Celta de Vigo 1-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 12 December 2015
Result
Celta de Vigo 1-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 12 December 2015, 17:15 UTC · half-time 1-0
Celta de Vigo 1-0 Espanyol: match report
Celta de Vigo defeated Espanyol 1-0 in La Liga on Saturday 12 December 2015. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Iago Aspas of Celta de Vigo in the 42nd minute.
Discipline: Celta de Vigo received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Espanyol received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Celta de Vigo were 10th on 19 points from 14 and Espanyol 12th on 19 points from 14. Celta de Vigo went on to finish that season 8th with 49 points, and Espanyol 16th with 41.
Celta de Vigo lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nolito of Celta de Vigo (8.3), ahead of Augusto Fernández (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Celta de Vigo wins, 1 draw and 6 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Celta de Vigo's last five read D-D-L-L-W and Espanyol's D-L-W-D-D.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Hernán Pérez
- 22'Yellow card · Pablo Hernández
- 25'Yellow card · Víctor Sánchez
- 34'Yellow card · Augusto Fernández
- 42'Goal · Iago Aspas
- 47'Second yellow · Pablo Hernández
- 76'Yellow card · Fabián Orellana
- 87'Yellow card · Nolito
Head-to-head
Team news
Celta de Vigo line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sergio Álvarez, Daniel Wass, Hugo Mallo, Gustavo Cabral, Carles Planas, Augusto Fernández, Pablo Hernández, Théo Bongonda, Fabián Orellana, Nolito, Iago Aspas
Espanyol expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pau López, Álvaro González, Enzo Roco, Anaitz Arbilla, Juan Rafael Fuentes, Marco Asensio, Hernán Pérez, Víctor Álvarez, José Alberto Cañas, Víctor Sánchez, Felipe Caicedo