Celta de Vigo 0-1 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 17 December 2017
Result
Celta de Vigo 0-1 Villarreal
La Liga · Sunday 17 December 2017, 15:15 UTC · half-time 0-1
Celta de Vigo 0-1 Villarreal: match report
Celta de Vigo were beaten by Villarreal 0-1 in La Liga on Sunday 17 December 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.
The only goal came from Pablo Fornals of Villarreal in the 34th minute.
Discipline: Celta de Vigo received 1 yellow card; Villarreal received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Celta de Vigo were 12th on 18 points from 15 and Villarreal 7th on 21 points from 15. Celta de Vigo went on to finish that season 12th with 49 points, and Villarreal 5th with 61.
Celta de Vigo lined up in a 4-3-3 and Villarreal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Carlos Bacca of Villarreal (7.8), ahead of Jonny Otto (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Celta de Vigo win, 4 draws and 5 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Celta de Vigo's last five read L-D-W-L-W and Villarreal's L-L-L-D-W.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Pablo Fornals
- 34'Goal · Pablo Fornals
- 64'Yellow card · Jaume Costa
- 80'Yellow card · Manu Trigueros
- 81'Yellow card · Jonny Castro
Head-to-head
Team news
Celta de Vigo line-up (4-3-3)
Rubén Blanco, Daniel Wass, Jonny Otto, Sergi Gómez Solà, Gustavo Cabral, Pablo Hernández, Stanislav Lobotka, Jozabed Sánchez, Maxi Gómez, Pione Sisto, Brais Méndez
Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Pablo Fornals, Samu Castillejo, Manu Trigueros, Rodri, Roberto Soriano, Carlos Bacca