Villarreal 2-3 Celta de Vigo: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 8 December 2018
Result
Villarreal 2-3 Celta de Vigo
La Liga · Saturday 8 December 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Villarreal 2-3 Celta de Vigo: match report
Villarreal were beaten by Celta de Vigo 2-3 in La Liga on Saturday 8 December 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Brais Méndez opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Carlos Bacca (83') and Carlos Bacca (87'). Celta de Vigo scored through Brais Méndez (44'), Okay Yokuslu (49') and Maxi Gómez (51').
Discipline: Villarreal received 3 yellow cards; Celta de Vigo received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 17th on 14 points from 14 and Celta de Vigo 14th on 17 points from 14. Villarreal went on to finish that season 14th with 44 points, and Celta de Vigo 16th with 41.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Celta de Vigo in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Brais Méndez of Celta de Vigo (8.9), ahead of Carlos Bacca (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Villarreal wins, 3 draws and 1 for Celta de Vigo.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Santiago Cáseres
- 39'Yellow card · Álvaro González
- 44'Goal · Brais Méndez
- 48'Yellow card · Mario Gaspar
- 49'Goal · Okay Yokuslu
- 51'Goal · Maxi Gómez
- 76'Yellow card · Okay Yokuslu
- 83'Goal · Carlos Bacca
- 85'Yellow card · Maxi Gómez
- 87'Goal · Carlos Bacca
- 90+3'Yellow card · Rubén Blanco
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-3-1-2)
Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Víctor Ruiz, Alfonso Pedraza, Manu Trigueros, Santiago Cáseres, Santi Cazorla, Pablo Fornals, Gerard Moreno, Samuel Chukwueze
Celta de Vigo line-up (4-4-2)
Rubén Blanco, Hugo Mallo, Néstor Araújo, David Costas, David Juncà, Brais Méndez, Okay Yokuşlu, Jozabed Sánchez, Sofiane Boufal, Iago Aspas, Maxi Gómez