Villarreal vs Celta Vigo

20 December 2023 · La Liga · 2023/24 · Referee César Soto Grado

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–0

  • Alfonso 13’
  • Aissa Mandi 40’
  • Daniel Parejo 48’ (pen)
  • Tasos Douvikas 52’
  • Jørgen Strand Larsen 57’

Match summary

Villarreal beat Celta Vigo 3-2. Villarreal led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Alfonso put Villarreal ahead in the 13th minute, set up by Alexander Sørloth and Aissa Mandi made it 2-0 in the 40th minute. In the second half, Daniel Parejo made it 3-0 from the penalty spot in the 48th minute, Tasos Douvikas pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 52nd minute, and Jørgen Strand Larsen made it 3-2 in the 57th minute, set up by Manuel Sánchez.

The chances backed that up: Villarreal created 2.66 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Celta Vigo's 1.99 from 15.

Match stats

Villarreal Celta Vigo
12 Shots 15
8 Shots on Target 5
4 Corners 7
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
2.60 xG 1.99
1.85 Non-penalty xG 1.99
7 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Villarreal Celta Vigo
Kick-off
Alfonso
Assist: Alexander Sørloth1-0 (Villarreal)
13’
Aissa Mandi2-0 (Villarreal)
40’
Half-time2-0
Daniel Parejo
Penalty3-0 (Villarreal)
48’
52’
Tasos Douvikas3-1 (Celta Vigo)
57’
Jørgen Strand Larsen
Assist: Manuel Sánchez3-2 (Celta Vigo)
Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Villarreal
  • Santiago Comesaña
  • Álex Baena
Celta Vigo
  • Kevin
  • Tasos Douvikas
  • Óscar Mingueza
  • Manuel Sánchez

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 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.66 1.99 13’ Alfonso (Villarreal), 1-0 13’ 40’ Aissa Mandi (Villarreal), 2-0 40’ 48’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), 3-0 48’ 52’ Tasos Douvikas (Celta Vigo), 3-1 52’ 57’ Jørgen Strand Larsen (Celta Vigo), 3-2 57’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.66 1.99 13’ Alfonso (Villarreal), 1-0 Alfonso 13’ 40’ Aissa Mandi (Villarreal), 2-0 Mandi 40’ 48’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), 3-0 Parejo 48’ 52’ Tasos Douvikas (Celta Vigo), 3-1 Douvikas 52’ 57’ Jørgen Strand Larsen (Celta Vigo), 3-2 Larsen 57’
Villarreal 2.66 xGCelta Vigo 1.99 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Celta Vigo attacking Villarreal attacking 
48’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 40’ Aissa Mandi (Villarreal), set piece, 0.67 xG, goal 52’ Tasos Douvikas (Celta Vigo), set piece, 0.56 xG, goal 3’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), open play, 0.46 xG, saved 62’ Jørgen Strand Larsen (Celta Vigo), from a corner, 0.44 xG, saved 33’ Carlos Romero (Villarreal), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 57’ Jørgen Strand Larsen (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 78’ Manuel Sánchez (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.16 xG, blocked 90+11’ Carlos Domínguez (Celta Vigo), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 11’ Alfonso (Villarreal), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 40’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), set piece, 0.09 xG, saved 43’ Renato Tapia (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 43’ Renato Tapia (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 6’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 11’ Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 90+10’ Tasos Douvikas (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 4’ Santiago Comesaña (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 26’ Franco Cervi (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+10’ Renato Tapia (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 13’ Alfonso (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 17’ Franco Cervi (Celta Vigo), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 82’ Jonathan Bamba (Celta Vigo), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 7’ Renato Tapia (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 54’ Franco Cervi (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 67’ Carlos Dotor (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Raúl Albiol (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 48’ Daniel Parejo (Villarreal), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 40’ Aissa Mandi (Villarreal), set piece, 0.67 xG, goal 52’ Tasos Douvikas (Celta Vigo), set piece, 0.56 xG, goal 3’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), open play, 0.46 xG, saved 62’ Jørgen Strand Larsen (Celta Vigo), from a corner, 0.44 xG, saved 33’ Carlos Romero (Villarreal), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 57’ Jørgen Strand Larsen (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 78’ Manuel Sánchez (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.16 xG, blocked 90+11’ Carlos Domínguez (Celta Vigo), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 11’ Alfonso (Villarreal), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 40’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), set piece, 0.09 xG, saved 43’ Renato Tapia (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 43’ Renato Tapia (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 11’ Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 6’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+10’ Tasos Douvikas (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 4’ Santiago Comesaña (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 26’ Franco Cervi (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 13’ Alfonso (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 17’ Franco Cervi (Celta Vigo), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 90+10’ Renato Tapia (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 82’ Jonathan Bamba (Celta Vigo), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 7’ Renato Tapia (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 54’ Franco Cervi (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 67’ Carlos Dotor (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Raúl Albiol (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Filip Jorgensen GK900 0.000.000
Adrià Alti DEF900 0.000.000
Aissa Mandi DEF9011 0.670.000
Raúl Albiol DEF651 0.010.000
Alfonso DEF2112 0.130.061
Ilias Akhomach MID901 0.060.000
Santiago Comesaña MID901 0.050.000
Daniel Parejo MID9011 0.740.073
Alberto Moreno MID650 0.000.000
Alexander Sørloth FWD9012 0.520.122
Álex Baena FWD902 0.100.472
Carlos Romero Sub691 0.370.000
Jorge Cuenca Sub250 0.000.000
Morales Sub250 0.000.000
Ramón Terrats Sub10 0.000.000
Manu Trigueros Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Villarreal win 40% Avg odds 2.38
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.47
Celta Vigo win 32% Avg odds 2.99

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

Form going into the game

Villarreal LWDLL
Celta Vigo LDDDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Villarreal 3-1 Celta Vigo, 30 Apr 23 Next meeting: Celta Vigo 3-2 Villarreal, 05 May 24  All Villarreal 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.