Athletic Club 2-1 Celta de Vigo: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 1 May 2016
Result
Athletic Club 2-1 Celta de Vigo
La Liga · Sunday 1 May 2016, 10:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Athletic Club 2-1 Celta de Vigo: match report
Athletic Club defeated Celta de Vigo 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 1 May 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.
Fabián Orellana opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Athletic Club's goals came from Aduriz (38', penalty) and Raúl García (72'). Celta de Vigo scored through Fabián Orellana (13').
Discipline: Athletic Club received 1 yellow card; Celta de Vigo received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Athletic Club were 5th on 54 points from 35 and Celta de Vigo 8th on 46 points from 35. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 4th with 61 points, and Celta de Vigo 8th with 49.
Athletic Club lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Celta de Vigo in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcelo Alfonso Díaz Rojas of Celta de Vigo (7.6), ahead of Hugo Mallo (6.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Athletic Club wins, 4 draws and 1 for Celta de Vigo.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Fabián Orellana
- 28'Yellow card · Marcelo Díaz
- 37'Yellow card · Gustavo Cabral
- 38'Penalty goal · Aduriz
- 40'Red card · Gustavo Cabral
- 42'Yellow card · Fabián Orellana
- 45+1'Yellow card · Raúl García
- 72'Goal · Raúl García
- 82'Yellow card · Nolito
- 90'Yellow card · Pablo Hernández
Head-to-head
Team news
Athletic Club expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Mikel San José, Xabier Etxeita, Mikel Balenziaga, Óscar de Marcos, Bóveda, Raúl García, Muniain, Beñat
Celta de Vigo line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sergio Álvarez, Hugo Mallo, Gustavo Cabral, Sergi Gómez Solà, Jonny Otto, Marcelo Alfonso Díaz Rojas, Daniel Wass, Fabián Orellana, Pablo Hernández, Nolito, Iago Aspas