FC Barcelona 4-1 Celta de Vigo: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 9 November 2019

Result

FC Barcelona 4-1 Celta de Vigo

La Liga · Saturday 9 November 2019, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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FC Barcelona 4-1 Celta de Vigo: match report

FC Barcelona defeated Celta de Vigo 4-1 in La Liga on Saturday 9 November 2019. The half-time score was 2-1.

Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (23', penalty), Lionel Messi (45+1'), Lionel Messi (48') and Sergio Busquets (85'). Celta de Vigo scored through Lucas Olaza (42').

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 4 yellow cards; Celta de Vigo received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 3rd on 22 points from 11 and Celta de Vigo 18th on 9 points from 12. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Celta de Vigo 17th with 37.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Celta de Vigo in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (10.0), ahead of Marc ter Stegen (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 4 for Celta de Vigo.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Penalty goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Samuel UmtitiFC Barcelona
  • 40'Yellow card · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona
  • 42'Goal · Lucas OlazaCelta de Vigo · 1-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Fran BeltránCelta de Vigo
  • 45+1'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 2-1
  • 48'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 3-1
  • 52'Yellow card · Sergi RobertoFC Barcelona
  • 85'Goal · Sergio BusquetsFC Barcelona · 4-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Sergio BusquetsFC Barcelona

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Barcelona 4, draws 2, Celta de Vigo 4.

Team news

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

Marc ter Stegen, Nélson Semedo, Gerard Piqué, Samuel Umtiti, Junior Firpo, Frenkie de Jong, Sergi Roberto, Arthur Melo, Lionel Messi, Antoine Griezmann, Ansu Fati

Celta de Vigo line-up (5-3-2)

Rubén Blanco, Hugo Mallo, Joseph Aidoo, Néstor Araújo, Lucas Olaza, David Juncà, Stanislav Lobotka, Fran Beltrán, Pape Cheikh, Iago Aspas, Pione Sisto