Real Sociedad 2-1 Celta de Vigo: result and report

La Liga · Thursday 22 April 2021

Result

Real Sociedad 2-1 Celta de Vigo

La Liga · Thursday 22 April 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Real Sociedad 2-1 Celta de Vigo: match report

Real Sociedad beat Celta de Vigo 2-1 in La Liga on Thursday 22 April 2021. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Hugo Mallo opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Real Sociedad's goals came from Portu (25') and Adnan Januzaj (39', penalty). Celta de Vigo scored through Hugo Mallo (22').

Discipline: Real Sociedad received 4 yellow cards; Celta de Vigo received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Sociedad were 7th on 47 points from 31 and Celta de Vigo 11th on 38 points from 31. Real Sociedad went on to finish that season 5th with 62 points, and Celta de Vigo 8th with 53.

Real Sociedad lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Celta de Vigo in a 4-1-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Iago Aspas of Celta de Vigo (7.3), ahead of Jon Guridi (7.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Real Sociedad wins, 1 draw and 4 for Celta de Vigo.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Aritz ElustondoReal Sociedad
  • 22'Goal · Hugo MalloCelta de Vigo · 0-1
  • 25'Goal · PortuReal Sociedad · 1-1
  • 29'Missed penalty · Alexander IsakReal Sociedad
  • 38'Yellow card · Jeison MurilloCelta de Vigo
  • 39'Penalty goal · Adnan JanuzajReal Sociedad · 2-1
  • 62'Yellow card · NolitoCelta de Vigo
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Denis SuárezCelta de Vigo
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Hugo MalloCelta de Vigo
  • 90+1'Yellow card · M. SagnanReal Sociedad
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Carlos FernándezReal Sociedad
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Ander BarrenetxeaReal Sociedad
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Iago AspasCelta de Vigo

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Sociedad 5, draws 1, Celta de Vigo 4.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Rubén BlancoCelta de Vigo · injury (Torn Lateral Collateral Ligament)
  • Emre MorCelta de Vigo · injury (Pubitis)

Real Sociedad line-up (4-4-1-1)

Álex Remiro, Andoni Gorosabel, Aritz Elustondo, Robin Le Normand, Nacho Monreal, Adnan Januzaj, Ander Guevara, Jon Guridi, Portu, Carlos Fernández, Alexander Isak

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