Villarreal 4-1 Celta de Vigo: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 28 April 2018

Result

Villarreal 4-1 Celta de Vigo

La Liga · Saturday 28 April 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Villarreal 4-1 Celta de Vigo: match report

Villarreal defeated Celta de Vigo 4-1 in La Liga on Saturday 28 April 2018. It was 3-1 at half-time.

Carlos Bacca opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Carlos Bacca (13'), Carlos Bacca (35'), Carlos Bacca (38') and Samu Castillejo (90+3'). Celta de Vigo scored through Pione Sisto (34').

Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Celta de Vigo received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 6th on 51 points from 33 and Celta de Vigo 11th on 45 points from 34. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Celta de Vigo 12th with 49.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Celta de Vigo in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Carlos Bacca of Villarreal (9.7), ahead of Pione Sisto (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Villarreal wins, 3 draws and 1 for Celta de Vigo.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Carlos BaccaVillarreal · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Pione SistoCelta de Vigo · 1-1
  • 35'Goal · Carlos BaccaVillarreal · 2-1
  • 38'Goal · Carlos BaccaVillarreal · 3-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Manu TriguerosVillarreal
  • 64'Yellow card · Samu CastillejoVillarreal
  • 90+3'Goal · Samu CastillejoVillarreal · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Villarreal 6, draws 3, Celta de Vigo 1.

Team news

Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Víctor Ruiz, Antonio Rukavina, Denis Cheryshev, Samu Castillejo, Manu Trigueros, Rodri, Dani Raba, Carlos Bacca

Celta de Vigo line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sergio Álvarez, Hugo Mallo, Jonny Otto, Sergi Gómez Solà, Gustavo Cabral, Pione Sisto, Stanislav Lobotka, Jozabed Sánchez, Daniel Wass, Brais Méndez, Maxi Gómez