Villarreal 3-1 Celta de Vigo: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 30 April 2023

Result

Villarreal 3-1 Celta de Vigo

La Liga · Sunday 30 April 2023, 14:15 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Villarreal 3-1 Celta de Vigo: match report

Villarreal defeated Celta de Vigo 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday 30 April 2023. The half-time score was 2-1.

Nicolas Jackson opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Villarreal's goals came from Nicolas Jackson (2'), Nicolas Jackson (12') and Ramón Terrats (70'). Celta de Vigo scored through J. Strand Larsen (29').

Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card; Celta de Vigo received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 5th on 50 points from 31 and Celta de Vigo 13th on 39 points from 31. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 64 points, and Celta de Vigo 13th with 43.

Villarreal 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 Nicolas Jackson of Villarreal (8.7), ahead of Yéremy Pino (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Villarreal wins, 2 draws and 4 for Celta de Vigo.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Nicolas JacksonVillarreal · 1-0
  • 12'Goal · Nicolas JacksonVillarreal · 2-0
  • 22'Yellow card · Étienne CapoueVillarreal
  • 25'Yellow card · Haris SeferovicCelta de Vigo
  • 26'Missed penalty · Dani ParejoVillarreal
  • 29'Goal · J. Strand LarsenCelta de Vigo · 2-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Kevin VázquezCelta de Vigo
  • 49'Yellow card · Unai NúñezCelta de Vigo
  • 54'Yellow card · Renato TapiaCelta de Vigo
  • 58'Yellow card · C. CarvalhalCelta de Vigo
  • 70'Goal · Ramón TerratsVillarreal · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Villarreal 4, draws 2, Celta de Vigo 4.

Team news

Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Pepe Reina, Juan Foyth, Aïssa Mandi, Pau Torres, Alberto Moreno, Dani Parejo, Étienne Capoue, Samuel Chukwueze, Giovani Lo Celso, Yéremy Pino, Nicolas Jackson

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

Iván Villar, Kevin Vázquez, Joseph Aidoo, Unai Núñez, Javi Galán, Luca de la Torre, Óscar Rodríguez, Renato Tapia, Franco Cervi, Jørgen Strand Larsen, Haris Seferovic