La Liga Gameweek 3 Sun, Aug 31 2025 · 16:00 Abanca-Balaídos, Vigo
Celta Vigo
1–1 Full time · HT 0–0 xG 0.68 – 1.15
Villarreal
  • Borja Iglesias 90+4’
  • 53’ N. Pépé
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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 snatch a late draw

Villarreal entered as narrow favourites and led 1–0 after 53 minutes through a Pépé goal. But Iglesias scored to rescue a draw for Celta Vigo. Villarreal finished with the higher xG (1.15 vs 0.68).

Celta Vigo30%
Draw ✓28%
Villarreal42%

Model vs reality

Celta Vigo goals
1
Model 1.14 · xG 0.68
Villarreal goals
1
Model 1.41 · xG 1.15
Total goals
2
Model 2.55 · xG 1.83
Score 1–1
13%
Most likely 1–1 (13%)
Over 2.5
No
Model 47%
Both scored
Yes
Model 52%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchN. PépéVillarreal · 1 goal
7.7
  • RefereeAlejandro Quintero Gonzalez
  • VenueAbanca-Balaídos
  • Table before kick-offCelta Vigo 17th · Villarreal 2nd

Timeline

  1. Half time · 0–0
  2. N. Pépé 0–1Assist E. Eyong
    53’
  3. ⇄ Borja IglesiasFor Bryan Zaragoza
    62’
  4. ⇄ Damián RodríguezFor Pablo Durán
    62’
  5. Miguel RománYellow card · Roughing
    67’
  6. ⇄ T. ParteyFor Alberto Moleiro
    68’
  7. ⇄ I. MoribaFor Miguel Román
    70’
  8. ⇄ W. SwedbergFor Iago Aspas
    70’
  9. P. GueyeYellow card · Foul
    70’
  10. ⇄ Óscar MinguezaFor Javi Rodríguez
    75’
  11. ⇄ Dani ParejoFor P. Gueye
    77’
  12. ⇄ T. OluwaseyiFor E. Eyong
    77’
  13. ⇄ I. AkhomachFor T. Buchanan
    78’
  14. ⇄ Renato VeigaFor N. Pépé
    85’
  15. Borja Iglesias 1–1Assist Javi Rueda
    90+4’
  16. Full time · 1–1

Team stats

Celta Vigo10 shots · 6 in box, 4 outside
Villarreal8 shots · 5 in box, 3 outside
Celta VigoVillarreal
65% Possession 35%
0.68 Expected goals (xG) 1.15
0.97 Expected points (xPts) 1.72
10 Shots 8
2 Shots on target 3
4 Shots off target 4
4 Blocked shots 1
6 Shots inside the box 5
4 Shots outside the box 3
736 Passes 388
88% Pass accuracy 81%
1 Corners 5
2 Goalkeeper saves 2
11 Fouls 8
1 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
6.91 Team rating 6.94

Line-ups

Celta Vigo 3-4-3

137.3 I. Radu(G)
127.2 Manu Fernández 246.7 Carlos Domínguez 326.9 Javi Rodríguez ↓75’
56.9 Sergio Carreira 166.9 Miguel Román ↓70’ 227.3 Hugo Sotelo 177.5 Javi Rueda A
156.2 Bryan Zaragoza ↓62’ 186.0 Pablo Durán ↓62’ 106.5 Iago Aspas ↓70’
  • 13I. Radu (G)7.3
  • 12Manu Fernández7.2
  • 24Carlos Domínguez6.7
  • 32Javi Rodríguez↓75’6.9
  • 5Sergio Carreira6.9
  • 16Miguel Román↓70’6.9
  • 22Hugo Sotelo7.3
  • 17Javi RuedaA7.5
  • 15Bryan Zaragoza↓62’6.2
  • 18Pablo Durán↓62’6.0
  • 10Iago Aspas↓70’6.5

Substitutes used

  • 7Borja Iglesias↑62’7.2
  • 6I. Moriba↑70’6.6
  • 19W. Swedberg↑70’6.5
  • 3Óscar Mingueza↑75’7.5
  • 14Damián Rodríguez↑62’

Unused: Hugo Álvarez, Iván Villar, M. Ristić, Yoel Lago, Fran Beltrán, Jones El-Abdellaoui, Ferran Jutglà

