Better Chances
Athletic Club
Athletic Club did not shoot more, they shot better — 0.16 xG per attempt against 0.09.
- xG per shot
- 0.16
- Opponent
- 0.09
- Shots
- 17 v 8
La Liga · Matchday 3
Celta Vigo
0 – 2
FT
HT 0–2
Athletic Club
Alex Berenguer 20'
Robert Navarro Muñoz 22'
La Liga
Matchday 3Celta Vigo0–2Athletic Club
0.75
Expected goals
2.78
20′22′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: CV 0.75, AC 2.78.
Match report
Celta Vigo 0-2 Athletic Club
Athletic Club saw off Celta Vigo 2-0 at Estadio Abanca Balaídos in La Liga. Berenguer opened the scoring for Athletic Club on 20' and Muñoz made it 2-0 to Athletic Club on 22'.
Expected goals finished Celta Vigo 0.75, Athletic Club 2.78. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Celta Vigo held 54.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Athletic Club graded out for better chances — 0.16 xg per shot and 17 v 8 shots. Celta Vigo graded out for box occupation — 6 of 8 shots in the box and 0.09 xg per shot.
Álex Berenguer came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.2 for Athletic Club from 1 goal, 4 key passes and 2 shots.
It was a niggly afternoon: 25 fouls between them and 3 yellow cards, with Athletic Club conceding the most free-kicks (17).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
54%Possession46%
8Shots17
0.75xG2.78
What the numbers say
3 readsBox Occupation
Celta Vigo
Celta Vigo kept getting bodies into the area — 75% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 6 of 8
- Share
- 75%
- xG per shot
- 0.09
Cynical Press
Athletic Club
Athletic Club broke the game up whenever it got away from them — 17 fouls and 3 bookings.
- Fouls
- 17
- Yellow cards
- 3
Timeline
⚽20'
Alex Berenguer — assist: Iñaki Williams
⚽22'
Robert Navarro Muñoz — assist: Iñigo Ruiz De Galarreta
Iago Aspas ↑ Hugo González ↓
🔄45'
Javier Rueda García ↑ Javier Rodríguez Galiano ↓
🔄45'
Yoel Lago ↑ Abdoulaye Faye ↓
🔄45'
Miguel Roman ↑ Ilaix Moriba ↓
🔄45'
Half-time
🟨48'
Yuri Berchiche
Foul
Hugo Alvarez Antunez ↑ Williot Swedberg ↓
🔄57'
🟨61'
Robert Navarro Muñoz
Foul
🔄65'
Mikel Jauregizar ↑ Iñigo Ruiz De Galarreta ↓
🔄65'
Peio Canales ↑ Oihan Sancet ↓
🔄65'
Gorka Guruzeta ↑ Iñaki Williams ↓
🟨71'
Beñat Gerenabarrena
🔄74'
Nico Williams ↑ Robert Navarro Muñoz ↓
🔄86'
Johaneko Louis-Jean ↑ Jesus Areso ↓
Match info
Kickoff
VenueEstadio Abanca Balaídos, Vigo
RefereeMateo Busquets Ferrer, Spain
CompetitionLa Liga
Season2026
RoundMatchday 3
StatusMatch Finished