Spanish LALIGA

Celta Vigo vs Girona, 2023-24 LALIGA

· Spanish LALIGA
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  • 20': Portu

Keeper Gazzaniga shines as Girona reclaim top spot at Celta

Girona reclaimed top spot in LaLiga after a 1-0 win at Rafa Benitez's Celta Vigo on Sunday, thanks to a Portu strike early in the first half and to their goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga, who excelled for the unexpected season leaders.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 4': Corner, Girona. Conceded by Manu Sánchez.
  • 5': Attempt missed. Sávio (Girona) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Yangel Herrera following a corner.
  • 6': Corner, Girona. Conceded by Carlos Domínguez.
  • 6': Attempt blocked. Yangel Herrera (Girona) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleix García with a cross.
  • 6': Foul by Yangel Herrera (Girona).
  • 6': Luca de la Torre (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 7': Foul by Luca de la Torre (Celta Vigo).
  • 7': Portu (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Attempt missed. Yangel Herrera (Girona) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 12': Attempt saved. Artem Dovbyk (Girona) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Sávio with a cross.
  • 12': Corner, Girona. Conceded by Vicente Guaita.
  • 12': Attempt saved. Artem Dovbyk (Girona) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aleix García with a cross.
  • 12': Attempt saved. Daley Blind (Girona) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 15': Corner, Girona. Conceded by Unai Núñez.
  • 19': Attempt saved. Óscar Mingueza (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Manu Sánchez.
  • 19': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Paulo Gazzaniga.
  • 20': Goal! Celta Vigo 0, Girona 1. Portu (Girona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Miguel Gutiérrez.
  • 21': Hand ball by Jørgen Strand Larsen (Celta Vigo).
  • 24': Corner, Girona. Conceded by Manu Sánchez.
  • 25': Attempt missed. Viktor Tsygankov (Girona) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is too high. Assisted by Artem Dovbyk with a through ball.
  • 26': Foul by Jørgen Strand Larsen (Celta Vigo).
  • 26': Yangel Herrera (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Foul by Yangel Herrera (Girona).
  • 27': Luca de la Torre (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 27': Foul by Carlos Domínguez (Celta Vigo).
  • 27': Paulo Gazzaniga (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 29': Foul by Aleix García (Girona).
  • 29': Tasos Douvikas (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 29': Foul by Manu Sánchez (Celta Vigo).
  • 29': Yangel Herrera (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 31': Attempt saved. Jørgen Strand Larsen (Celta Vigo) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Óscar Mingueza with a cross.
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 33': Attempt missed. Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Manu Sánchez with a cross.
  • 34': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Daley Blind.
  • 35': Attempt missed. Carl Starfelt (Celta Vigo) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Iago Aspas with a cross following a corner.
  • 38': Corner, Girona. Conceded by Manu Sánchez.
  • 38': Attempt saved. Yangel Herrera (Girona) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleix García with a cross.
  • 38': Foul by Portu (Girona).
  • 38': Vicente Guaita (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Attempt saved. Tasos Douvikas (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 40': Aleix García (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Foul by Jørgen Strand Larsen (Celta Vigo).
  • 41': Foul by Luca de la Torre (Celta Vigo).
  • 41': Portu (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 42': Foul by Miguel Gutiérrez (Girona).
  • 42': Óscar Mingueza (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 43': Offside, Girona. Artem Dovbyk is caught offside.
  • 44': Attempt missed. Jørgen Strand Larsen (Celta Vigo) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Carlos Domínguez.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Yangel Herrera (Girona).
  • 45'+1': Renato Tapia (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Celta Vigo 0, Girona 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Celta Vigo 0, Girona 1.
  • 47': Attempt saved. Luca de la Torre (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tasos Douvikas.
  • 50': Foul by Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo).
  • 50': Sávio (Girona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 50': Foul by Daley Blind (Girona).
