FC Barcelona 2-0 Celta de Vigo: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 22 December 2018

Result

FC Barcelona 2-0 Celta de Vigo

La Liga · Saturday 22 December 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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FC Barcelona 2-0 Celta de Vigo: match report

FC Barcelona defeated Celta de Vigo 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 22 December 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.

Ousmane Dembélé opened the scoring in the 10th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Ousmane Dembélé (10') and Lionel Messi (45'). Celta de Vigo did not score.

Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; Celta de Vigo received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 34 points from 16 and Celta de Vigo 10th on 21 points from 16. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Celta de Vigo 16th with 41.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Celta de Vigo in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordi Alba of FC Barcelona (7.8), ahead of Marc ter Stegen (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 3 for Celta de Vigo.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Ousmane DembéléFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Iago AspasCelta de Vigo
  • 45'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Barcelona 5, draws 2, Celta de Vigo 3.

Team news

FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)

Marc ter Stegen, Nélson Semedo, Gerard Piqué, Clément Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Arturo Vidal, Sergio Busquets, Ivan Rakitić, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Ousmane Dembélé

Celta de Vigo line-up (4-4-2)

Rubén Blanco, Hugo Mallo, Néstor Araújo, David Costas, Robert Mazan, Brais Méndez, Okay Yokuşlu, Jozabed Sánchez, Sofiane Boufal, Iago Aspas, Maxi Gómez