Villarreal defeats Celta de Vigo 3-2. HIGHLIGHTS

VILLARREAL. Villarreal overcame Celta de Vigo.

December 21, 2023

VILLARREAL. Villarreal bested Celta de Vigo.

The match was played at the Estadio de la Cerámica stadium in Villarreal on Wednesday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. In front of 14,687 spectators. The referee was César Soto Grado assisted by Carlos Álvarez Fernández and Aitor Villate Martínez. The 4th official was Sergio Usón Rosel. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 17.61 degrees Celsius or 63.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.

Match Statistics

Villarreal

3 - 2

Celta de Vigo

48 Ball Possession 52

Shots

12 Total 15
8 On Target 5
3 Off Target 5
1 Shots blocked 5

114 Attack 116
53 Dangerous attack 59
88 Ball safe 69

1 Penalties 0
4 Corners 7

Fouls

16 Total 13
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Villarreal was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Celta de Vigo that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Celta de Vigo was more pushing with 59 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Still, Villarreal was able to find the solution to win this encounter.

Villarreal shot 12 times, 8 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Celta de Vigo shot 15 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Villarreal received 2 yellow cards (Santi Comesaña and Álex Baena). Talking about the opposition, Celta de Vigo received 4 yellow cards (Óscar Mingueza, Anastasios Douvikas, Kevin Vázquez and Manuel Sánchez).

Match Timeline

Alfonso Pedraza(goal)Alexander Sørloth

13'

Carlos Romero- sub ->Alfonso Pedraza

22'

Aïssa Mandi(goal)Alexander Sørloth

40'

46'

Carlos Domínguez- sub ->Carl Starfelt

46'

Óscar Mingueza- sub ->Luca de la Torre

46'

Manu Sánchez- sub ->Mihailo Ristić

46'

Kevin Vázquez- Yellow

Dani Parejo(penalty)

48'

52'

Anastasios Douvikas(goal)

57'

Jørgen Strand Larsen(goal)Manuel Sánchez

Jorge Cuenca- sub ->Raúl Albiol

60'

José Luis Morales- sub ->Alberto Moreno

60'

72'

Óscar Mingueza- Yellow

Álex Baena- Yellow

75'

Santi Comesaña- Yellow

76'

82'

Manu Sánchez- Yellow

82'

Jonathan Bamba- sub ->Franco Cervi

84'

Anastasios Douvikas- Yellow

86'

Miguel Rodríguez- sub ->Kevin Vázquez

Manu Trigueros- sub ->Álex Baena

88'

Ramón Terrats- sub ->Ilias Akhomach

89'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this contest, Villarreal has 19 points like Osasuna to hold in the 13th place. On the other side, Celta de Vigo will stays with 13 points to remain in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Villarreal will play away against Valencia on the 3rd of January with a 19-16 head to head in favor of Valencia (9 draws).

Celta de Vigo will host Real Betis on the 3rd of January with a 10-10 head to head record.

Villarreal – Formation

Villarreal

Filip Jørgensen 13.Denmark

6.7

Raúl Albiol 3.Spain

6.8

60'

Aïssa Mandi 23.Algeria

7.3

40'

Alfonso Pedraza 24.Spain

7.9

22'

13'

Adrià Altimira 26.Spain

7.3

Alberto Moreno 18.Spain

7.3

60'

Dani Parejo 10.Spain

8.4

48'

Ilias Akhomach 27.Spain

6.1

89'

Santi Comesaña 4.Spain

7.3

76'

Alexander Sørloth 11.Norway

6.8

Álex Baena 16.Spain

7.3

88'

75'

Substitutes

Pepe Reina 1.Spain

Kiko Femenía 17.Spain

Carlos Romero 37.Spain

6.7

22'

Jorge Cuenca 5.Spain

6.7

60'

Manu Trigueros 14.Spain

6.3

88'

Ramón Terrats 20.Spain

6.7

89'

Ben Brereton 9.Chile

José Luis Morales 15.Spain

6.4

60'

Villarreal adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Marcelino García Toral decided to play with the following team: Filip Jörgensen (6.7), Adrià Altimira (7.3), Raúl Albiol (6.8), Aïssa Mandi (7.3), Alfonso Pedraza (7.9), Ilias Akhomach (6.1), Santi Comesaña (7.3), Dani Parejo (8.4), Alberto Moreno (7.3), Álex Baena (7.3) and Alexander Sørloth (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Ben Brereton Díaz, Manu Trigueros (6.3), José Luis Morales (6.4), Ramón Terrats (6.7), Pepe Reina, Jorge Cuenca (6.7), Kiko Femenía and Carlos Romero (6.7).

Villarreal could not rely on the presence of Carlos Romero (injured) and Jorge Cuenca (injured).

Substitutions

Villarreal made 5 changes: Alfonso Pedraza for Carlos Romero (22′), Raúl Albiol for Jorge Cuenca (60′), Alberto Moreno for José Luis Morales (60′), Álex Baena for Manu Trigueros (88′) and Ilias Akhomach for Ramón Terrats (89′).

Player of the match: Dani Parejo

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Villarreal was Dani Parejo.

His rating is 8.4 with 1 goal, 59 passes (93% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Celta de Vigo – Formation

Celta de Vigo

Vicente Guaita 25.Spain

7.5

Unai Núñez 4.Spain

6.4

Kevin Vázquez 20.Spain

5.7

86'

46'

Mihailo Ristic 21.Serbia

7.0

46'

Carl Starfelt 2.Sweden

6.7

46'

Renato Tapia 5.Peru

7.7

Carlos Dotor 6.Spain

7.1

Franco Cervi 11.Argentina

7.7

82'

Luca de la Torre 14.United States

6.3

46'

Anastasios Douvikas 12.Greece

7.5

84'

52'

Jørgen Strand Larsen 18.Norway

7.3

57'

Substitutes

A. Marchesín 1.Argentina

Iván Villar 13.Spain

Carlos Domínguez 28.Spain

7.0

46'

Óscar Mingueza 3.Spain

7.8

46'

72'

Manu Sánchez 23.Spain

7.1

46'

82'

Javi Domínguez 31.Spain

Fran Beltrán 8.Spain

Williot Swedberg 19.Sweden

Hugo Sotelo 30.Spain

Jonathan Bamba 17.France

7.1

82'

Carles Pérez 7.Spain

Miguel Rodríguez 29.Spain

6.6

86'

Also Celta de Vigo adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Rafael Benítez Maudes played with: Vicente Guaita (7.5), Kevin Vázquez (5.7), Carl Starfelt (6.7), Unai Núñez (6.4), Mihailo Ristić (7.0), Luca de la Torre (6.3), Carlos Dotor (7.1), Renato Tapia (7.7), Franco Cervi (7.7), Anastasios Douvikas (7.5) and Jørgen Strand Larsen (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Jonathan Bamba (7.1), Carlos Domínguez (7.0), Agustín Marchesín, Óscar Mingueza (7.8), Carles Pérez, Fran Beltrán, Iván Villar, Williot Swedberg, Manuel Sánchez (7.1), Miguel Rodríguez (6.6), Hugo Sotelo and Javi Domínguez.

Celta de Vigo could not rely on the presence of Carlos Domínguez (injured).

Substitutions

Celta de Vigo made 5 changes: Luca de la Torre for Óscar Mingueza (46′), Mihailo Ristić for Manuel Sánchez (46′), Carl Starfelt for Carlos Domínguez (46′), Franco Cervi for Jonathan Bamba (82′) and Kevin Vázquez for Miguel Rodríguez (86′).