La Liga · 2024Mon, 26 Aug 2024, 19:30 UTCFull timeHistorical match

Villarreal

4–3Historical match

Celta Vigo

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

This match

Match statistics

Metric	Villarreal	Celta Vigo
Shots	24 shots/match▲	20 shots/match
Shots on target	9 shots/match	9 shots/match
Expected goals	3.7 xG/match▲	2.71 xG/match
Possession	45%	55%●
Corners	7 corners/match●	4 corners/match
Fouls	8 fouls/match	7 fouls/match

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What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: A compressed recent schedule is recorded for Villarreal, Celta Vigo. A second useful context is: Celta Vigo have recorded the higher season possession share. Limitation: At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.

Recent scheduling adds useful context

moderate

A compressed recent schedule is recorded for Villarreal, Celta Vigo.

3 days▲Rest daysVillarreal · Celta Vigo3.1 days

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Rest days and completed matches in the prior 14 days are shown directly.

Window: previous 14 days

Metric	Villarreal	Celta Vigo	Baseline
Rest days	3 days	3.1 days	—
Matches last 14 days	2 matches	2 matches	—

Caveat: The database does not describe travel, rotation decisions or player-level workload.

The teams have contrasting possession records

weak

Celta Vigo have recorded the higher season possession share.

43.3%PossessionVillarreal · Celta Vigo●56%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 12.7 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Villarreal	Celta Vigo	Baseline
Possession	43.3%	56%	49.7%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

3Villarreal

1Draws

1Celta Vigo

5 May 2024Celta Vigo — Villarreal · La Liga3–2

20 Dec 2023Villarreal — Celta Vigo · La Liga3–2

30 Apr 2023Villarreal — Celta Vigo · La Liga3–1

13 Jan 2023Celta Vigo — Villarreal · La Liga1–1

12 Mar 2022Villarreal — Celta Vigo · La Liga1–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages · sample sizes shown with each metric. Context, not a forecast.

Where the edge is

Villarreal favored in 0 of 13 directional metrics · Celta Vigo in 0 · 13 too close

2.67 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 3/32.67 goals/match

2 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 3/32 goals/match

1.79 xG/matchExpected goalsseason · 3/31.62 xG/match

1.62 xG/matchExpected goals allowedseason · 3/32.08 xG/match

13.7 shots/matchShotsseason · 3/311 shots/match

15 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 3/315.7 shots/match

6 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 3/36 shots/match

6.67 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 3/35.33 shots/match

43.3%Possessionseason · 3/3●56%

3.67 corners/matchCornersseason · 3/33.67 corners/match

4.67 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 3/35.67 corners/match

—Cardsseason · 0/0—

7.67 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 3/38 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

0%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 3/30%

100%Scoring frequencyseason · 3/3100%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Villarreal25

Celta Vigo75

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Villarreal58.3

Celta Vigo41.7

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Villarreal50

Celta Vigo50

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Villarreal75

Celta Vigo25

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Villarreal25

Celta Vigo75

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 50%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Villarreal50

Celta Vigo50

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Villarreal50

Celta Vigo50

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

Villarreal3 matchesCelta Vigo3 matches

2.67 goals/matchGoals scored3/32.67 goals/match

2 goals/matchGoals allowed3/32 goals/match

1.79 xG/match▲Expected goals3/31.62 xG/match

13.7 shots/match▲Shots3/311 shots/match

6 shots/matchShots on target3/36 shots/match

43.3%Possession3/3●56%

3.67 corners/matchCorners3/33.67 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

7.67 fouls/matchFouls3/38 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

Villarreal2 matchesCelta Vigo1 matches

—Goals scored2/1—

—Goals allowed2/1—

—Expected goals2/1—

—Shots2/1—

—Shots on target2/1—

—Possession2/1—

—Corners2/1—

—Cards0/0—

—Fouls2/1—

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

3 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/13.1 days

2 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/12 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidencelimited

Season samples3 / 3home / away teams

Recent samples3 / 3last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Mon, 26 Aug 2024, 23:30 UTC · analysis-v4