La Liga · 2025Estadio Abanca Balaídos

Celta Vigo 3–4 Deportivo Alavés · La Liga

3–4Historical match

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

Match at a glance

Deportivo Alavés won 3–4.

Shots
1214
Shots on target
56
Expected goals
1.821.73
Possession
56%44%

Full time

What the match recorded

Alaves beat Celta Vigo 4–3. Recorded in this match (Celta Vigo – Alaves): shots 12–14, shots on target 5–6, expected goals 1.82–1.73, possession 56%–44%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Alaves's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Alaves's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

1.8 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.03 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for1.8 goals/match1.03 goals/match1.21 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots12 shots14 shotsCelta Vigo 12 shots, Deportivo Alavés 14 shots
  • Shots on target5 shots6 shotsCelta Vigo 5 shots, Deportivo Alavés 6 shots
  • Expected goals1.82 xG1.73 xGCelta Vigo 1.82 xG, Deportivo Alavés 1.73 xG
  • Possession56%44%Celta Vigo 56%, Deportivo Alavés 44%
  • Corners4 corners1 cornerCelta Vigo 4 corners, Deportivo Alavés 1 corner
  • Fouls13 fouls16 foulsCelta Vigo 13 fouls, Deportivo Alavés 16 fouls
  • Yellow cards2 cards2 cardsCelta Vigo 2 cards, Deportivo Alavés 2 cards

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

Alvaro Núñez · Celta Vigo · 41′ · 0.01 xG · off target or blockedToni Martínez · Alaves · 32′ · 0.02 xG · on targetPablo Ibáñez · Alaves · 6′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedCarles Aleñá · Alaves · 44′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedToni Martínez · Alaves · 7′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedIbrahim Diabaté · Alaves · 47′ · 0.04 xG · on targetToni Martínez · Alaves · 74′ · 0.04 xG · goalFer López · Celta Vigo · 85′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedToni Martínez · Alaves · 49′ · 0.07 xG · off target or blockedIbrahim Diabaté · Alaves · 71′ · 0.07 xG · off target or blockedToni Martínez · Alaves · 7′ · 0.08 xG · off target or blockedJon Guridi · Alaves · 52′ · 0.08 xG · off target or blockedJon Guridi · Alaves · 73′ · 0.08 xG · off target or blockedFer López · Celta Vigo · 81′ · 0.08 xG · off target or blockedPablo Durán · Celta Vigo · 90′ · 0.08 xG · off target or blockedFer López · Celta Vigo · 66′ · 0.09 xG · on targetIago Aspas · Celta Vigo · 90′ · 0.09 xG · off target or blockedBorja Iglesias · Celta Vigo · 16′ · 0.12 xG · off target or blockedFerran Jutglà · Celta Vigo · 37′ · 0.13 xG · goalPablo Durán · Celta Vigo · 90′ · 0.18 xG · off target or blockedFerran Jutglà · Celta Vigo · 19′ · 0.22 xG · goalHugo Álvarez · Celta Vigo · 27′ · 0.35 xG · goalÁngel Pérez · Alaves · 50′ · 0.42 xG · goalToni Martínez · Alaves · 45′ · 0.44 xG · goalAbderrahman Rebbach · Alaves · 78′ · 0.46 xG · goalCarlos Domínguez · Celta Vigo · 90′ · 0.47 xG · on target
  • off target
  • on target
  • goal
  • penalty
  • size = xG

Celta Vigo: 12 shots, 5 on target, 1.86 xG. Alaves: 14 shots, 6 on target, 1.90 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

0120′HT90′Ferran Jutglà · Celta Vigo · 19′Hugo Álvarez · Celta Vigo · 27′Ferran Jutglà · Celta Vigo · 37′Toni Martínez · Alaves · 45′Ángel Pérez · Alaves · 50′Toni Martínez · Alaves · 74′Abderrahman Rebbach · Alaves · 78′

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Celta Vigo 1.86 xG · Alaves 1.90 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2Celta Vigo
2Draws
1Deportivo Alavés
Deportivo Alavés — Celta Vigo · La Liga0–1
Deportivo Alavés — Celta Vigo · La Liga1–1
Celta Vigo — Deportivo Alavés · La Liga2–1
Deportivo Alavés — Celta Vigo · La Liga3–0
Celta Vigo — Deportivo Alavés · La Liga1–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Celta Vigo favored in 9 of 11 directional metrics · Deportivo Alavés in 1 · 1 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Celta Vigo29 matchesDeportivo Alavés29 matches
1.41 goals/match ▲Goals scored29/291.03 goals/match
1.21 goals/match ▲Goals allowed29/291.41 goals/match
1.35 xG/match ▲Expected goals29/291.17 xG/match
10.8 shots/matchShots29/29▲ 11.9 shots/match
4.14 shots/match ▲Shots on target29/293.9 shots/match
50.6% ●Possession29/2950.3%
4.14 corners/matchCorners29/29● 4.83 corners/match
1.89 cards/matchCards27/272.63 cards/match
11.4 fouls/matchFouls29/2915.5 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited
Season samples29 / 29home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • The fixture is outside the configured active season.
  • Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.
Analysis cutoff: Sun, 22 Mar 2026, 19:15 UTC · analysis-v4

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