Villarreal 2-4 Celta de Vigo: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 9 May 2021

Result

Villarreal 2-4 Celta de Vigo

La Liga · Sunday 9 May 2021, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Villarreal 2-4 Celta de Vigo: match report

Villarreal were beaten by Celta de Vigo 2-4 in La Liga on Sunday 9 May 2021. It was 1-3 at half-time.

Santi Mina opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Moi Gómez (25') and Gerard Moreno (87', penalty). Celta de Vigo scored through Santi Mina (19'), Santi Mina (34', penalty), Brais Méndez (45+3', penalty) and Augusto Solari (57').

Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Celta de Vigo received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Villarreal were 6th on 52 points from 34 and Celta de Vigo 10th on 44 points from 34. Villarreal went on to finish that season 7th with 58 points, and Celta de Vigo 8th with 53.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Celta de Vigo in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Santi Mina of Celta de Vigo (8.7), ahead of Brais Méndez (7.8).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Pervis EstupiñánVillarreal
  • 19'Goal · Santi MinaCelta de Vigo · 0-1
  • 25'Goal · Moi GómezVillarreal · 1-1
  • 33'Yellow card · Sergio AsenjoVillarreal
  • 34'Penalty goal · Santi MinaCelta de Vigo · 1-2
  • 44'Yellow card · Néstor AraújoCelta de Vigo
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Dani ParejoVillarreal
  • 45+3'Penalty goal · Brais MéndezCelta de Vigo · 1-3
  • 45+4'Red card · Gerónimo RulliVillarreal
  • 45+7'Red card · Mario GasparVillarreal
  • 57'Goal · Augusto SolariCelta de Vigo · 1-4
  • 79'Yellow card · Facundo FerreyraCelta de Vigo
  • 87'Penalty goal · Gerard MorenoVillarreal · 2-4
  • 88'Second yellow · Facundo FerreyraCelta de Vigo
  • 89'Yellow card · Yéremy PinoVillarreal

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Villarreal line-up (4-3-3)

Sergio Asenjo, Rubén Peña, Raúl Albiol, Ramiro Funes Mori, Pervis Estupiñán, Manu Trigueros, Étienne Capoue, Dani Parejo, Yéremy Pino, Fer Niño, Moi Gómez

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

Iván Villar, Hugo Mallo, Néstor Araújo, Carlos Domínguez, Aarón Martín, Augusto Solari, Fran Beltrán, Denis Suárez, Nolito, Brais Méndez, Santi Mina