Celta de Vigo 4–1 Valencia
- Iglesias 33' (pen.)
- Iglesias 59'
- El-Abdellaoui 83'
- Álvarez 90+4'
- Pepelu 70'
3 January 2026
The match in data
Celta de Vigo got the better of Valencia, 4–1, on 3 January 2026, on matchday 18 of the 2025-26 La Liga.
Player of the match: Borja Iglesias (Celta de Vigo), rated 70, thanks above all to 1 goal (non-penalty) and 0.41 xG (non-penalty). Iglesias produced 1.2 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Valencia, the highest-rated player was César Tárrega, with 81.
Borja Iglesias scored twice.
Pepelu missed a penalty at 7'.
Borja Iglesias
Celta de Vigo · 67'
Produced 1.17× and cost 0.37× their position's average
- 1 goal (non-penalty) 4.0×
- 0.41 xG (non-penalty) 2.2×
- 1 shot on target (non-penalty) 1.6×
- 1 shot off target 1.0×
- 6 misplaced passes 1.4×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Román | Midfielder | 90 | 70 |
| Borja Iglesias ★ | Forward | 67 | 70 |
| Joseph Aidoo | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| Bryan Zaragoza | Forward | 67 | 66 |
| Ilaix Moriba | Midfielder | 90 | 64 |
| Jones El-Abdellaoui | Forward | 23 | 63 |
| Sergio Carreira | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Hugo Álvarez | Forward | 23 | 56 |
| Williot Swedberg | Forward | 28 | 49 |
| Marcos Alonso | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Pablo Durán | Forward | 53 | 47 |
| Javi Rodríguez | Defender | 81 | 44 |
| Óscar Mingueza | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Ionuț Radu | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Iago Aspas | Forward | 9 | no rating |
| Manu Fernández | Defender | 9 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| César Tárrega | Defender | 24 | 81 |
| Dimitri Foulquier | Defender | 66 | 72 |
| Arnaut Danjuma | Forward | 24 | 67 |
| Mouctar Diakhaby | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Pepelu | Midfielder | 90 | 59 |
| Luis Rioja | Forward | 33 | 52 |
| Lucas Beltrán | Forward | 57 | 49 |
| André Almeida | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Javi Guerra | Midfielder | 66 | 46 |
| Hugo Duro | Forward | 90 | 45 |
| José Copete | Defender | 81 | 41 |
| Jesús Vázquez | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Thierry Correia | Defender | 57 | 31 |
| Largie Ramazani | Forward | 33 | 21 |
| Julen Agirrezabala | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Diego López | Forward | 9 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.