Celta Vigo vs Lyon match stats & report

1–1 Full time

UEFA Europa League · Round of 16 · Ref Eric Lambrechts, Belgium

Celta Vigo stats & fixtures · Lyon stats & fixtures

Celta Vigo drew with Lyon 1–1 in the UEFA Europa League (Round of 16) on 12 March 2026. Expected goals finished 1.10–1.08. Lyon had 71% of the ball.

Celta Vigo vs Lyon match statistics

Celta VigoLyon

29% Ball possession 71%
1.10 Expected goals (xG) 1.08
5 Total shots 20
3 Shots on target 6
2 Shots off target 7
0 Blocked shots 7
3 Shots inside the box 7
0 Corners 7
11 Fouls 14
0 Offsides 1
5 Yellow cards 2
1 Red cards 0
288 Passes 701
77% Pass accuracy 93%
5 Goalkeeper saves 2

Goals and cards

20' Yellow card B. Iglesias Celta Vigo
25' Goal Javi Rueda (assist W. Swedberg) Celta Vigo
48' Yellow card Óscar Mingueza Celta Vigo
53' Yellow card N. Tagliafico Lyon
54' Yellow card B. Iglesias Celta Vigo
54' Red card B. Iglesias Celta Vigo
77' Yellow card S. Kango Lyon
87' Goal Endrick (assist Clinton Mata) Lyon
90+3' Yellow card M. Alonso Celta Vigo
90+3' Yellow card M. Vecino Celta Vigo

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Celta Vigo

Confirmed 3-4-2-1 Claudio Giraldez

13 I. Radu

20 M. Alonso 2 C. Starfelt 32 Javi Rodríguez

3 Óscar Mingueza 6 I. Moriba 15 M. Vecino 17 Javi Rueda

19 W. Swedberg 10 I. Aspas

7 B. Iglesias

Bench Iván Villar , J. El Abdellaoui , Mihailo Ristić , Joseph Aidoo , Ferran Jutglà , Sergio Carreira , Álvaro Núñez , Carlos Domínguez , H. Sotelo , P. Duran , Hugo Álvarez , Fer López

Lyon

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Paulo Fonseca

1 D. Greif

3 N. Tagliafico 19 M. Niakhate 22 Clinton Mata 60 S. Kango

8 C. Tolisso 23 T. Morton

16 Abner Vinicius 99 N. Nartey 9 Endrick

77 R. Yaremchuk

Bench R. Descamps , Y. Konan , T. Tessmann , R. Himbert , K. Merah , T. Goncalves , A. Hamdani , O. Mangala , A. Karabec , M. de Carvalho

Form guide

Celta Vigo at home

4–2–4 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.7 per game
Conceded: 1.3 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 3.4 per game
Shots on target: 4.1 per game

19% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Lyon away

3–2–5 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.0 per game
Conceded: 1.4 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 4.7 per game
Shots on target: 4.4 per game

22% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Celta Vigo vs Lyon head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
29 Jul 23	Celta Vigo v Lyon	1–0

Only 1 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

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