Villarreal 3-2 Celta de Vigo: result and report
La Liga · Wednesday 20 December 2023
Result
Villarreal 3-2 Celta de Vigo
La Liga · Wednesday 20 December 2023, 20:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Villarreal 3-2 Celta de Vigo: match report
Villarreal won against Celta de Vigo 3-2 in La Liga on Wednesday 20 December 2023. The half-time score was 2-0.
Alfonso Pedraza opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Alfonso Pedraza (13'), Aïssa Mandi (40') and Dani Parejo (48', penalty). Celta de Vigo scored through Anastasios Douvikas (52') and Jørgen Strand Larsen (57').
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Celta de Vigo received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 15th on 16 points from 17 and Celta de Vigo 18th on 13 points from 17. Villarreal went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and Celta de Vigo 14th with 41.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Celta de Vigo in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dani Parejo of Villarreal (8.4), ahead of Alfonso Pedraza (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Villarreal wins, 2 draws and 4 for Celta de Vigo.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Alfonso Pedraza
- 40'Goal · Aïssa Mandi
- 46'Yellow card · Kevin Vázquez
- 48'Penalty goal · Dani Parejo
- 52'Goal · Anastasios Douvikas
- 57'Goal · Jørgen Strand Larsen
- 72'Yellow card · Óscar Mingueza
- 75'Yellow card · Álex Baena
- 76'Yellow card · Santi Comesaña
- 82'Yellow card · Manuel Sánchez
- 85'Yellow card · Anastasios Douvikas
Head-to-head
Team news
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Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Filip Jørgensen, Adrià Altimira, Raúl Albiol, Aïssa Mandi, Alfonso Pedraza, Ilias Akhomach, Santi Comesaña, Dani Parejo, Alberto Moreno, Álex Baena, Alexander Sørloth
Celta de Vigo line-up (4-4-2)
Vicente Guaita, Kevin Vázquez, Carl Starfelt, Unai Núñez, Mihailo Ristic, Luca de la Torre, Carlos Dotor, Renato Tapia, Franco Cervi, Anastasios Douvikas, Jørgen Strand Larsen