La Liga Gameweek 34 Sun, May 3 2026 · 13:00 Abanca-Balaídos, Vigo
Celta Vigo
3–1 Full time · HT 2–0 xG 0.81 – 1.43
Elche
  • Hugo Álvarez 14’
  • Iago Aspas 30’
  • Borja Iglesias 85’
  • 82’ (P) André Silva
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Match story · our forecast vs the result iModel is our forecast, published before the match and locked at kick-off: expected goals for each side and the probability of every outcome.

xG after the match measures the quality of the chances each side actually created. It is known only after the final whistle, so it is not a forecast.

Celta Vigo beat Elche

Celta Vigo entered as favourites and won 3–1 through goals from Álvarez, Aspas and Iglesias. Elche replied through a Silva goal. Celta Vigo won despite the lower xG; Elche created the better chances (1.43 vs 0.81). On the chances created, Elche deserved more: 1.8 expected points against the 0 points they took.

Celta Vigo ✓49%
Draw26%
Elche25%

Model vs reality

Celta Vigo goals
3
Model 1.61 · xG 0.81
Elche goals
1
Model 1.09 · xG 1.43
Total goals
4
Model 2.69 · xG 2.24
Score 3–1
5%
Most likely 1–1 (12%)
Over 2.5
Yes
Model 50%
Both scored
Yes
Model 54%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchHugo ÁlvarezCelta Vigo · 1 goal
7.9
  • RefereeRicardo De Burgos Bengoetxea
  • VenueAbanca-Balaídos
  • Table before kick-offCelta Vigo 6th · Elche 14th

Timeline

  1. Hugo Álvarez 1–0Assist Javi Rueda
    14’
  2. Gonzalo VillarYellow card · Holding
    28’
  3. Iago Aspas 2–0Assist Ferran Jutglà
    30’
  4. Javi RuedaYellow card
    41’
  5. Half time · 2–0
  6. ⇄ Manu FernándezFor Javi Rueda
    46’
  7. ⇄ Víctor ChustFor D. Affengruber
    58’
  8. ⇄ Martim NetoFor Gonzalo Villar
    58’
  9. ⇄ Jones El-AbdellaouiFor Iago Aspas
    63’
  10. ⇄ Héctor FortFor Tete Morente
    70’
  11. ⇄ JosanFor Adrià Pedrosa
    70’
  12. ⇄ Borja IglesiasFor Ferran Jutglà
    71’
  13. ⇄ W. SwedbergFor Hugo Álvarez
    71’
  14. ⇄ Lucas CepedaFor Marc Aguado
    77’
  15. ⇄ Óscar MinguezaFor Alvaro Núñez
    78’
  16. André Silva (pen) 2–1
    82’
  17. Yoel LagoYellow card · Tripping
    83’
  18. Borja Iglesias 3–1Assist W. Swedberg
    85’
  19. Full time · 3–1

Team stats

Celta Vigo6 shots · 5 in box, 1 outside
Elche15 shots · 11 in box, 4 outside
Celta VigoElche
33% Possession 67%
0.81 Expected goals (xG) 1.43
0.91 Expected points (xPts) 1.82
6 Shots 15
4 Shots on target 4
1 Shots off target 8
1 Blocked shots 3
5 Shots inside the box 11
1 Shots outside the box 4
307 Passes 595
76% Pass accuracy 90%
4 Corners 2
3 Goalkeeper saves 1
13 Fouls 15
0 Offsides 1
2 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
6.99 Team rating 6.67

Line-ups

Celta Vigo 3-4-2-1

136.9 I. Radu(G)
146.5 Alvaro Núñez ↓78’ 296.6 Yoel Lago 326.9 Javi Rodríguez
56.9 Sergio Carreira 66.9 I. Moriba 86.9 Fer López 177.2 Javi Rueda A↓46’
237.9★ Hugo Álvarez ↓71’ 107.7 Iago Aspas ↓63’
97.7 Ferran Jutglà A↓71’
  • 13I. Radu (G)6.9
  • 14Alvaro Núñez↓78’6.5
  • 29Yoel Lago6.6
  • 32Javi Rodríguez6.9
  • 5Sergio Carreira6.9
  • 6I. Moriba6.9
  • 8Fer López6.9
  • 17Javi RuedaA↓46’7.2
  • 23Hugo Álvarez ★↓71’7.9
  • 10Iago Aspas↓63’7.7
  • 9Ferran JutglàA↓71’7.7

Substitutes used

  • 12Manu Fernández↑46’6.0
  • 39Jones El-Abdellaoui↑63’6.5
  • 19W. SwedbergA↑71’6.9
  • 7Borja Iglesias↑71’7.6
  • 3Óscar Mingueza↑78’6.2

Unused: Iván Villar, J. Aidoo, M. Ristić, Carlos Domínguez, Andrés Antañón, Hugo Sotelo, Pablo Durán

