Celta de Vigo 2-1 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Wednesday 23 September 2015
Result
Celta de Vigo 2-1 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Wednesday 23 September 2015, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Celta de Vigo 2-1 FC Barcelona: match report
Celta de Vigo defeated FC Barcelona 2-1 in La Liga on Wednesday 23 September 2015. The half-time score was 2-0.
Nolito opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Celta de Vigo's goals came from Nolito (26'), Iago Aspas (30'), Iago Aspas (56') and John Guidetti (83'). FC Barcelona scored through Neymar (80').
Discipline: Celta de Vigo received 2 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Celta de Vigo were 6th on 8 points from 4 and FC Barcelona 1st on 12 points from 4. Celta de Vigo went on to finish that season 8th with 49 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 88.
Celta de Vigo lined up in a 4-4-2 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Iago Aspas of Celta de Vigo (9.3), level with Lionel Messi (9.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Celta de Vigo win, 1 draw and 8 for FC Barcelona.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 26'Goal · Nolito
- 30'Goal · Iago Aspas
- 56'Goal · Iago Aspas
- 79'Yellow card · Hugo Mallo
- 80'Goal · Neymar
- 83'Goal · John Guidetti
- 89'Yellow card · Neymar
- 90'Yellow card · Sergi Gómez
Head-to-head
Team news
Celta de Vigo line-up (4-4-2)
Sergio Álvarez, Hugo Mallo, Jonny Otto, Sergi Gómez Solà, Gustavo Cabral, Nemanja Radoja, Nolito, Fabián Orellana, Augusto Fernández, Iago Aspas, Daniel Wass
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Marc ter Stegen, Gerard Piqué, Dani Alves, Javier Mascherano, Jérémy Mathieu, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Sergi Roberto, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi, Neymar