Villarreal 4-4-2

16.3 Luíz Júnior(G)
237.2 Sergi Cardona 47.3 Rafa Marín 87.6 J. Foyth 156.2 S. Mouriño
206.6 Alberto Moleiro ↓68’ 186.6 P. Gueye ↓77’ 147.0 Santi Comesaña 176.9 T. Buchanan ↓78’
297.3 E. Eyong A↓77’ 197.7★ N. Pépé ↓85’
  • 1Luíz Júnior (G)6.3
  • 23Sergi Cardona7.2
  • 4Rafa Marín7.3
  • 8J. Foyth7.6
  • 15S. Mouriño6.2
  • 20Alberto Moleiro↓68’6.6
  • 18P. Gueye↓77’6.6
  • 14Santi Comesaña7.0
  • 17T. Buchanan↓78’6.9
  • 29E. EyongA↓77’7.3
  • 19N. Pépé ★↓85’7.7

Substitutes used

  • 16T. Partey↑68’6.5
  • 10Dani Parejo↑77’6.3
  • 21T. Oluwaseyi↑77’6.2
  • 11I. Akhomach↑78’6.5
  • 12Renato Veiga↑85’6.3

Unused: Diego Conde, Arnau Tenas, A. Pedraza Sag, Pau Navarro, Adrià Alti, Hugo Lopez

Player stats

Top rated
N. PépéVillarreal7.7
2nd
J. FoythVillarreal7.6
3rd
Javi RuedaCelta Vigo7.5

Celta Vigo

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
I. Radu G 90 0 0 2 sv 0 88% 24 0 0 0/0 0/2 7.3
Manu Fernández D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 94% 87 3 0 0/0 2/1 7.2
Carlos Domínguez D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 93% 108 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.7
Javi Rodríguez D 75 0 0 0 (0) 0 92% 92 2 0 0/1 0/0 6.9
Sergio Carreira D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 84% 57 3 2 2/4 1/1 6.9
Miguel Román M 70 0 0 0 (0) 1 87% 61 2 1 1/4 1/0 6.9
Hugo Sotelo M 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 95% 107 4 1 0/0 1/1 7.3
Javi Rueda D 90 0 1 1 (0) 1 85% 59 0 0 1/3 3/0 7.5
Bryan Zaragoza F 62 0 0 1 (1) 0 67% 18 0 0 2/8 0/1 6.2
Pablo Durán F 62 0 0 0 (0) 1 100% 13 0 0 0/2 2/0 6.0
Iago Aspas F 70 0 0 2 (0) 2 57% 35 0 1 2/2 0/0 6.5
Borja Iglesias F 28 1 0 1 (1) 1 100% 2 0 0 1/1 0/0 7.2
I. Moriba M 20 0 0 1 (0) 0 93% 14 1 1 0/0 0/0 6.6
W. Swedberg M 20 0 0 0 (0) 0 67% 6 1 0 0/1 0/0 6.5
Óscar Mingueza D 15 0 0 0 (0) 0 89% 35 0 1 1/1 0/1 7.5
Damián Rodríguez M 28 0 0 0 (0) 0 — 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 —

Villarreal

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
Luíz Júnior G 90 0 0 2 sv 0 67% 27 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
Sergi Cardona D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 72% 46 4 1 1/1 0/0 7.2
Rafa Marín D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 91% 45 1 3 0/0 0/0 7.3
J. Foyth D 90 0 0 1 (0) 0 93% 42 4 2 0/0 0/0 7.6
S. Mouriño D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 70% 40 1 2 0/0 1/1 6.2
Alberto Moleiro M 68 0 0 1 (1) 0 85% 13 3 0 0/1 0/0 6.6
P. Gueye M 77 0 0 2 (0) 1 85% 41 1 1 0/0 1/1 6.6
Santi Comesaña M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 83% 47 3 1 0/0 1/3 7.0
T. Buchanan M 78 0 0 0 (0) 1 88% 25 3 1 0/5 1/2 6.9
E. Eyong F 77 0 1 1 (0) 1 86% 7 3 0 0/0 2/1 7.3
N. Pépé F 85 1 0 2 (2) 3 84% 32 1 0 0/1 0/0 7.7
T. Partey M 22 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 6 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.5
Dani Parejo M 13 0 0 0 (0) 0 50% 8 0 1 0/0 0/0 6.3
T. Oluwaseyi F 13 0 0 0 (0) 0 80% 5 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.2
I. Akhomach F 12 0 0 0 (0) 1 33% 3 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.5
Renato Veiga M 5 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 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.