Valencia vs Celta Vigo

2 February 2025 · La Liga · 2024/25 · Referee Pablo González Fuertes

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Luis Rioja 44’
  • Javier Guerra 68’
  • Pablo Durán 65’

Match summary

Valencia won 2-1 at home to Celta Vigo. Valencia led 1-0 at half-time.

Luis Rioja put Valencia ahead in the 44th minute, set up by Javier Guerra, Pablo Durán equalised in the 65th minute, set up by Sergio Carreira, and Javier Guerra won it in the 68th minute, set up by Luis Rioja.

The chances backed that up: Valencia created 1.93 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Celta Vigo's 0.52 from 3.

Match stats

Valencia Celta Vigo
8 Shots 3
5 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.93 xG 0.52
1.93 Non-penalty xG 0.52
8 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Valencia Celta Vigo
Kick-off
Luis Rioja
Assist: Javier Guerra
1-0 (Valencia)
44’
Half-time1-0
65’
Pablo Durán
Assist: Sergio Carreira
1-1 (Celta Vigo)
Javier Guerra
Assist: Luis Rioja
2-1 (Valencia)
68’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Valencia
  • Enzo Barrenechea
Celta Vigo
  • Carl Starfelt
  • Ilaix Moriba

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 1.93 0.52 44’ Luis Rioja (Valencia), 1-0 44’ 65’ Pablo Durán (Celta Vigo), 1-1 65’ 68’ Javier Guerra (Valencia), 2-1 68’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.93 0.52 44’ Luis Rioja (Valencia), 1-0 Rioja 44’ 65’ Pablo Durán (Celta Vigo), 1-1 Durán 65’ 68’ Javier Guerra (Valencia), 2-1 Guerra 68’
Valencia 1.93 xGCelta Vigo 0.52 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Celta Vigo attacking Valencia attacking 
64’ Diego López (Valencia), open play, 0.60 xG, saved 42’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.56 xG, off target 44’ Luis Rioja (Valencia), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 65’ Pablo Durán (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 64’ José Gayá (Valencia), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 12’ Borja Iglesias (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 90+8’ Mouctar Diakhaby (Valencia), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 68’ Javier Guerra (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 42’ Diego López (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+7’ Fran Pérez (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 60’ Alfon (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 64’ Diego López (Valencia), open play, 0.60 xG, saved 42’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), open play, 0.56 xG, off target 44’ Luis Rioja (Valencia), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 65’ Pablo Durán (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 64’ José Gayá (Valencia), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 12’ Borja Iglesias (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 90+8’ Mouctar Diakhaby (Valencia), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 68’ Javier Guerra (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 42’ Diego López (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+7’ Fran Pérez (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 60’ Alfon (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Giorgi Mamardashvili GK900 0.000.000
Dimitri Foulquier DEF830 0.000.000
Cristhian Mosquera DEF900 0.000.000
César Tárrega DEF900 0.000.000
José Gayá DEF901 0.120.000
Enzo Barrenechea MID890 0.000.000
Javier Guerra MID82111 0.050.972
Diego López MID892 0.650.000
André Almeida MID900 0.000.051
Luis Rioja MID90111 0.410.713
Hugo Duro FWD681 0.560.121
Umar Sadiq Sub220 0.000.000
Pepelu Sub80 0.000.000
Mouctar Diakhaby Sub71 0.080.000
Hugo Guillamón Sub10 0.000.000
Fran Pérez Sub11 0.050.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Valencia win 42% Avg odds 2.26
Draw 31% Avg odds 3.08
Celta Vigo win 27% Avg odds 3.55

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

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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.