Almería beat Celta Vigo II 2-0 in the Regular Season of Segunda División at the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos on 20 September 2026. The hosts took control early and never looked back, moving up the table with their third win of the campaign.
And here's the thing about this match — it was decided before half-time. Nicolás Melamed Ribaudo opened the scoring in the sixth minute, then Javier Muñoz Jiménez doubled the advantage just before the interval. Celta Vigo II's goalkeeper attempted to keep them in it, but two goals in eighteen minutes left little room for recovery.
By then the pattern was clear. Almería created four big chances compared to two for the visitors, and their expected goals total of 2.62 reflected the quality of opportunities they generated. Celta Vigo II managed only one shot on target from eight attempts off target, a shooting accuracy of eight per cent that told its own story.
The hosts dominated possession at fifty-one per cent and registered ninety attacks against ninety-two for the visitors, but the difference lay in penetration. Almería completed 414 passes compared to 399 for Celta Vigo II, and their thirteen key passes versus nine showed where the danger came from.
Celta Vigo II made three changes at half-time — Ángel Arcos, Bernard Sarpong Somuah and Stefan Džodić all came on — but the goalkeeper Adrià Capdevila picked up a yellow card in the eighty-seventh minute as frustration mounted. Almería responded with substitutions of their own, bringing on Miguel De La Fuente and Óscar Marcos as the game settled into its final stages.
The result leaves Almería ninth with nine points from five matches, three wins and two losses. Celta Vigo II remain fifteenth on seven points, their recent form including a heavy 4-0 defeat to Eibar and a 4-2 win over Andorra showing the inconsistency that has characterised their campaign so far.
