Celta Vigo vs Espanyol, 2024-25 LALIGA
· Spanish LALIGAAbout
Celta Vigo are hosting Espanyol
at Estadio Abanca-Balaídos, Vigo, Spain, starting on
. The match is a part of the Spanish LALIGA.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Edu Expósito (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 1': Foul by Fran Beltrán (Celta Vigo).
- 6': Foul by Pablo Durán (Celta Vigo).
- 6': Marash Kumbulla (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Carl Starfelt.
- 12': Delay in match because of an injury Carl Starfelt (Celta Vigo).
- 13': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 15': Attempt saved. Alfon González (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pablo Durán.
- 15': Foul by Pablo Durán (Celta Vigo).
- 15': Joan García (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Carlos Domínguez replaces Carl Starfelt because of an injury.
- 18': Alfon González (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 18': Foul by Omar El Hilali (Espanyol).
- 18': Attempt blocked. Hugo Sotelo (Celta Vigo) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alfon González.
- 21': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Omar El Hilali.
- 26': Foul by Pablo Durán (Celta Vigo).
- 26': Marash Kumbulla (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Goal! Celta Vigo 0, Espanyol 1. Roberto Fernández (Espanyol) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Javi Puado with a through ball.
- 32': Attempt saved. Edu Expósito (Espanyol) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Omar El Hilali.
- 32': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Vicente Guaita.
- 33': Attempt missed. Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Edu Expósito with a cross following a corner.
- 34': Foul by Hugo Sotelo (Celta Vigo).
- 34': Urko González (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Delay in match (Celta Vigo).
- 38': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 39': Attempt saved. Fran Beltrán (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 39': Foul by Javi Rodríguez (Celta Vigo).
- 39': Javi Puado (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Foul by Pablo Durán (Celta Vigo).
- 40': Marash Kumbulla (Espanyol) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 41': Delay in match (Celta Vigo).
- 42': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 44': Foul by Pol Lozano (Espanyol).
- 44': Marcos Alonso (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 44': Pol Lozano (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45': Foul by Marash Kumbulla (Espanyol).
- 45': Pablo Durán (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Óscar Mingueza (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 45'+3': Carlos Romero (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+3': Foul by Javi Rodríguez (Celta Vigo).
- 45'+4': Javi Rodríguez (Celta Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+4': Foul by Roberto Fernández (Espanyol).
- 45'+4': Marcos Alonso (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+6': First Half ends, Celta Vigo 0, Espanyol 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Celta Vigo 0, Espanyol 1.
- 45': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Ilaix Moriba replaces Hugo Sotelo.
- 45': Substitution, Espanyol. Alex Král replaces Pol Lozano.
- 47': Attempt saved. Pablo Durán (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Iago Aspas.
- 47': Foul by Ilaix Moriba (Celta Vigo).
- 47': Roberto Fernández (Espanyol) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 48': Attempt blocked. Javi Puado (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 49': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Fran Beltrán.
- 53': Edu Expósito (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 53': Foul by Fran Beltrán (Celta Vigo).
- 54': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Ilaix Moriba.
- 55': Offside, Espanyol. Javi Puado is caught offside.
- 55': Attempt saved. Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Alfon González.
- 55': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Joan García.
- 56': Foul by Edu Expósito (Espanyol).
- 56': Ilaix Moriba (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Edu Expósito (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Foul by Marcos Alonso (Celta Vigo).
- 59': Delay in match (Celta Vigo).
- 59': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 60': Foul by Edu Expósito (Espanyol).
- 60': Marcos Alonso (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Foul by Antoniu Roca (Espanyol).
- 61': Óscar Mingueza (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 61': Attempt missed. Sergio Carreira (Celta Vigo) header from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Javi Rodríguez with a cross.
- 62': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Omar El Hilali.
- 62': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Jailson replaces Javi Rodríguez.
- 62': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Fernando López replaces Iago Aspas.
- 63': Goal! Celta Vigo 0, Espanyol 2. Roberto Fernández (Espanyol) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Leandro Cabrera.
