Celta de Vigo 1-2 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 1 April 2007
Result
Celta de Vigo 1-2 Real Madrid
La Liga · Sunday 1 April 2007, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Celta de Vigo 1-2 Real Madrid: match report
Celta de Vigo were beaten by Real Madrid 1-2 in La Liga on Sunday 1 April 2007. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Ruud van Nistelrooy opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Celta de Vigo's goal came from Ángel López (44'). Real Madrid scored through Ruud van Nistelrooy (26', penalty) and Robinho (83').
Discipline: Celta de Vigo received 5 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Celta de Vigo were 17th on 27 points from 27 and Real Madrid 4th on 48 points from 27. Celta de Vigo went on to finish that season 18th with 39 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 76.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Celta de Vigo wins, 0 draws and 1 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Celta de Vigo's last five read L-D-L-D-W and Real Madrid's W-D-D-D-D.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Fernando Gago
- 26'Penalty goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 26'Yellow card · Pinto
- 28'Yellow card · Ángel López
- 35'Yellow card · Iriney Santos
- 44'Goal · Ángel López
- 64'Yellow card · Míchel Salgado
- 69'Yellow card · Mahamadou Diarra
- 83'Goal · Robinho
- 83'Yellow card · Robinho
- 85'Yellow card · Antonio Núñez
- 87'Yellow card · Matías Lequi
- 88'Yellow card · Guti
- 88'Yellow card · Iván Helguera
- 90'Second yellow · Guti
Head-to-head
Team news
Celta de Vigo expected line-up (4-4-2)
José Manuel Pinto, Pablo Contreras Fica, Ángel López, Gabriel Tamaş, Borja Oubiña, Nenê, Néstor Canobbio Bentaberry, Iriney Santos, Gustavo Lopez Pablo, Jonathan Aspas, Fernando Baiano
Real Madrid expected line-up
Iker Casillas, Míchel Salgado, Sergio Ramos, Roberto Carlos, Miguel Torres, Mahamadou Diarra, Raúl, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Guti, Fabio Cannavaro