Celta Vigo vs Real Betis 0-0

Celta Vigo and Real Betis drew 0-0 at Municipal de Balaídos, a match decided more by what was not finished than by what was. Both sides had enough openings to take it, but neither found a breakthrough.

There were no goals before the interval, so it was 0-0 at half-time.

The pattern barely changed after the break. Celta Vigo sent on Ferran Jutglà in the 57th minute and Williot Swedberg a minute later, while Real Betis answered with two changes on 61 minutes, bringing on Troy Parrott and Pablo Fornals. Real Betis then made two more changes on 68 minutes, with Giovani Lo Celso and Marc Bartra coming on, and Celta Vigo matched that with Iago Aspas and Sergio Carreira Vilarino. Álvaro Fidalgo arrived for Dani Ceballos on 75 minutes for the visitors, before Celta Vigo made a late change on 81 minutes, sending on Hugo Burcio for Aleix Febas. The only drama came through substitutions and bookings, and the deadlock held to the end.

Real Betis had 56% of the possession and completed 652 passes to Celta Vigo's 499, but Celta Vigo had the better accuracy in the final third, with 4 shots on target to Real Betis's 2. The visitors also had more shots, 15 to 12, and more corners, 4 to 3, while the expected goals figures were close at 0.92 for Celta Vigo and 0.81 for Real Betis. Saves ended 4-2 in Real Betis's favour, and both sides were level on 2 offsides.

Ilaix Moriba was booked for Celta Vigo on 30 minutes and Diego Llorente saw yellow for Real Betis on 43 minutes. Sergio Carreira Vilarino was booked for Celta Vigo on 80 minutes. There were no red cards.