Real Madrid 2-1 Celta de Vigo: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 27 August 2016
Result
Real Madrid 2-1 Celta de Vigo
La Liga · Saturday 27 August 2016, 18:15 UTC · half-time 0-0
Real Madrid 2-1 Celta de Vigo: match report
Real Madrid defeated Celta de Vigo 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 27 August 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.
Álvaro Morata opened the scoring in the 60th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Álvaro Morata (60') and Toni Kroos (81'). Celta de Vigo scored through Fabián Orellana (67').
Discipline: Real Madrid received no yellow cards; Celta de Vigo received 2 yellow cards.
Real Madrid went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Celta de Vigo 13th with 45.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Celta de Vigo in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sergio Álvarez of Celta de Vigo (7.8), ahead of Fabián Orellana (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Real Madrid wins, 0 draws and 2 for Celta de Vigo.
Key events
- 52'Yellow card · Hugo Mallo
- 55'Yellow card · Jonny Castro
- 60'Goal · Álvaro Morata
- 67'Goal · Fabián Orellana
- 81'Goal · Toni Kroos
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid expected line-up (4-3-3)
Keylor Navas, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Lucas Vázquez, Pepe, Daniel Carvajal, Luka Modrić, Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema
Celta de Vigo line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sergio Álvarez, Hugo Mallo, Gustavo Cabral, Facundo Roncaglia, Jonny Otto, Nemanja Radoja, Pablo Hernández, Fabián Orellana, Daniel Wass, Théo Bongonda, John Guidetti