VILLARREAL. Villarreal overcomes Celta de Vigo 3-1. Villarreal got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Nicolas Jackson (2′) and Nicolas Jackson (12′). Celta de Vigo tried to recover with a goal from J. Strand Larsen (29′). Notwithstanding, the match was closed by a goal (70′) scored by Ramón Terrats for Villarreal.
Dani Parejo missed a penalty (26′) for Villarreal.
The match was played at the Estadio de la Cerámica stadium in Villarreal on Sunday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. In front of 16,123 spectators. The referee was Pablo González Fuertes with the support of Alfredo Rodríguez Moreno and Israel Bárcena Rodríguez. The 4th official was Rubén Ruipérez Marín. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 14.3 degrees Celsius or 57.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 9 Total 14
- 3 On Target 5
- 4 Off Target 3
- 2 Shots blocked 6
- 77 Attack 87
- 37 Dangerous attack 67
- 66 Ball safe 65
- 1 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 9
- 5 Off Sides 5
Fouls
- 12 Total 11
- 1 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Villarreal was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Celta de Vigo that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Celta de Vigo had a more offensive attitude with 67 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Villarreal succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Villarreal shot 9 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Celta de Vigo shot 14 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Villarreal received 1 yellow card (Étienne Capoue). Talking about the opposition, Celta de Vigo received 5 yellow cards (Haris Seferovic, Kevin Vázquez, Unai Núñez, Renato Tapia and C. Carvalhal).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Villarreal will have 53 points to remain in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Celta de Vigo will stay with 39 points to hold in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Villarreal will play away against Valencia on the 3rd of May with a 19-17 head to head record in favor of Valencia (7 draws).
Celta de Vigo will play away agasint Getafe on the 3rd of May with a 8-7 head to head stats in favor of Getafe (8 draws).
Villarreal – Formation
Villarreal started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Enrique Setién Solar decided to play with the following team: Pepe Reina
, Juan Foyth , Aïssa Mandi , Pau Torres , Alberto Moreno , Dani Parejo , Étienne Capoue , Samuel Chukwueze , Giovani Lo Celso , Yéremy Pino and Nicolas Jackson .The home team had on the bench: Raúl Albiol, Jorge Cuenca, Haissem Hassan
, Manu Trigueros , Alejandro Baena , Alfonso Pedraza, Johan Mojica, Filip Jörgensen, Ramón Terrats and Jorge Pascual.Substitutions
Villarreal made 5 changes: Giovani Lo Celso for Ramón Terrats (46′), Samuel Chukwueze for Haissem Hassan (63′), Étienne Capoue for Álex Baena (64′), Nicolas Jackson for Manu Trigueros (76′) and Yéremy Pino for Pedraza (85′).
Best player: Nicolas Jackson
The most impressive player for Villarreal was Nicolas Jackson.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 6 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5.Celta de Vigo – Formation
Celta de Vigo started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Carlos Augusto Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal played with: Iván Villar
, Kevin Vázquez , Joseph Aidoo , Unai Núñez , Javi Galán , Luca De La Torre , Óscar Rodríguez , Renato Tapia , Franco Cervi , Jørgen Strand Larsen and Haris Seferović .They had on the bench: Hugo Mallo, Augusto Solari, Iago Aspas
, Williot Swedberg, Fran Beltrán , Gonçalo Paciência , Coke Carrillo, Carlos Domínguez, Miguel Rodríguez , Christian Sanchez and Gabri Veiga .Substitutions
Celta de Vigo made 5 changes: Renato Tapia for Fran Beltrán (63′), Óscar Rodríguez for Gabri Veiga (63′), Haris Seferovic for Iago Aspas (63′), Franco Cervi for Miguel Rodríguez (72′) and J. Strand Larsen for Gonçalo Paciência (79′).
Best player: Franco Cervi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Celta de Vigo was Franco Cervi.
His rating is
with 31 passes (93% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 11 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- Cádiz – Valencia – 2-1
- Espanyol – Getafe – 1-0
- Real Valladolid – Atlético Madrid – 2-5
- Villarreal – Celta de Vigo – 3-1