- 64': Substitution, Espanyol. Jofre Carreras replaces Antoniu Roca.
- 64': Foul by Jailson (Celta Vigo).
- 64': Roberto Fernández (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Jailson (Celta Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 67': Foul by Fernando López (Celta Vigo).
- 67': Jofre Carreras (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Attempt saved. Alfon González (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcos Alonso.
- 69': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Joan García.
- 69': Attempt blocked. Pablo Durán (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fernando López with a headed pass.
- 69': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Urko González.
- 70': Attempt blocked. Óscar Mingueza (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fernando López.
- 70': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Alex Král.
- 70': Attempt saved. Alfon González (Celta Vigo) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Óscar Mingueza with a cross.
- 71': Attempt missed. Ilaix Moriba (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
- 71': Foul by Ilaix Moriba (Celta Vigo).
- 71': Jofre Carreras (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Williot Swedberg replaces Sergio Carreira.
- 72': Alfon González (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 72': Foul by Carlos Romero (Espanyol).
- 74': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Urko González.
- 75': Substitution, Espanyol. Pere Milla replaces Edu Expósito.
- 76': Foul by Javi Puado (Espanyol).
- 76': Ilaix Moriba (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 77': Javi Puado (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
- 82': Fernando López (Celta Vigo) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Alfon González.
- 83': Substitution, Espanyol. Walid Cheddira replaces Javi Puado.
- 83': Substitution, Espanyol. Fernando Calero replaces Roberto Fernández.
- 84': Attempt missed. Fernando López (Celta Vigo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Ilaix Moriba.
- 86': Attempt blocked. Williot Swedberg (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Carlos Domínguez.
- 86': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Omar El Hilali.
- 88': Alfon González (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 88': Foul by Walid Cheddira (Espanyol).
- 89': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Jailson.
- 90'+1': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Omar El Hilali.
- 90'+1': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Leandro Cabrera.
- 90'+2': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Marash Kumbulla.
- 90'+2': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 90'+2': Attempt missed. Alfon González (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 90'+2': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Carlos Romero.
- 90'+3': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Omar El Hilali.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Celta Vigo 0, Espanyol 2.
- 0': Match ends, Celta Vigo 0, Espanyol 2.
Statistics
 ESP |
CEL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 14 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 0 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 13 |
| 6 | Saves | 1 |
| 35.5 | Possession | 64.5 |
| 5 | SHOTS | 16 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.6 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 267 | Accurate Passes | 511 |
| 330 | Passes | 591 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 10 | Crosses | 27 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 36 | Long Balls | 34 |
| 12 | Accurate Long Balls | 20 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 15 | Tackles | 13 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 5 |
| 43 | Effective Clearances | 13 |
| 43 | Clearances | 13 |
Game Information
Competition: Spanish LALIGA
Venue: Estadio Abanca-Balaídos
Location: Vigo, Spain
Attendance: 19,801
Venue: Estadio Abanca-Balaídos
Location: Vigo, Spain
Attendance: 19,801
LALIGA Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 38 | +63 | 88 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 38 | +40 | 84 |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | +38 | 76 |
| 4 | Athletic Club | 38 | +25 | 70 |
Line-Ups
Celta Vigo (4-1-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Vicente Guaita (GK) |
| 20 | Marcos Alonso |
| 2 | Carl Starfelt |
| 8 | Fran Beltrán |
| 3 | Óscar Mingueza |
| 32 | Javi Rodríguez  |
| 4 | Hugo Sotelo |
| 10 | Iago Aspas |
| 12 | Alfonso González |
| 5 | Sergio Carreira |
| 18 | Pablo Durán |
Espanyol (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Joan García (GK) |
| 6 | Leandro Cabrera |
| 4 | Marash Kumbulla |
| 22 | Carlos Romero |
| 23 | Omar El Hilali |
| 8 | Edu Expósito |
| 10 | Pol Lozano |
| 19 | Urko Gonzalez |
| 2 | Roberto Fernández |
| 7 | Javier Puado |
| 31 | Antoniu Roca |
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