Valencia 2-1 Celta de Vigo: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 9 December 2017
Result
Valencia 2-1 Celta de Vigo
La Liga · Saturday 9 December 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Valencia 2-1 Celta de Vigo: match report
Valencia won against Celta de Vigo 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 9 December 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Simone Zaza opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Valencia's goals came from Simone Zaza (28') and Dani Parejo (81', penalty). Celta de Vigo scored through Iago Aspas (46').
Discipline: Valencia received 2 yellow cards; Celta de Vigo received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 2nd on 31 points from 14 and Celta de Vigo 10th on 18 points from 14. Valencia went on to finish that season 4th with 73 points, and Celta de Vigo 12th with 49.
Valencia lined up in a 4-4-2 and Celta de Vigo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Dani Parejo of Valencia (8.6), ahead of Simone Zaza (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Valencia wins, 2 draws and 3 for Celta de Vigo.
Key events
- 28'Goal · Simone Zaza
- 46'Goal · Iago Aspas
- 58'Yellow card · Simone Zaza
- 60'Yellow card · José Gayà
- 70'Yellow card · Maxi Gómez
- 81'Penalty goal · Dani Parejo
- 81'Yellow card · Hugo Mallo
- 85'Yellow card · Iago Aspas
- 86'Yellow card · Andreu Fontàs
- 90+4'Yellow card · Pablo Hernández
- 90+4'Yellow card · Daniel Wass
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-4-2)
Neto, Rúben Vezo, Gabriel Paulista, José Gayà, Martín Montoya, Dani Parejo, Andreas Pereira, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Carlos Soler, Simone Zaza, Rodrigo
Celta de Vigo line-up (4-3-3)
Rubén Blanco, Hugo Mallo, Andreu Fontàs, Jonny Otto, Gustavo Cabral, Pablo Hernández, Stanislav Lobotka, Daniel Wass, Maxi Gómez, Iago Aspas, Pione Sisto