Celta de Vigo 2-4 Real Madrid: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 11 November 2018

Result

Celta de Vigo 2-4 Real Madrid

La Liga · Sunday 11 November 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Celta de Vigo 2-4 Real Madrid: match report

Celta de Vigo were beaten by Real Madrid 2-4 in La Liga on Sunday 11 November 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Celta de Vigo's goals came from Hugo Mallo (61') and Brais Méndez (90+4'). Real Madrid scored through Karim Benzema (23'), an own goal by Gustavo Cabral (56'), Sergio Ramos (83', penalty) and Dani Ceballos (90+1').

Discipline: Celta de Vigo received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celta de Vigo were 14th on 14 points from 11 and Real Madrid 6th on 17 points from 11. Celta de Vigo went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Real Madrid 3rd with 68.

Celta de Vigo lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Brais Méndez of Celta de Vigo (9.3), ahead of Sergio Ramos (8.7).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Karim BenzemaReal Madrid · 0-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Sergio ReguilónReal Madrid
  • 40'Yellow card · Gustavo CabralCelta de Vigo
  • 41'Yellow card · Hugo MalloCelta de Vigo
  • 44'Yellow card · David JuncàCelta de Vigo
  • 53'Yellow card · Javi SánchezReal Madrid
  • 56'Own goal · Gustavo CabralReal Madrid · 0-2
  • 61'Goal · Hugo MalloCelta de Vigo · 1-2
  • 83'Penalty goal · Sergio RamosReal Madrid · 1-3
  • 87'Second yellow · Gustavo CabralCelta de Vigo
  • 90+1'Goal · Dani CeballosReal Madrid · 1-4
  • 90+4'Goal · Brais MéndezCelta de Vigo · 2-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Celta de Vigo 1, draws 1, Real Madrid 8.

Team news

Celta de Vigo line-up (4-4-2)

Sergio Álvarez, Hugo Mallo, Gustavo Cabral, Facundo Roncaglia, David Juncà, Brais Méndez, Okay Yokuşlu, Fran Beltrán, Sofiane Boufal, Iago Aspas, Maxi Gómez

Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)

Thibaut Courtois, Álvaro Odriozola, Nacho Fernández, Sergio Ramos, Sergio Reguilón, Luka Modrić, Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Lucas Vázquez, Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale