder Militão (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.42 xG, goal 61’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 77’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 32’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), direct free kick, 0.16 xG, blocked 33’ Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.13 xG, off target 42’ Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 20’ Aurelien Tchouameni (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 28’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 90’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 51’ Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 78’ Gonçalo Paciência (Celta Vigo), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 66’ Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 36’ Aurelien Tchouameni (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 62’ Luca De La Torre (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 51’ Haris Seferovic (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 56’ Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 25’ Dani Ceballos (Real Madrid), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+3’ Unai Núñez (Celta Vigo), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 26’ Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 22’ Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 26’ Nacho (Real Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 53’ Gabriel Veiga (Celta Vigo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 21’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 89’ Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 3’ Gabriel Veiga (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Óscar Rodríguez (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Gabriel Veiga (Celta Vigo), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 69’ Luca De La Torre (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Thibaut Courtois GK900 0.000.000
Nacho DEF901 0.020.202
Eder Militão DEF9011 0.420.000
Antonio Rüdiger DEF901 0.130.000
Eduardo Camavinga DEF900 0.000.000
Aurelien Tchouameni MID902 0.160.000
Federico Valverde MID900 0.000.000
Dani Ceballos MID821 0.040.021
Marco Asensio FWD77114 0.240.726
Karim Benzema FWD905 0.710.021
Vinícius Júnior FWD8211 0.070.563
Lucas Vázquez Sub131 0.020.000
Rodrygo Sub80 0.000.000
Luka Modric Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Real Madrid win 75% Avg odds 1.27
Draw 16% Avg odds 6.15
Celta Vigo win 9% Avg odds 10.55

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

Form going into the game

Real Madrid WLWLW
Celta Vigo WWDDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Celta Vigo 1-4 Real Madrid, 20 Aug 22 Next meeting: Celta Vigo 0-1 Real Madrid, 25 Aug 23  All Real Madrid 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.