VALENCIA. Valencia and Celta de Vigo didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..
The match was played at the Estadio de Mestalla stadium in Valencia on Saturday and it started at 10:15 am local time. In front of 43,375 spectators. The referee was César Soto Grado who was helped by Raúl Cabañero Martínez and Carlos Álvarez Fernández. The 4th official was Pablo Morales Moreno. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 22.9 degrees Celsius or 73.22 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.
Match Statistics
- 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
- 8 Total 13
- 0 On Target 1
- 6 Off Target 3
- 2 Shots blocked 9
- 143 Attack 93
- 42 Dangerous attack 49
- 81 Ball safe 78
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 7
Fouls
- 10 Total 5
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 7
Ball possession
Valencia was in firm control of the ball 55% while Celta de Vigo was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Celta de Vigo was putting more pressure with 49 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 1 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Celta de Vigo to win the encounter.
Valencia shot 8 times, 0 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Celta de Vigo shot 13 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Valencia received 3 yellow cards (Selim Amallah, Hugo Guillamón and Pepelu). On the other side, Celta de Vigo received 2 yellow cards (Franco Cervi and Unai Núñez).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Valencia will have 19 points like Getafe and Rayo Vallecano to hold in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Celta de Vigo will have 8 points to sit in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Valencia will play away against Celta de Vigo on the 26th of May with a 17-9 head to head stats in favor of Valencia (3 draws).
Celta de Vigo will host Valencia on the 26th of May with a 17-9 head to head record in favor of Valencia (3 draws).
Valencia – Formation
Valencia adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Rubén Baraja Vegas decided to play with the following team: Giorgi Mamardashvili , Thierry Correia , Cristhian Mosquera , Gabriel Paulista , José Gayà , Fran Pérez , Pepelu , Javier Guerra , Sergi Canós , Diego Lopez Noguerol and Hugo Duro .
The home team had on the bench: Jaume Doménech, Mouctar Diakhaby, Hugo Guillamón , Cristian Rivero, Cenk Özkacar , Roman Yaremchuk , Selim Amallah , Dimitri Foulquier, Jesús Vázquez, Pablo Gozálbez, Hugo González and Yarek Gasiorowski .
Valencia could not rely on the presence of Yarek Gasiorowski (injured).
Substitutions
Valencia made 5 changes: José Gayà for Yarek Gasiorowski (46′), Sergi Canós for Selim Amallah (64′), Iago Aspas for Hugo Guillamón (84′), Hugo Duro for Roman Yaremchuk (84′) and Diego Lopez Noguerol for Dimitri Foulquier (90′).
Player of the match: Thierry Correia
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Valencia was Thierry Correia.
His rating is with 47 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.
Celta de Vigo – Formation
Also Celta de Vigo adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Rafael Benítez Maudes played with: Vicente Guaita , Kevin Vázquez , Carl Starfelt , Unai Núñez , Manuel Sánchez , Óscar Mingueza , Fran Beltrán , Luca de la Torre , Jonathan Bamba , Iago Aspas and Jørgen Strand Larsen .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Renato Tapia, Agustín Marchesín, Carlos Dotor , Carles Pérez , Franco Cervi , Anastasios Douvikas , Iván Villar, Williot Swedberg , Mihailo Ristić, Carlos Domínguez, Miguel Rodríguez and Hugo Sotelo.
Celta de Vigo could not rely on the presence of Anastasios Douvikas (injured).
Substitutions
Celta de Vigo made 5 changes: Jørgen Strand Larsen for Anastasios Douvikas (68′), Jonathan Bamba for Franco Cervi (67′), Kevin Vázquez for Carles Pérez (67′), Óscar Mingueza for Carlos Dotor (85′) and Óscar Mingueza for Williot Swedberg (85′).
Player of the match: Carl Starfelt
The player that probably impressed the most for Celta de Vigo was Carl Starfelt.
His rating is with 38 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 12.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- Valencia – Celta de Vigo – 0-0
- Rayo Vallecano – FC Barcelona – 1-1
- Getafe – Almería – 2-1
- Atlético Madrid – Mallorca – 1-0