Espanyol 1-3 Celta de Vigo: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 18 March 2023
Result
Espanyol 1-3 Celta de Vigo
La Liga · Saturday 18 March 2023, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-2
Espanyol 1-3 Celta de Vigo: match report
Espanyol were beaten by Celta de Vigo 1-3 in La Liga on Saturday 18 March 2023. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Gabri Veiga opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Espanyol's goal came from José Gragera (86'). Celta de Vigo scored through Gabri Veiga (26'), Iago Aspas (45', penalty) and Carles Pérez (82').
Discipline: Espanyol received 2 yellow cards; Celta de Vigo received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 16th on 27 points from 25 and Celta de Vigo 12th on 31 points from 25. Espanyol went on to finish that season 19th with 37 points, and Celta de Vigo 13th with 43.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Celta de Vigo in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Hugo Mallo of Celta de Vigo (7.8), ahead of Carles Pérez (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Espanyol wins, 7 draws and 1 for Celta de Vigo.
Key events
- 26'Goal · Gabri Veiga
- 31'Yellow card · Sergi Darder
- 44'Yellow card · Leandro Cabrera
- 45'Penalty goal · Iago Aspas
- 62'Yellow card · Javi Galán
- 82'Goal · Carles Pérez
- 86'Goal · José Gragera
- 90'Yellow card · J. Strand Larsen
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Fernando Pacheco, Óscar Gil, César Montes, Sergi Gómez Solà, Leandro Cabrera, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Sergi Darder, Rubén Sánchez, Denis Suárez, Martin Braithwaite, Joselu
Celta de Vigo line-up (4-4-2)
Iván Villar, Hugo Mallo, Joseph Aidoo, Unai Núñez, Javi Galán, Carles Pérez, Gabri Veiga, Fran Beltrán, Luca de la Torre, Iago Aspas, Haris Seferovic