Villarreal 2-1 Celta de Vigo: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 26 April 2026
Result
Villarreal 2-1 Celta de Vigo
La Liga · Sunday 26 April 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Villarreal 2-1 Celta de Vigo: match report
Villarreal won against Celta de Vigo 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 26 April 2026. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Gerard Moreno opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Villarreal's goals came from Gerard Moreno (2', penalty) and Nicolas Pépé (29'). Celta de Vigo scored through Borja Iglesias (73', penalty).
Discipline: Villarreal received 3 yellow cards; Celta de Vigo received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 3rd on 62 points from 32 and Celta de Vigo 6th on 44 points from 32. Villarreal went on to finish that season 3rd with 72 points, and Celta de Vigo 6th with 54.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Celta de Vigo in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nicolas Pépé of Villarreal (7.4), level with Óscar Mingueza (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Villarreal wins, 3 draws and 3 for Celta de Vigo.
Key events
- 2'Penalty goal · Gerard Moreno
- 14'Yellow card · Marcos Alonso
- 18'Yellow card · Alfonso Pedraza
- 29'Goal · Nicolas Pépé
- 29'Yellow card · Ionuț Radu
- 42'Yellow card · Nicolas Pépé
- 45+3'Yellow card · Pablo Durán
- 70'Yellow card · Pape Gueye
- 73'Penalty goal · Borja Iglesias
- 74'Yellow card · Borja Iglesias
- 90+4'Yellow card · Ilaix Moriba
- 90+5'Yellow card · Iago Aspas
Head-to-head
Team news
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Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Arnau Tenas, Alex Freeman, Rafa Marín, Renato Veiga, Alfonso Pedraza, Nicolas Pépé, Santi Comesaña, Pape Gueye, Alberto Moleiro, Gerard Moreno, Georges Mikautadze
Celta de Vigo line-up (3-4-2-1)
Ionuț Radu, Javi Rodríguez, Yoel Lago, Marcos Alonso, Óscar Mingueza, Hugo Sotelo, Ilaix Moriba, Sergio Carreira, Pablo Durán, Hugo Álvarez, Borja Iglesias