La Liga Gameweek 32 Sun, Apr 26 2026 · 20:00 Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal
Villarreal
2–1 Full time · HT 2–0 xG 1.67 – 2.08
Celta Vigo
  • Gerard Moreno 2’ (P)
  • N. Pépé 29’
  • 73’ (P) Borja Iglesias
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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.

Villarreal beat Celta Vigo

Villarreal entered as favourites and won 2–1 through goals from Moreno and Pépé. Celta Vigo replied through a Iglesias goal. Villarreal won despite the lower xG; Celta Vigo created the better chances (2.08 vs 1.67). On the chances created, Celta Vigo deserved more: 1.6 expected points against the 0 points they took.

Villarreal ✓49%
Draw27%
Celta Vigo24%

Model vs reality

Villarreal goals
2
Model 1.51 · xG 1.67
Celta Vigo goals
1
Model 0.97 · xG 2.08
Total goals
3
Model 2.48 · xG 3.75
Score 2–1
9%
Most likely 1–1 (13%)
Over 2.5
Yes
Model 45%
Both scored
Yes
Model 49%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchN. PépéVillarreal · 1 goal
7.9
  • RefereeAlejandro Quintero Gonzalez
  • VenueEstadio de la Cerámica
  • Table before kick-offVillarreal 3rd · Celta Vigo 6th

Timeline

  1. Gerard Moreno (pen) 1–0
    2’
  2. Marcos AlonsoYellow card · Tripping
    14’
  3. A. Pedraza SagYellow card · Roughing
    18’
  4. N. Pépé 2–0Assist A. Pedraza Sag
    29’
  5. I. RaduYellow card · Unsportsmanlike conduct
    29’
  6. N. PépéYellow card · Foul
    42’
  7. Pablo DuránYellow card · Holding
    45+3’
  8. Half time · 2–0
  9. ⇄ Ferran JutglàFor Pablo Durán
    46’
  10. P. GueyeYellow card · Foul
    70’
  11. Borja Iglesias (pen) 2–1
    73’
  12. Borja IglesiasYellow card · Unsportsmanlike conduct
    74’
  13. ⇄ Iago AspasFor Marcos Alonso
    76’
  14. ⇄ Fer LópezFor Hugo Sotelo
    76’
  15. ⇄ Alvaro NúñezFor Hugo Álvarez
    76’
  16. ⇄ Dani ParejoFor P. Gueye
    78’
  17. ⇄ Alfon GonzálezFor N. Pépé
    78’
  18. ⇄ Sergi CardonaFor A. Pedraza Sag
    78’
  19. ⇄ Hugo GonzálezFor Borja Iglesias
    83’
  20. ⇄ Ayoze PérezFor G. Mikautadze
    85’
  21. ⇄ T. ParteyFor Alberto Moleiro
    90+2’
  22. I. MoribaYellow card · Unsportsmanlike conduct
    90+4’
  23. Full time · 2–1

Team stats

Villarreal12 shots · 7 in box, 5 outside
Celta Vigo9 shots · 8 in box, 1 outside
VillarrealCelta Vigo
48% Possession 52%
1.67 Expected goals (xG) 2.08
1.15 Expected points (xPts) 1.64
12 Shots 9
4 Shots on target 3
5 Shots off target 4
3 Blocked shots 2
7 Shots inside the box 8
5 Shots outside the box 1
459 Passes 504
90% Pass accuracy 89%
7 Corners 4
2 Goalkeeper saves 2
13 Fouls 14
1 Offsides 2
3 Yellow cards 5
0 Red cards 0
7.12 Team rating 6.64

Line-ups

Villarreal 4-4-2

257.0 Arnau Tenas(G)
246.6 A. Pedraza Sag A↓78’ 127.5 Renato Veiga 47.2 Rafa Marín 37.3 A. Freeman
207.3 Alberto Moleiro ↓90’ 186.9 P. Gueye ↓78’ 146.9 Santi Comesaña 197.9★ N. Pépé ↓78’
96.7 G. Mikautadze ↓85’ 77.2 Gerard Moreno
  • 25Arnau Tenas (G)7.0
  • 24A. Pedraza SagA↓78’6.6
  • 12Renato Veiga7.5
  • 4Rafa Marín7.2
  • 3A. Freeman7.3
  • 20Alberto Moleiro↓90’7.3
  • 18P. Gueye↓78’6.9
  • 14Santi Comesaña6.9
  • 19N. Pépé ★↓78’7.9
  • 9G. Mikautadze↓85’6.7
  • 7Gerard Moreno7.2

Substitutes used

  • 23Sergi Cardona↑78’6.3
  • 16T. Partey↑90’
  • 10Dani Parejo↑78’6.7
  • 11Alfon González↑78’6.6
  • 22Ayoze Pérez↑85’

