Espanyol 3-1 Celta Vigo
Key numbers
- Possession 21% – 79%
- Shots 9 (5 on target) – 16 (2)
- Decisive moment: 40' Irvin Cardona, FN xPts +0.8
Irvin Cardona 40'
Leandro Cabrera 53'
Walid Cheddira 87'
Leandro Cabrera 53'
Walid Cheddira 87'
HT 1:0
Iago Aspas 83' (pen)
Espanyol 19th → 18th · 13 pts|Celta Vigo 11th · 18 pts
Celta Vigo edged xG (0.85–1.5) but Espanyol took the win.
Player of the matchLeandro CabreraDecisive moment40' Irvin Cardona+0.8
Player of the match
Leandro Cabrera Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.7 (Dominant)
Game state
Espanyol ahead 50 min · level 40 min · Celta Vigo ahead 0 min
- Walid Cheddira — off the bench 23 min · 1G 0A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
40'
Irvin Cardona
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Leandro Cabrera +0.2
+0.8
53'
Leandro Cabrera
Goal
+0.5
83'
Iago Aspas
Pen goal
+0.2
87'
Walid Cheddira
Goal · assist Javi Puado
+0.2
Espanyol
Expected (last two seasons) 1.4Own moments +1.5Opponent moments −0.3Time effect +0.4→ League points won 3
Celta Vigo
Expected (last two seasons) 1.4Own moments +0.2Opponent moments −1.2Time effect −0.4→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
EspanyolCelta Vigo
21%Possession79%
0.85Expected goals (xG)1.5
0.09xG per shot0.09
9Shots16
5Shots on target2
56%Shots on target %13%
6Shots in box11
183Passes726
66%Pass accuracy89%
2Corners5
1Saves2
13Fouls7
2Yellow cards2
2Offsides0
Compared with usual
Celta Vigo
last 3 matches, all competitions baseline
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Timeline
- 35' Yellow Marcos Alonso
- 40' Goal Irvin Cardona league goal #1 assist Leandro Cabrera
- 45+1' Yellow Hugo Álvarez
- 46' Sub Hugo Álvarez → Williot Swedberg
- 46' Sub Anastasios Douvikas → Borja Iglesias
- 53' Goal Leandro Cabrera league goal #1
- 55' Yellow Marash Kumbulla
- 61' Sub Justin Smith → Rafael Bauza
- 67' Sub Pol Lozano → Carlos Romero
- 67' Sub Irvin Cardona → Walid Cheddira
- 67' Sub Damián Rodríguez → Hugo Sotelo
- 80' Sub Marcos Alonso → Javier Manquillo
- 80' Sub Ilaix Moriba → Alfon González
- 83' Goal Iago Aspas (pen) league goal #5
- 84' Sub Jofre Carreras → Álvaro Tejero
- 86' Yellow Joan García
- 87' Goal Walid Cheddira league goal #1 assist Javi Puado
Category leaders
- Key passesÓscar Mingueza3
- Duels wonOmar El Hilali10/17
- DribblesJonathan Bamba2/4
- Defensive actionsOmar El Hilali10
- ShotsJofre Carreras4 (on target 1)
- Fouls wonIlaix Moriba3
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.