Real Madrid 2-0 Celta de Vigo: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 20 October 2012
Result
Real Madrid 2-0 Celta de Vigo
La Liga · Saturday 20 October 2012, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Madrid 2-0 Celta de Vigo: match report
Real Madrid defeated Celta de Vigo 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 20 October 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Gonzalo Higuaín opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Gonzalo Higuaín (11') and Cristiano Ronaldo (67', penalty). Celta de Vigo did not score.
Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Celta de Vigo received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 5th on 11 points from 7 and Celta de Vigo 12th on 9 points from 7. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Celta de Vigo 17th with 37.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Celta de Vigo in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Real Madrid wins, 0 draws and 2 for Celta de Vigo.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read D-W-W-L-W and Celta de Vigo's W-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 54'Yellow card · Xabi Alonso
- 67'Yellow card · Gustavo Cabral
- 67'Penalty goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 69'Yellow card · Casillas
- 76'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 78'Yellow card · Roberto Lago
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iker Casillas, Raphaël Varane, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Kaká, Mesut Özil, Michael Essien, Luka Modrić, Cristiano Ronaldo, Xabi Alonso, Gonzalo Higuaín
Celta de Vigo line-up (4-3-3)
Sergio Álvarez, Hugo Mallo, Roberto Lago, Andres Tunez, Gustavo Cabral, Borja Oubiña, Alex López, Cristian Bustos, Michael Krohn-Dehli, Augusto Fernández, Iago Aspas