Real Sociedad 3-1 Celta de Vigo: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 25 January 2026

Result

Real Sociedad 3-1 Celta de Vigo

La Liga · Sunday 25 January 2026, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Real Sociedad 3-1 Celta de Vigo: match report

Real Sociedad beat Celta de Vigo 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday 25 January 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Mikel Oyarzabal opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Real Sociedad's goals came from Mikel Oyarzabal (17'), Mikel Oyarzabal (75') and Brais Méndez (90+6', penalty). Celta de Vigo scored through Borja Iglesias (72').

Discipline: Real Sociedad received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Celta de Vigo received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Real Sociedad were 10th on 24 points from 20 and Celta de Vigo 7th on 32 points from 20. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 10th with 46 points, and Celta de Vigo 6th with 54.

Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-4-2 and Celta de Vigo in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Mikel Oyarzabal of Real Sociedad (9.1), ahead of Hugo Sotelo (8.0).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Luka SucicReal Sociedad
  • 17'Goal · Mikel OyarzabalReal Sociedad · 1-0
  • 45+2'Red card · Duje Caleta-CarReal Sociedad
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Bryan ZaragozaCelta de Vigo
  • 66'Yellow card · Pellegrino MatarazzoReal Sociedad
  • 72'Goal · Borja IglesiasCelta de Vigo · 1-1
  • 75'Goal · Mikel OyarzabalReal Sociedad · 2-1
  • 90+6'Penalty goal · Brais MéndezReal Sociedad · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Sociedad 5, draws 3, Celta de Vigo 2.

Team news

Real Sociedad line-up (4-4-2)

Álex Remiro, Jon Aramburu, Jon Martín Vicente, Duje Caleta-Car, Aihen Muñoz, Gonçalo Guedes, Jon Gorrotxategi, Beñat Turrientes, Ander Barrenetxea, Luka Sucic, Mikel Oyarzabal

Celta de Vigo line-up (3-4-3)

Ionuț Radu, Manu Fernández, Carl Starfelt, Marcos Alonso, Sergio Carreira, Ilaix Moriba, Hugo Sotelo, Hugo Álvarez, Jones El-Abdellaoui, Pablo Durán, Bryan Zaragoza