Elche 3-4-1-2

16.9 M. Dituro(G)
66.7 Bigas 225.9 D. Affengruber ↓58’ 186.5 John Nwankwo
36.3 Adrià Pedrosa ↓70’ 147.0 Aleix Febas 86.7 Marc Aguado ↓77’ 156.5 Tete Morente ↓70’
127.3 Gonzalo Villar ↓58’
97.2 André Silva 206.6 Á. Rodríguez
  • 1M. Dituro (G)6.9
  • 6Bigas6.7
  • 22D. Affengruber↓58’5.9
  • 18John Nwankwo6.5
  • 3Adrià Pedrosa↓70’6.3
  • 14Aleix Febas7.0
  • 8Marc Aguado↓77’6.7
  • 15Tete Morente↓70’6.5
  • 12Gonzalo Villar↓58’7.3
  • 9André Silva7.2
  • 20Á. Rodríguez6.6

Substitutes used

  • 23Víctor Chust↑58’6.2
  • 16Martim Neto↑58’6.3
  • 39Héctor Fort↑70’6.2
  • 17Josan↑70’6.7
  • 24Lucas Cepeda↑77’6.3

Unused: Iñaki Peña, A. Iturbe Encabo, Buba Sangaré, L. Pétrot, G. Diangana

Player stats

Top rated
Hugo ÁlvarezCelta Vigo7.9
2nd
Iago AspasCelta Vigo7.7
3rd
Ferran JutglàCelta Vigo7.7

Celta Vigo

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
I. Radu G 90 0 0 3 sv 0 49% 39 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.9
Alvaro Núñez M 78 0 0 0 (0) 0 71% 24 1 0 0/0 1/0 6.5
Yoel Lago M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 74% 35 2 0 0/0 2/3 6.6
Javi Rodríguez D 90 0 0 1 (0) 1 81% 32 3 0 0/1 0/1 6.9
Sergio Carreira D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 89% 28 2 0 0/0 0/0 6.9
I. Moriba M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 85% 20 3 4 0/0 4/3 6.9
Fer López M 90 0 0 0 (0) 2 91% 22 4 0 0/1 2/1 6.9
Javi Rueda D 46 0 1 0 (0) 1 75% 12 0 2 3/3 1/1 7.2
Hugo Álvarez M 71 1 0 1 (1) 0 82% 17 1 0 1/2 0/1 7.9
Iago Aspas F 63 1 0 1 (1) 0 61% 18 2 0 0/1 1/2 7.7
Ferran Jutglà F 71 0 1 1 (1) 1 79% 24 1 0 1/2 1/1 7.7
Manu Fernández D 44 0 0 0 (0) 0 86% 14 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.0
Jones El-Abdellaoui F 27 0 0 0 (0) 0 67% 3 0 0 0/1 0/0 6.5
W. Swedberg M 19 0 1 0 (0) 1 100% 4 1 1 0/0 0/0 6.9
Borja Iglesias F 19 1 0 1 (1) 0 90% 10 0 0 0/0 0/1 7.6
Óscar Mingueza D 12 0 0 0 (0) 0 80% 5 1 0 0/1 0/0 6.2

Elche

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
M. Dituro G 90 0 0 1 sv 0 88% 57 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.9
Bigas D 90 0 0 0 (0) 2 92% 83 1 1 0/0 0/0 6.7
D. Affengruber D 58 0 0 1 (0) 0 90% 60 2 0 0/1 1/0 5.9
John Nwankwo D 90 0 0 1 (0) 1 92% 53 3 0 0/0 3/0 6.5
Adrià Pedrosa D 70 0 0 0 (0) 1 85% 26 1 2 0/1 0/0 6.3
Aleix Febas M 90 0 0 0 (0) 2 88% 69 2 0 2/5 0/3 7.0
Marc Aguado M 77 0 0 1 (1) 1 96% 53 1 0 0/0 1/0 6.7
Tete Morente F 70 0 0 1 (0) 2 87% 31 0 1 0/1 0/0 6.5
Gonzalo Villar M 58 0 0 0 (0) 0 95% 41 0 0 1/2 2/5 7.3
André Silva F 90 1 0 3 (3) 0 79% 29 0 1 0/3 3/2 7.2
Á. Rodríguez F 90 0 0 2 (0) 0 59% 17 1 0 1/2 2/2 6.6
Víctor Chust D 32 0 0 1 (0) 1 97% 34 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.2
Martim Neto M 32 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 18 1 0 1/2 0/0 6.3
Héctor Fort D 20 0 0 1 (0) 0 86% 7 0 0 0/0 0/1 6.2
Josan M 20 0 0 0 (0) 0 92% 12 1 0 1/1 0/0 6.7
Lucas Cepeda F 13 0 0 1 (0) 0 100% 5 0 0 0/0 2/0 6.3

Match data from eScored. Ratings are the data provider's 0–10 match ratings; 7.2 and above is a strong game, 8+ is rare.