Celta de Vigo 2-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 23 May 2015
Result
Celta de Vigo 2-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 23 May 2015, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Celta de Vigo 2-1 Espanyol: match report
Celta de Vigo won against Espanyol 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 23 May 2015. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Sergio García opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Celta de Vigo's goals came from Hugo Mallo (38'), Gustavo Cabral (58') and Nolito (76'). Espanyol scored through Sergio García (23', penalty) and Cristhian Stuani (48').
Discipline: Celta de Vigo received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Espanyol received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Celta de Vigo were 12th on 45 points from 37 and Espanyol 10th on 47 points from 37. Celta de Vigo went on to finish that season 10th with 48 points, and Espanyol 12th with 47.
Celta de Vigo lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Celta de Vigo wins, 1 draw and 6 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Celta de Vigo's last five read D-D-D-W-L and Espanyol's L-W-D-D-L.
Key events
- 20'Red card · Sergio Álvarez
- 23'Penalty goal · Sergio García
- 28'Yellow card · Augusto Fernández
- 38'Goal · Hugo Mallo
- 45+2'Yellow card · Santi Mina
- 45+3'Yellow card · Santi Mina
- 48'Goal · Cristhian Stuani
- 58'Goal · Gustavo Cabral
- 76'Goal · Nolito
- 89'Yellow card · Álvaro González
Head-to-head
Team news
Celta de Vigo line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sergio Álvarez, Hugo Mallo, Andreu Fontàs, Jonny Otto, Gustavo Cabral, Nolito, Michael Krohn-Dehli, Augusto Fernández, Santi Mina, J. Larrivey, Fabián Orellana
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Kiko Casilla, Héctor Moreno, Javi López, Lucas Vázquez, Juan Rafael Fuentes, Álvaro González, Anaitz Arbilla, Víctor Sánchez, Víctor Álvarez, Cristhian Stuani, Sergio García