Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Real Madrid 2nd with 86 points, Celta de Vigo 6th with 54, 32 apart. Per game in the league, Celta de Vigo were scoring 1.39 and conceding 1.26, Real Madrid 2.03 and 0.92, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
Four consecutive wins preceded this game for Celta de Vigo, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
The sides have met 32 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Celta de Vigo, 3 draws and 25 for Real Madrid, at 3.88 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 78% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 63%.
Estadio de Balaídos staged the fixture, a ground that holds 25,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Celta de Vigo: Borja Iglesias (25') · Real Madrid: Aurélien Tchouaméni (11'), Federico Valverde (90')
Key stats
Possession: Celta de Vigo 37% · Real Madrid 63% · Total shots: 8-14 · On target: 4-3 · Corners: 1-6