Match Report
The table gap was wide: 23 points between Celta de Vigo (8th, 53 pts) and SD Eibar (20th, 30 pts). On the form table SD Eibar stood 8th over the last five rounds, despite being 20th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Celta de Vigo 1.45 scored and 1.5 conceded per game, SD Eibar 0.76 and 1.37, with the league averaging 1.25.
Celta de Vigo entered with four losses in a row. Three consecutive defeats weighed on SD Eibar, having scored in 10 consecutive games.
The sides have met 15 times in the GioScore results database: 7 wins for Celta de Vigo, 3 draws and 5 for SD Eibar, at 1.93 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 27% of the meetings went over two goals.
The referee was P. González Fuertes, with 86 matches in our database and 1.9 yellows per game on average. The venue was Estadio de Balaídos in Vigo, with room for 31,800 spectators. On the scoreboard, Celta de Vigo led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-1.