  • 50': Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 50': Daley Blind (Girona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 53': Attempt blocked. Viktor Tsygankov (Girona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Arnau Martínez.
  • 53': Corner, Girona. Conceded by Unai Núñez.
  • 54': Attempt missed. Miguel Gutiérrez (Girona) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
  • 57': Attempt missed. Yan Couto (Girona) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Portu.
  • 58': Foul by Carlos Domínguez (Celta Vigo).
  • 58': Portu (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 60': Foul by Sávio (Girona).
  • 60': Óscar Mingueza (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': Foul by Jørgen Strand Larsen (Celta Vigo).
  • 61': Viktor Tsygankov (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': Foul by Renato Tapia (Celta Vigo).
  • 61': Yan Couto (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Daley Blind.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Luca de la Torre (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
  • 66': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Mihailo Ristic replaces Manu Sánchez.
  • 66': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Jaílson replaces Luca de la Torre.
  • 68': Foul by Artem Dovbyk (Girona).
  • 68': Unai Núñez (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 69': Substitution, Girona. Iván Martín replaces Portu.
  • 70': Arnau Martínez (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 70': Foul by Tasos Douvikas (Celta Vigo).
  • 71': Aleix García (Girona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 71': Foul by Jaílson (Celta Vigo).
  • 71': Jaílson (Celta Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 72': Attempt blocked. Aleix García (Girona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 72': Delay in match because of an injury Tasos Douvikas (Celta Vigo).
  • 73': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 78': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Miguel Rodríguez replaces Renato Tapia because of an injury.
  • 78': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Carlos Dotor replaces Carl Starfelt.
  • 79': Attempt blocked. Yan Couto (Girona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Iván Martín.
  • 83': Substitution, Girona. Valery Fernández replaces Viktor Tsygankov.
  • 84': Attempt saved. Aleix García (Girona) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yangel Herrera.
  • 86': Dangerous play by Artem Dovbyk (Girona).
  • 86': Unai Núñez (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Sávio.
  • 90': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Daley Blind.
  • 90': Offside, Celta Vigo. Iago Aspas is caught offside.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Yangel Herrera (Girona).
  • 90'+3': Jaílson (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Mihailo Ristic (Celta Vigo) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jørgen Strand Larsen.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Celta Vigo 0, Girona 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Celta Vigo 0, Girona 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Celta Vigo 0, Girona 1.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 13
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
7 Corner Kicks 5
5 Saves 5
60.4 Possession 39.6
15 SHOTS 10
6 ON GOAL 5
0.4 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
479 Accurate Passes 279
567 Passes 367
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
5 Accurate Crosses 7
18 Crosses 17
0.3 Cross % 0.4
56 Long Balls 49
24 Accurate Long Balls 23
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
4 Blocked Shots 1
12 Effective Tackles 14
18 Tackles 21
0.7 Tackle % 0.7
9 Interceptions 9
18 Effective Clearances 17
18 Clearances 17

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: Estadio Abanca-Balaídos
Location: Vigo, Spain
Attendance: 20,684

LALIGA Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Barcelona 5 +13 15
2 Atlético Madrid 5 +7 11
3 Real Madrid 5 +7 11
4 Villarreal 5 +3 11
Full Standings

Line-Ups

CEL Celta Vigo (3-4-3)

No. Name
25 Vicente Guaita (GK)
2 Carl Starfelt
28 Carlos Domínguez
4 Unai Núñez
14 Luca de la Torre
5 Renato Tapia
23 Manu Sánchez
3 Óscar Mingueza
10 Iago Aspas
18 Jørgen Strand Larsen
12 Anastasios Douvikas

GIR Girona (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
13 Paulo Gazzaniga (GK)
17 Daley Blind Yellow Card
4 Arnau Martínez
3 Miguel Gutiérrez
20 Yan Couto
24 Portu
14 Aleix García
21 Yangel Herrera
9 Artem Dovbyk
16 Sávio
8 Viktor Tsygankov

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