Celta Vigo Draw 0-0 With Levante as Duran Goal Is Disallowed

RC Celta de Vigo drew 0-0 with Levante UD at Estadio Balaidos in Vigo on Sunday, in a La Liga Matchday 12 match the home side controlled without finding a goal. Pablo Duran had a goal cancelled by VAR in the 27th minute, the closest either side came to a breakthrough. Levante goalkeeper Mathew Ryan made six saves to keep the clean sheet and take a point back to Valencia.

The match kicked off at 17:30 UTC and the first half ended goalless. Full time came at 90+3 minutes with the score still level.

Duran denied by VAR

Celta pressed from the start and thought they had the lead in the 27th minute. Duran put the ball in the net, but the goal was cancelled after a VAR check, according to the live match report carried by Total Football Analysis. It was the one moment that split the sides all afternoon, and it was taken away.

Duran remained Celta's main threat. He took 6 shots in the match, with 4 on target, according to Sportradar's player statistics. Iago Aspas took 5 shots, with 1 on target. Between them they accounted for most of the home side's pressure, and Ryan dealt with all of it.

Ryan holds the line

The team numbers show how one sided the match was. Celta held 59 percent possession to Levante's 41 percent. Celta attempted 19 shots, with 6 on target. Levante attempted 4 shots, with 1 on target.

Ryan made 6 saves for Levante, while the Celta goalkeeper was required to make 1 save. Celta won 6 corners to Levante's 1. Celta were caught offside 10 times, Levante none. Fouls were close, 8 by Celta and 9 by Levante.

All of the statistics in this article are the Sportradar set for this match. A second results service, SportScore, carried the same final score, the same venue and the same 17:30 UTC kickoff.

Cards, managers and changes

Three yellow cards were shown in total. Javi Galan was booked for Celta in the 88th minute. Daniel Requena and Dela were booked for Levante.

Claudio Giraldez managed Celta and Luis Castro managed Levante. Both sides used all five substitutions as they searched for a winner in the second half, but the goal never came.

The draw gives each side one point. Celta will point to 19 shots, 6 corners and a disallowed goal in a home match they expected to win. Levante will point to Ryan's six saves and a defensive performance that held out under pressure for more than 90 minutes in Vigo.