§ La Liga · 2025-26 · Matchday 18

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: Miguel Román (Celta de Vigo), rated 65, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 10 final-third passes. Román produced 1.6 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.7 times the cost.

For Valencia, the highest-rated player was César Tárrega, with 76.

Borja Iglesias scored twice.

Pepelu missed a penalty at 7'.

65
Player of the match

Miguel Román

Celta de Vigo · 90'

Produced 1.61× and cost 0.70× their position's average

Added
  • 1 big chance created 4.0×
  • 10 final-third passes 1.6×
  • 56 passes 1.2×
Took away
  • 7 misplaced passes 1.1×
  • 2 times dribbled past 2.1×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.

Celta de Vigo
PlayerPositionMinRating
Miguel Román ★ Midfielder 90 65
Bryan Zaragoza Forward 67 64
Ionuț Radu Goalkeeper 90 60
Borja Iglesias Forward 67 58
Joseph Aidoo Defender 90 57
Ilaix Moriba Midfielder 90 56
Sergio Carreira Defender 90 53
Jones El-Abdellaoui Forward 23 53
Hugo Álvarez Forward 23 52
Marcos Alonso Defender 90 46
Pablo Durán Forward 53 46
Javi Rodríguez Defender 81 41
Óscar Mingueza Defender 90 36
Williot Swedberg Forward 28 32
Iago Aspas Forward 9 no rating
Manu Fernández Defender 9 no rating
Valencia
PlayerPositionMinRating
César Tárrega Defender 24 76
Dimitri Foulquier Defender 66 65
Arnaut Danjuma Forward 24 60
Pepelu Midfielder 90 58
Mouctar Diakhaby Defender 90 55
Lucas Beltrán Forward 57 48
Javi Guerra Midfielder 66 46
André Almeida Midfielder 90 45
Hugo Duro Forward 90 42
José Copete Defender 81 39
Jesús Vázquez Defender 90 38
Luis Rioja Forward 33 36
Thierry Correia Defender 57 28
Largie Ramazani Forward 33 26
Julen Agirrezabala Goalkeeper 90 22
Diego López Forward 9 no rating

Did you know?

La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.

Which Valencia player completed the most dribbles?

Jesús Vázquez, with 5 completed dribbles. Next: Dimitri Foulquier 3, Pepelu 2.

Despite Valencia's 4–1 defeat to Celta de Vigo, Jesús Vázquez drove the team's individual take-ons with 5 successful dribbles. He ranked ahead of Dimitri Foulquier (3) and Pepelu (2).

Which Celta de Vigo player completed the most dribbles?

Bryan Zaragoza, with 3 completed dribbles. Next: Óscar Mingueza 1, Sergio Carreira 1.

Bryan Zaragoza led Celta de Vigo's 1v1 play with 3 successful dribbles in the 4–1 win over Valencia. No teammate managed more than one, with Óscar Mingueza and Sergio Carreira completing 1 each.

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.

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Celta de Vigo 4–1 Valencia, La Liga 2025-26. Player of the match: Miguel Román, 65
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.