Unused: Luíz Júnior, Pau Navarro, W. Kambwala, Logan Costa, T. Oluwaseyi, Hugo Lopez

Celta Vigo 3-4-2-1

136.5 I. Radu(G)
206.9 Marcos Alonso ↓76’ 296.7 Yoel Lago 326.2 Javi Rodríguez
56.2 Sergio Carreira 66.3 I. Moriba 226.6 Hugo Sotelo ↓76’ 37.5 Óscar Mingueza
236.3 Hugo Álvarez ↓76’ 186.5 Pablo Durán ↓46’
77.7 Borja Iglesias ↓83’
  • 13I. Radu (G)6.5
  • 20Marcos Alonso↓76’6.9
  • 29Yoel Lago6.7
  • 32Javi Rodríguez6.2
  • 5Sergio Carreira6.2
  • 6I. Moriba6.3
  • 22Hugo Sotelo↓76’6.6
  • 3Óscar Mingueza7.5
  • 23Hugo Álvarez↓76’6.3
  • 18Pablo Durán↓46’6.5
  • 7Borja Iglesias↓83’7.7

Substitutes used

  • 14Alvaro Núñez↑76’6.6
  • 8Fer López↑76’6.5
  • 30Hugo González↑83’
  • 9Ferran Jutglà↑46’6.0
  • 10Iago Aspas↑76’6.6

Unused: Iván Villar, Manu Fernández, Carlos Domínguez, M. Ristić, Javi Rueda, Andrés Antañón, Jones El-Abdellaoui

Player stats

Top rated
N. PépéVillarreal7.9
2nd
Borja IglesiasCelta Vigo7.7
3rd
Renato VeigaVillarreal7.5

Villarreal

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
Arnau Tenas G 90 0 0 2 sv 0 74% 27 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.0
A. Pedraza Sag M 78 0 1 0 (0) 1 92% 25 1 3 1/1 2/1 6.6
Renato Veiga M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 94% 62 1 0 0/0 1/0 7.5
Rafa Marín D 90 0 0 1 (0) 0 96% 57 3 0 0/0 2/0 7.2
A. Freeman D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 96% 50 2 1 2/2 0/0 7.3
Alberto Moleiro M 90 0 0 0 (0) 2 90% 41 1 1 0/2 1/3 7.3
P. Gueye M 78 0 0 3 (0) 1 90% 49 0 0 0/0 1/2 6.9
Santi Comesaña M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 89% 45 1 2 0/0 1/1 6.9
N. Pépé F 78 1 0 1 (1) 2 91% 33 3 1 2/3 3/2 7.9
G. Mikautadze F 85 0 0 2 (1) 0 79% 14 0 0 2/3 0/3 6.7
Gerard Moreno F 90 1 0 1 (1) 0 89% 37 0 0 2/3 1/1 7.2
Sergi Cardona D 12 0 0 0 (0) 0 80% 5 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
T. Partey M 1 0 0 0 (0) 0 — 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 —
Dani Parejo M 12 0 0 0 (0) 1 85% 13 0 0 0/0 0/1 6.7
Alfon González F 12 0 0 1 (1) 1 100% 1 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.6
Ayoze Pérez F 5 0 0 0 (0) 0 — 0 0 0 0/1 0/0 —

Celta Vigo

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
I. Radu G 90 0 0 2 sv 0 86% 28 0 1 0/0 0/0 6.5
Marcos Alonso D 76 0 0 0 (0) 1 92% 65 4 0 0/0 1/0 6.9
Yoel Lago M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 98% 53 3 0 0/0 4/1 6.7
Javi Rodríguez D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 94% 65 0 3 0/0 2/1 6.2
Sergio Carreira D 90 0 0 1 (1) 0 82% 44 0 0 1/2 1/1 6.2
I. Moriba M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 88% 34 1 1 1/1 1/2 6.3
Hugo Sotelo M 76 0 0 0 (0) 1 88% 64 1 0 1/1 2/0 6.6
Óscar Mingueza D 90 0 0 0 (0) 2 93% 56 0 1 1/2 0/1 7.5
Hugo Álvarez M 76 0 0 2 (1) 1 85% 33 1 0 1/3 0/1 6.3
Pablo Durán F 46 0 0 1 (0) 1 83% 12 0 1 0/0 1/0 6.5
Borja Iglesias F 83 1 0 1 (1) 0 86% 14 0 0 0/0 1/3 7.7
Alvaro Núñez M 14 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 9 0 0 0/0 0/1 6.6
Fer López M 14 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 4 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.5
Hugo González M 7 0 0 0 (0) 0 — 0 1 0 0/1 0/0 —
Ferran Jutglà F 44 0 0 1 (0) 1 59% 17 0 0 0/2 0/0 6.0
Iago Aspas F 14 0 0 1 (0) 1 67% 6 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.6

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.