GIRONA. Celta de Vigo beats Girona 1-0 after I. Aspas scored just 1 goal (49′).

The match was played at the Estadi Municipal de Montilivi stadium in Girona on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Carlos del Cerro Grande assisted by Gonzalo García González and Iván Masso Granado. The 4th official was Sergio Pérez Muley. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 25.7 degrees Celsius or 78.19 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Girona was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Celta de Vigo that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Girona was putting more pressure with 76 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Celta de Vigo was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Girona shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Celta de Vigo shot 9 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Girona received 2 yellow cards (D. Lopez and Juanpe). Regarding the opposition, Celta de Vigo received 1 yellow card (R. Tapia).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Girona stays with 3 points to occupy the 10th place in the standings. On the other side, Celta de Vigo has 4 points (8th).

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Girona will host Real Valladolid on the 9th of September with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of Real Valladolid (4 draws).

Celta de Vigo will play away agasint Atlético Madrid on the 11th of September with a 16-6 head to head in favor of Atlético Madrid (6 draws).

Girona – Formation

Girona started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Miguel Ángel Sánchez Muñoz decided to play with the following team: Juan Carlos (7.8), Yan Couto (6.8), Santiago Bueno (7.4), Juanpe (6.2), Miguel Gutiérrez (7.2), Yangel Herrera (6.3), Aleix García (7.6), David López (7.5), Oscar Ureña (6.9), Valentin Castellanos (6.8) and Cristhian Stuani (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Javier Hernández (6.9), Samu Sáiz (6.8), Reinier (6.6), Ricard Artero, Ramón Terrats (6.2), B. Espinosa, Arnau Martínez, Casals Joel Roca (6.5) and Matas.

Girona could not rely on the presence of R. Terrats (injured).

Substitutions

Girona made 5 changes: Y. Herrera for R. Terrats (10′), O. Urena for Reinier (59′), R. Terrats for S. Saiz (59′), V. Castellanos for J. Roca (81′) and M. Gutierrez for J. Hernandez (81′).

Best player: Juan Carlos​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Girona was the goalkeeper: Juan Carlos. His rating is 7.84. He performed 5 saves.

Celta de Vigo – Formation

Celta de Vigo started with a 4-1-3-2 line-up (4-1-3-2).

Eduardo Germán Coudet played with: Agustín Marchesín (7.4), Hugo Mallo (6.8), Joseph Aidoo (7.2), Unai Núñez (7.7), Javi Galán (6.2), Renato Tapia (7.1), Óscar Rodríguez (7.2), Fran Beltrán (6.8), Franco Cervi (6.8), Iago Aspas (7.6) and Carles Pérez (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Augusto Solari (6.8), Gabriel Veiga (6.2), Carlos Domínguez, L. de la Torre, Miguel Rodríguez, Miguel Baeza, Iván Villar, Fran López, W. Swedberg, Óscar Mingueza, Gonçalo Paciência (6.2) and Kevin Vázquez.

Celta de Vigo could not rely on the presence of G. Veiga (injured).

Substitutions

Celta de Vigo made 4 changes: C. Perez for A. Solari (70′), R. Tapia for G. Veiga (70′), O. Rodriguez for G. Paciencia (77′) and F. Cervi for C. Dominguez (90′).

Best player: Unai Núñez​

The most impressive player for Celta de Vigo was Unai Núñez even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 49 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga.​

• Girona – Celta de Vigo – 0-1
• Real Betis – Osasuna – 1-0