Celta de Vigo 3:0 Rayo Vallecano: La Liga Match Result

La Liga

Celta de Vigo DDLWDW

3:0

Finished

Kick-off was 18 Jan, 17:30 UTC

Rayo Vallecano LWLWDD

Venue: Estadio ABANCA Balaídos City: Vigo

In the La Liga game on 18 January 2026, Celta de Vigo beat Rayo Vallecano 3:0. Match numbers: shots on target 7:3, corners 5:7.

Key numbers

Possession, % 49 – 51

Shots on target 7 – 3

Shots off target 1 – 4

Expected goals 1.87 – 1.11

⚽ 40' S. Carreira — Goal 🟨 44' H. Alvarez — Yellow card ⚽ 54' B. Zaragoza — Penalty 🟨 58' G. Gumbau — Yellow card 🟨 58' H. Sotelo — Yellow card 🟨 59' C. Martin — Yellow card ⇄ 61' G. Gumbau — Substitution ⇄ 61' Pacha — Substitution ⇄ 63' H. Alvarez — Substitution ⇄ 63' H. Sotelo — Substitution 🟨 65' I. Palazon — Yellow card 🟨 65' I. Aspas — Yellow card 🟨 66' O. Mingueza — Yellow card 🟥 66' N. Mendy — Red card ⇄ 68' C. Martin — Substitution ⇄ 71' J. Rodriguez — Substitution ⇄ 71' O. Mingueza — Substitution ⇄ 78' J. de Frutos — Substitution ⇄ 79' I. Palazon — Substitution ⚽ 79' J. Rueda — Goal ⇄ 83' C. Starfelt — Substitution

Match events

40' 1:0 Celta de Vigo Goal S. Carreira assist: H. Alvarez
44' 1:0 Celta de Vigo Yellow card H. Alvarez
54' 2:0 Celta de Vigo Penalty B. Zaragoza
58' 2:0 Rayo Vallecano Yellow card G. Gumbau
58' 2:0 Celta de Vigo Yellow card H. Sotelo
59' 2:0 Rayo Vallecano Yellow card C. Martin
61' 2:0 Rayo Vallecano Substitution G. Gumbau off: R. Nteka
61' 2:0 Rayo Vallecano Substitution Pacha off: Alemao
63' 2:0 Celta de Vigo Substitution H. Alvarez off: W. Swedberg
63' 2:0 Celta de Vigo Substitution H. Sotelo off: M. Roman
65' 2:0 Rayo Vallecano Yellow card I. Palazon
65' 2:0 Celta de Vigo Yellow card I. Aspas
66' 2:0 Celta de Vigo Yellow card O. Mingueza
66' 2:0 Rayo Vallecano Red card N. Mendy
68' 2:0 Rayo Vallecano Substitution C. Martin off: J. Vertrouwd
71' 2:0 Celta de Vigo Substitution J. Rodriguez off: M. Fernandez
71' 2:0 Celta de Vigo Substitution O. Mingueza off: J. Rueda
78' 2:0 Rayo Vallecano Substitution J. de Frutos off: O. Trejo
79' 2:0 Rayo Vallecano Substitution I. Palazon off: F. Perez
79' 3:0 Celta de Vigo Goal J. Rueda
83' 3:0 Celta de Vigo Substitution C. Starfelt off: H. Burcio

Statistics

49 Possession, % 51

7 Shots on target 3

1 Shots off target 4

1.87 Expected goals 1.11

3 Big chances 1

5 Corners 7

7 Fouls 14

14 Free kicks 7

4 Offsides 1

4 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 1

7 Goal kicks 3

16 Throw-ins 18

All statistics

8/1844% Aerial duels 10/1856%

60 Backward passes 72

3 Blocked shots 7

31 Clearances 17

0/70% Crosses 3/2711%

5/1338% Dribbles 7/1354%

1.02 Expected assists 0.84

62 Failed passes 62

3 Goalkeeper saves 4

6 Interceptions 10

7 Key passes 7

20/4445% Long passes 29/5157%

73 Passes into the final third 99

197 Passes in the opposition half 267

257 Passes in own half 214

0.64 Shot accuracy 0.21

5 Shots from outside the box 5

6 Shots inside the box 9

4/1527% Tackles 8/1553%

447 Total passes 454

Line-ups

Celta de Vigo

Starting XI
#	Player	number
13	Ionuț Andrei Radu	13
2	Carl Anders Theodor Starfelt	2
20	Marcos Alonso	20
32	Javi Rodriguez	32
3	Óscar Mingueza García	3
5	Sergio Carreira Vilariño	5
6	Moriba Kourouma Kourouma	6
22	Hugo Sotelo Gómez	22
15	Bryan Zaragoza Martínez	15
18	Pablo Durán Fernández	18
23	Hugo Álvarez Antúnez	23

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Iván Villar Martínez	1
4	Joseph Aidoo	4
12	Manuel Fernández Arroyo	12
17	Javier Rueda García	17
24	Carlos Domínguez	24
29	Yoel Lago Amil	29
16	Miguel Román González	16
19	Williot Theo Swedberg	19
7	Borja Iglesias Quintás	7
10	Iago Aspas Juncal	10
39	Jones El Abdellaoui	39

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Rayo Vallecano

Starting XI
#	Player	number
13	Augusto Martín Batalla Barga	13
3	Josep Chavarría	3
22	Pacha	22
24	Florian Lejeune	24
32	Nobel Mendy	32
4	Pedro Díaz Fanjul	4
7	Isaac Palazón Camacho	7
15	Gerard Gumbau	15
14	Carlos Martín Domínguez	14
18	Álvaro García Rivera	18
19	Jorge de Frutos	19

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Dani Cárdenas	1
40	Adrian Mollà	40
26	Marco de las Sias	26
33	Jozhua Vertrouwd	33
8	Óscar Guido Trejo	8
11	Randy Nteka	11
21	Francisco Pérez Martínez	21
28	Samu Becerra	28
9	Alexandre Zurawski	9