Celta de Vigo 3-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Friday 17 December 2021
Result
Celta de Vigo 3-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Friday 17 December 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Celta de Vigo 3-1 Espanyol: match report
Celta de Vigo defeated Espanyol 3-1 in La Liga on Friday 17 December 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.
Santi Mina opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Celta de Vigo's goals came from Santi Mina (3'), Iago Aspas (47') and Denis Suárez (82'). Espanyol scored through Loren Morón (90+2').
Discipline: Celta de Vigo received 2 yellow cards; Espanyol received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Celta de Vigo were 14th on 17 points from 17 and Espanyol 9th on 23 points from 17. Celta de Vigo went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Espanyol 14th with 42.
Celta de Vigo lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Espanyol in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Iago Aspas of Celta de Vigo (8.8), ahead of Denis Suárez (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Celta de Vigo wins, 7 draws and 1 for Espanyol.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Santi Mina
- 47'Goal · Iago Aspas
- 82'Goal · Denis Suárez
- 89'Yellow card · Santi Mina
- 90+1'Yellow card · Dídac Vila
- 90+1'Yellow card · Hugo Mallo
- 90+1'Yellow card · Dídac Vilà
- 90+2'Goal · Loren Morón
Head-to-head
Team news
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Celta de Vigo line-up (4-1-3-2)
Matías Dituro, Hugo Mallo, Joseph Aidoo, Néstor Araújo, Javi Galán, Renato Tapia, Brais Méndez, Fran Beltrán, Franco Cervi, Iago Aspas, Santi Mina
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Miguel Llambrich, Sergi Gómez Solà, Leandro Cabrera, Adrià Pedrosa, Aleix Vidal, Yangel Herrera, Sergi Darder, Javi Puado, Óscar Melendo, Raúl de Tomás