Celta de Vigo 2-2 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 13 August 2022
Result
Celta de Vigo 2-2 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 13 August 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Celta de Vigo 2-2 Espanyol: match report
Celta de Vigo drew with Espanyol 2-2 in La Liga on Saturday 13 August 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.
Iago Aspas opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Celta de Vigo's goals came from Iago Aspas (45+2') and Gonçalo Paciência (63'). Espanyol scored through Edu Expósito (72') and Joselu (90+8', penalty).
Discipline: Celta de Vigo received 5 yellow cards; Espanyol received 3 yellow cards.
Celta de Vigo went on to finish that season 13th with 43 points, and Espanyol 19th with 37.
Celta de Vigo lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Espanyol in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Iago Aspas of Celta de Vigo (7.7), level with Joselu (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Celta de Vigo wins, 6 draws and 2 for Espanyol.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Hugo Mallo
- 16'Yellow card · Diego Martínez Penas
- 37'Yellow card · Joseph Aidoo
- 45+2'Goal · Iago Aspas
- 60'Yellow card · Vinicius Souza
- 63'Goal · Gonçalo Paciência
- 72'Goal · Edu Expósito
- 80'Yellow card · Iago Aspas
- 90+1'Yellow card · Óscar Gil
- 90+2'Yellow card · Javi Galán
- 90+7'Yellow card · Agustín Marchesín
- 90+8'Penalty goal · Joselu
Head-to-head
Team news
Celta de Vigo line-up (4-1-3-2)
Agustín Marchesín, Hugo Mallo, Joseph Aidoo, Unai Núñez, Javi Galán, Fran Beltrán, Augusto Solari, Óscar Rodríguez, Franco Cervi, Iago Aspas, Gonçalo Paciência
Espanyol line-up (4-3-3)
Benjamin Lecomte, Óscar Gil, Sergi Gómez Solà, Leandro Cabrera, Brian Oliván, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Fernando Calero, Sergi Darder, Rubén Sánchez, Joselu, Nico Melamed