Celta Vigo 0-2 Athletic Club: Berenguer and Navarro strike early
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Key numbers
- xG 0.75 vs 2.78 in Athletic's favour
- Goals on 20' and 22', 70 minutes in front
- Berenguer's four key passes led the match
Settled before the half-hour
Athletic Club won 2-0 at Celta Vigo after Álex Berenguer scored in the 20th minute and Robert Navarro added a second in the 22nd. Neither side added to the scoreline, so the match was settled early, with Athletic ahead for 70 minutes.
Celta's changes could not close the gap
Celta made four changes at half-time yet managed only 0.75 xG, against 2.78 for Athletic. Ionuț Radu made five saves, which kept the deficit at two. Berenguer's opener was worth +0.8 FN xPts, and the win lifted Athletic from 20th to 12th on three points.
Player of the match
Álex Berenguer 8.2Dominant
He led the FN Score with a 20th-minute opener and four key passes.
Berenguer earned most of his FN Score through attacking work, putting one of his two shots on target and winning four of ten duels across 90 minutes. His opener in the 20th minute handed Athletic the lead before Navarro's goal two minutes later.
Game state
0-10-2
Celta Vigo ahead 0 min · level 20 min · Athletic Club ahead 70 min
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.
20'
Álex Berenguer
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Iñaki Williams +0.2
+0.8
22'
Robert Navarro
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Ruíz de Galarreta +0.2
+0.6
Celta Vigo
Expected (last two seasons) 1.5Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −1.2Time effect −0.3→ League points won 0
Athletic Club
Expected (last two seasons) 1.2Own moments +1.4Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.4→ League points won 3
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.
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Match stats
Celta VigoAthletic Club
0.75Expected goals (xG)2.78
Timeline
- 20'
Goal
Álex Berenguer league goal #1 assist Iñaki Williams
- 22'
Goal
Robert Navarro league goal #1 assist Ruíz de Galarreta
- 45'
Sub
Hugo González → Iago Aspas
- 45'
Sub
Javi Rodríguez → Javi Rueda
- 45'
Sub
Abdoulaye Faye → Yoel Lago
- 45'
Sub
Ilaix Moriba → Miguel Román
- 48'
Yellow
Yuri
- 57'
Sub
Williot Swedberg → Hugo Álvarez
- 61'
Yellow
Robert Navarro
- 65'
Sub
Ruíz de Galarreta → Mikel Jauregizar
- 65'
Sub
Oihan Sancet → Peio Canales
- 65'
Sub
Iñaki Williams → Gorka Guruzeta
- 71'
Yellow
Beñat Gerenabarrena
- 74'
Sub
Robert Navarro → Nico Williams
- 86'
Sub
Jesús Areso → Johaneko Louis Jean
Category leaders
- Key passesÁlex Berenguer4
- Duels wonAleix Febas7/11
- Defensive actionsCarl Starfelt6
- ShotsWilliot Swedberg3 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonWilliot Swedberg3
#La Liga#Celta Vigo#Athletic Club#Álex Berenguer#Robert Navarro
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.