Spanish LALIGA

Real Madrid vs Celta Vigo 2022-23 LaLiga

  • 42': Marco Asensio
  • 48': Éder Militão
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2 - 0

Asensio and Militao score to give Real Madrid 2-0 win against Celta

Marco Asensio and Eder Militao scored to give Real Madrid a 2-0 win over Celta Vigo and cut Barcelona's lead at the top of LaLiga to eight points.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 19': Kevin Vázquez (Celta Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 42': Goal! Real Madrid 1, Celta Vigo 0. Marco Asensio (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior.
  • 45'+1': Dani Ceballos (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Real Madrid 1, Celta Vigo 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Franco Cervi replaces Augusto Solari.
  • 48': Goal! Real Madrid 2, Celta Vigo 0. Éder Militão (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marco Asensio with a cross following a corner.
  • 62': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Gonçalo Paciência replaces Gabri Veiga.
  • 62': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Óscar Rodríguez replaces Haris Seferovic.
  • 70': Javi Galán (Celta Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 73': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Williot Swedberg replaces Javi Galán.
  • 76': Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces Marco Asensio.
  • 78': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Fernando Medrano replaces Kevin Vázquez.
  • 81': Substitution, Real Madrid. Rodrygo replaces Vinícius Júnior.
  • 81': Substitution, Real Madrid. Luka Modric replaces Dani Ceballos.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Real Madrid 2, Celta Vigo 0.

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: Santiago Bernabéu
Location: Madrid, Spain
Attendance: 60,386

Spanish LALIGA Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+52 Real Madrid 34 87 1
+31 Girona 34 74 6
+27 Barcelona 34 73 5
+24 Atlético Madrid 34 67 9
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Statistics

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10 Fouls 10
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 1
3 Corner Kicks 8
3 Saves 2
34.2 Possession 65.8
12 SHOTS 17
2 ON GOAL 5
0.2 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
296 Accurate Passes 657
369 Passes 728
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
6 Accurate Crosses 8
16 Crosses 16
0.4 Cross % 0.5
37 Long Balls 47
15 Accurate Long Balls 37
0.4 Long Balls % 0.8
3 Blocked Shots 3
10 Effective Tackles 8
21 Tackles 15
0.5 Tackle % 0.5
11 Interceptions 11
16 Effective Clearances 7
16 Clearances 7

Line-Ups

RMA Real Madrid (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Thibaut Courtois (GK)
22 Antonio Rüdiger
3 Éder Militão
12 Eduardo Camavinga
6 Nacho
18 Aurélien Tchouaméni
19 Dani Ceballos Yellow Card
15 Federico Valverde
9 Karim Benzema
20 Vinícius Júnior
11 Marco Asensio

CEL Celta Vigo (4-4-2)

No. Name
13 Iván Villar (GK)
4 Unai Núñez
14 Renato Tapia
17 Javi Galán Yellow Card
20 Kevin Vázquez Yellow Card
8 Fran Beltrán
24 Gabri Veiga
23 Luca de la Torre
21 Augusto Solari
22 Haris Seferovic
10 Iago Aspas

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