Celta de Vigo 1-3 Real Madrid: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 20 March 2021

Result

Celta de Vigo 1-3 Real Madrid

La Liga · Saturday 20 March 2021, 15:15 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Celta de Vigo 1-3 Real Madrid: match report

Celta de Vigo were beaten by Real Madrid 1-3 in La Liga on Saturday 20 March 2021. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Celta de Vigo's goal came from Santi Mina (40'). Real Madrid scored through Karim Benzema (20'), Karim Benzema (30') and Marco Asensio (90+4').

Discipline: Celta de Vigo received 3 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celta de Vigo were 11th on 34 points from 27 and Real Madrid 3rd on 57 points from 27. Celta de Vigo went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 84.

Celta de Vigo lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Karim Benzema of Real Madrid (9.9), ahead of Toni Kroos (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Celta de Vigo wins, 2 draws and 8 for Real Madrid.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Karim BenzemaReal Madrid · 0-1
  • 22'Yellow card · Vinicius JuniorReal Madrid
  • 25'Yellow card · Renato TapiaCelta de Vigo
  • 30'Goal · Karim BenzemaReal Madrid · 0-2
  • 39'Yellow card · Toni KroosReal Madrid
  • 40'Goal · Santi MinaCelta de Vigo · 1-2
  • 70'Yellow card · Nacho FernándezReal Madrid
  • 78'Yellow card · Denis SuárezCelta de Vigo
  • 80'Yellow card · Luka ModricReal Madrid
  • 85'Yellow card · Augusto SolariCelta de Vigo
  • 90+4'Goal · Marco AsensioReal Madrid · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Celta de Vigo 0, draws 2, Real Madrid 8.

Team news

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Celta de Vigo line-up (4-1-3-2)

Iván Villar, Hugo Mallo, Néstor Araújo, Jeison Murillo, Aarón Martín, Renato Tapia, Brais Méndez, Denis Suárez, Nolito, Iago Aspas, Santi Mina

Real Madrid line-up (4-3-1-2)

Thibaut Courtois, Lucas Vázquez, Raphaël Varane, Nacho Fernández, Ferland Mendy, Federico Valverde, Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Luka Modrić, Vinicius Junior, Karim Benzema