Villarreal vs Celta Vigo

9 May 2021 · La Liga · 2020/21 · Referee Medié Jiménez

Full time 2 – 4

Half-time: 1–3

  • Moi Gómez 25’
  • Gerard Moreno 87’ (pen)
  • Santi Mina 19’, 34’ (pen)
  • Brais Méndez 45+3’ (pen)
  • Augusto Solari 57’

Match summary

Celta Vigo took a 4-2 win at Villarreal. Celta Vigo led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Santi Mina put Celta Vigo ahead with a header in the 19th minute, set up by Aarón Martín, Moi Gómez equalised with a header in the 25th minute, set up by Rubén Peña, Mina put Celta Vigo back in front from the penalty spot in the 34th minute, and Brais Méndez made it 1-3 from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Augusto Solari made it 1-4 in the 57th minute, set up by Aarón Martín and Gerard Moreno pulled one back to make it 2-4 from the penalty spot in the 87th minute.

Villarreal can feel hard done by, creating 2.51 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Celta Vigo's 1.98 from 11. Both sides had a player sent off.

Match stats

Villarreal Celta Vigo
16 Shots 11
7 Shots on Target 6
5 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 3
2 Red Cards 1
2.51 xG 1.98
1.77 Non-penalty xG 0.49
13 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Villarreal Celta Vigo
Kick-off
19’
Santi Mina
Assist: Aarón Martín0-1 (Celta Vigo)
Moi Gómez
Assist: Rubén Peña1-1 (Villarreal)
25’
34’
Santi Mina
Penalty1-2 (Celta Vigo)
45+3’
Brais Méndez
Penalty1-3 (Celta Vigo)
Half-time1-3
57’
Augusto Solari
Assist: Aarón Martín1-4 (Celta Vigo)
Gerard Moreno
Penalty2-4 (Villarreal)
87’
Full-time2-4

Bookings

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

Villarreal
  • Sergio Asenjo
  • Estupiñán
  • Yeremi Pino
Celta Vigo
  • Facundo Ferreyra
  • Néstor Araújo

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.51 1.98 19’ Santi Mina (Celta Vigo), 0-1 19’ 25’ Moi Gómez (Villarreal), 1-1 25’ 34’ Santi Mina (Celta Vigo), 1-2 34’ 45+3’ Brais Méndez (Celta Vigo), 1-3 45+3’ 57’ Augusto Solari (Celta Vigo), 1-4 57’ 87’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), 2-4 87’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.51 1.98 19’ Santi Mina (Celta Vigo), 0-1 Mina 19’ 25’ Moi Gómez (Villarreal), 1-1 Gómez 25’ 34’ Santi Mina (Celta Vigo), 1-2 Mina 34’ 45+3’ Brais Méndez (Celta Vigo), 1-3 Méndez 45+3’ 57’ Augusto Solari (Celta Vigo), 1-4 Solari 57’ 87’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), 2-4 Moreno 87’
Villarreal 2.51 xGCelta Vigo 1.98 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Celta Vigo attacking Villarreal attacking 
34’ Santi Mina (Celta Vigo), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 48’ Brais Méndez (Celta Vigo), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 87’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 45’ Ramiro Funes Mori (Villarreal), set piece, 0.63 xG, off target 25’ Moi Gómez (Villarreal), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 19’ Santi Mina (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 90+5’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 57’ Augusto Solari (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 49’ Alberto Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 65’ Santi Mina (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90+4’ Raba (Villarreal), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 17’ Fernando Niño (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 11’ Nolito (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 76’ Raba (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 36’ Manu Trigueros (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 36’ Estupiñán (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+2’ Ramiro Funes Mori (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 67’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 75’ Alberto Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 13’ Denis Suárez (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 29’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 28’ Brais Méndez (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 23’ Fran Beltrán (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 49’ Etienne Capoue (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 1’ Etienne Capoue (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 5’ Brais Méndez (Celta Vigo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ Santi Mina (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 34’ Santi Mina (Celta Vigo), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 48’ Brais Méndez (Celta Vigo), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 87’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 45’ Ramiro Funes Mori (Villarreal), set piece, 0.63 xG, off target 25’ Moi Gómez (Villarreal), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 19’ Santi Mina (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 90+5’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 57’ Augusto Solari (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 65’ Santi Mina (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90+4’ Raba (Villarreal), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 49’ Alberto Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 11’ Nolito (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 17’ Fernando Niño (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 76’ Raba (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 36’ Manu Trigueros (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 36’ Estupiñán (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+2’ Ramiro Funes Mori (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 67’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 75’ Alberto Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 29’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 13’ Denis Suárez (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 28’ Brais Méndez (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 49’ Etienne Capoue (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 23’ Fran Beltrán (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 1’ Etienne Capoue (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 5’ Brais Méndez (Celta Vigo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ Santi Mina (Celta Vigo), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Sergio Asenjo GK900 0.000.000
Rubén Peña DEF9010 0.000.411
Ramiro Funes Mori DEF902 0.670.000
Raúl Albiol DEF900 0.000.662
Estupiñán DEF521 0.050.000
Manu Trigueros MID901 0.060.264
Daniel Parejo MID720 0.000.000
Etienne Capoue MID602 0.050.000
Yeremi Pino FWD902 0.080.091
Fernando Niño FWD721 0.070.051
Moi Gómez FWD6011 0.410.000
Alberto Moreno Sub382 0.130.000
Francis Coquelin Sub300 0.000.000
Gerard Moreno Sub3012 0.850.142
Raba Sub182 0.150.000
Paco Alcácer Sub180 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Villarreal win 58% Avg odds 1.64
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.18
Celta Vigo win 19% Avg odds 5.18

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

Form going into the game

Villarreal LWLLW
Celta Vigo LDLWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Celta Vigo 0-4 Villarreal, 08 Jan 21 Next meeting: Celta Vigo 1-1 Villarreal, 20 Nov 21  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.