Villarreal 2:1 Celta de Vigo: La Liga Match Result

La Liga

Villarreal WWLWDL

2:1

Finished

Kick-off was 26 Apr, 20:00 BST

Celta de Vigo DDLWDW

Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica City: Villarreal

In the La Liga game on 26 April 2026, Villarreal beat Celta de Vigo 2:1. Match numbers: shots on target 4:3, corners 7:5.

Key numbers

Possession, % 47 – 53

Shots on target 4 – 3

Shots off target 5 – 4

Expected goals 1.89 – 1.98

⚽ 2' G. Moreno — Penalty 🟨 14' M. Alonso — Yellow card 🟨 18' A. Pedraza — Yellow card ⚽ 29' N. Pepe — Goal 🟨 29' I. Radu — Yellow card 🟨 42' N. Pepe — Yellow card 🟨 45+3' P. Duran — Yellow card ⇄ 46' P. Duran — Substitution 🟨 70' P. Gueye — Yellow card ⚽ 73' B. Iglesias — Penalty 🟨 74' B. Iglesias — Yellow card ⇄ 76' M. Alonso — Substitution ⇄ 76' H. Sotelo — Substitution ⇄ 76' H. Alvarez — Substitution ⇄ 78' P. Gueye — Substitution ⇄ 78' N. Pepe — Substitution ⇄ 78' A. Pedraza — Substitution ⇄ 83' B. Iglesias — Substitution ⇄ 85' G. Mikautadze — Substitution ⇄ 90+2' A. Moleiro — Substitution 🟨 90+4' I. Moriba — Yellow card

Match events

2' 1:0 Villarreal Penalty G. Moreno
14' 1:0 Celta de Vigo Yellow card M. Alonso
18' 1:0 Villarreal Yellow card A. Pedraza
29' 2:0 Villarreal Goal N. Pepe assist: A. Pedraza
29' 2:0 Celta de Vigo Yellow card I. Radu
42' 2:0 Villarreal Yellow card N. Pepe
45+3' 2:0 Celta de Vigo Yellow card P. Duran
46' 2:0 Celta de Vigo Substitution P. Duran off: F. Jutgla
70' 2:0 Villarreal Yellow card P. Gueye
73' 2:1 Celta de Vigo Penalty B. Iglesias
74' 2:1 Celta de Vigo Yellow card B. Iglesias
76' 2:1 Celta de Vigo Substitution M. Alonso off: I. Aspas
76' 2:1 Celta de Vigo Substitution H. Sotelo off: F. Lopez
76' 2:1 Celta de Vigo Substitution H. Alvarez off: A. Nunez
78' 2:1 Villarreal Substitution P. Gueye off: D. Parejo
78' 2:1 Villarreal Substitution N. Pepe off: A. Gonzalez
78' 2:1 Villarreal Substitution A. Pedraza off: S. Cardona
83' 2:1 Celta de Vigo Substitution B. Iglesias off: H. Gonzalez
85' 2:1 Villarreal Substitution G. Mikautadze off: A. Perez
90+2' 2:1 Villarreal Substitution A. Moleiro off: T. Partey
90+4' 2:1 Celta de Vigo Yellow card I. Moriba

Statistics

47 Possession, % 53

4 Shots on target 3

5 Shots off target 4

1.89 Expected goals 1.98

2 Big chances 5

7 Corners 5

13 Fouls 16

16 Free kicks 11

1 Offsides 2

3 Yellow cards 6

0 Red cards 0

9 Goal kicks 3

9 Throw-ins 15

All statistics

4/757% Aerial duels 3/743%

79 Backward passes 87

4 Blocked shots 2

19 Clearances 14

2/1513% Crosses 5/2124%

9/1753% Dribbles 5/1242%

0.53 Expected assists 1.02

46 Failed passes 58

2 Goalkeeper saves 2

9 Interceptions 6

7 Key passes 8

34/5661% Long passes 30/4173%

69 Passes into the final third 159

214 Passes in the opposition half 343

289 Passes in own half 220

0.31 Shot accuracy 0.33

5 Shots from outside the box 1

8 Shots inside the box 8

9/1275% Tackles 8/1267%

488 Total passes 542

Line-ups

Villarreal

Starting XI
#	Player	number
25	Arnau Tenas Ureña	25
3	Alexander Michael Freeman	3
4	Rafael Marín Zamora	4
12	Renato da Palma Veiga	12
24	Alfonso Pedraza	24
14	Santiago Comesaña Veiga	14
18	Pape Alassane Gueye	18
19	Nicolas Pépé	19
20	Alberto Moleiro González	20
7	Gerard Moreno Balagueró	7
9	Georges Mikautadze	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Luíz Lúcio Reis Júnior	1
2	Logan Evans Costa	2
5	Willy Kambwala Ndengushi	5
6	P. Navarro	6
23	Sergi Cardona Bermúdez	23
10	Dani Parejo	10
16	Thomas Partey	16
11	Alfonso González Martínez	11
21	Tanitoluwa Oluwatimikhin Oluwaseyi	21
22	Ayoze Pérez Gutiérrez	22
32	H. Lopez	32

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Celta de Vigo

Starting XI
#	Player	number
13	Ionuț Andrei Radu	13
20	Marcos Alonso	20
29	Yoel Lago Amil	29
32	Javi Rodriguez	32
3	Óscar Mingueza García	3
5	Sergio Carreira Vilariño	5
6	Moriba Kourouma Kourouma	6
22	Hugo Sotelo Gómez	22
7	Borja Iglesias Quintás	7
18	Pablo Durán Fernández	18
23	Hugo Álvarez Antúnez	23

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Iván Villar Martínez	1
12	Manuel Fernández Arroyo	12
14	Álvaro Núñez Cobo	14
17	Javier Rueda García	17
21	Mihailo Ristić	21
24	Carlos Domínguez	24
8	F. Lopez	8
36	Andrés Antuña	36
9	Ferran Jutglà Blanch	9
10	Iago Aspas Juncal	10
30	Hugo González Sotos	30
39	Jones El Abdellaoui	39