Málaga 2-0 Celta de Vigo: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 2 January 2016
Result
Málaga 2-0 Celta de Vigo
La Liga · Saturday 2 January 2016, 21:05 UTC · half-time 2-0
Málaga 2-0 Celta de Vigo: match report
Málaga won against Celta de Vigo 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 2 January 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.
Charles opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Málaga's goals came from Charles (8') and Raúl Albentosa (26'). Celta de Vigo did not score.
Discipline: Málaga received 4 yellow cards; Celta de Vigo received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Málaga were 13th on 19 points from 17 and Celta de Vigo 8th on 25 points from 17. Málaga went on to finish that season 10th with 45 points, and Celta de Vigo 8th with 49.
Málaga lined up in a 4-4-2 and Celta de Vigo in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Gustavo Cabral of Celta de Vigo (7.5), level with Iago Aspas (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Málaga wins, 1 draw and 4 for Celta de Vigo.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Charles
- 25'Yellow card · Gustavo Cabral
- 26'Goal · Raúl Albentosa
- 30'Yellow card · Nordin Amrabat
- 38'Yellow card · Pablo Hernández
- 64'Red card · Rubén Blanco
- 66'Missed penalty · Nordin Amrabat
- 67'Yellow card · Recio
- 83'Yellow card · Ignacio Camacho
- 88'Yellow card · Charles
Head-to-head
Team news
Málaga expected line-up (4-4-2)
Carlos Kameni, Roberto Rosales, Juankar, Weligton, Raúl Albentosa, Marcos Angeleri, Recio, Nordin Amrabat, Ignacio Camacho, Charles Días
Celta de Vigo line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rubén Blanco, Hugo Mallo, Gustavo Cabral, Jonny Otto, Carles Planas, Sergi Gómez Solà, Daniel Wass, Fabián Orellana, Pablo Hernández, Josep Señé, Iago Aspas