Celta de Vigo 3-1 Elche: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 3 May 2026
Result
Celta de Vigo 3-1 Elche
La Liga · Sunday 3 May 2026, 12:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Celta de Vigo 3-1 Elche: match report
Celta de Vigo beat Elche 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday 3 May 2026. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Hugo Álvarez opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Celta de Vigo's goals came from Hugo Álvarez (14'), Iago Aspas (30') and Borja Iglesias (85'). Elche scored through André Silva (82', penalty).
Discipline: Celta de Vigo received 2 yellow cards; Elche received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Celta de Vigo were 6th on 44 points from 33 and Elche 14th on 38 points from 33. Celta de Vigo went on to finish that season 6th with 54 points, and Elche 13th with 43.
Celta de Vigo lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Elche in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to André Silva of Elche (7.5), ahead of Hugo Álvarez (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Celta de Vigo wins, 2 draws and 3 for Elche.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Hugo Álvarez
- 28'Yellow card · Gonzalo Villar
- 30'Goal · Iago Aspas
- 41'Yellow card · Javi Rueda
- 82'Penalty goal · André Silva
- 83'Yellow card · Yoel Lago
- 85'Goal · Borja Iglesias
Head-to-head
Team news
Celta de Vigo line-up (3-4-2-1)
Ionuț Radu, Javi Rodríguez, Yoel Lago, Álvaro Núñez, Javi Rueda, Fernando López González, Ilaix Moriba, Sergio Carreira, Iago Aspas, Hugo Álvarez, Ferran Jutglà
Elche line-up (3-4-1-2)
Matías Dituro, John Donald, David Affengruber, Pedro Bigas, Tete Morente, Marc Aguado, Aleix Febas, Adrià Pedrosa, Gonzalo Villar, Álvaro Rodríguez, André Silva