Juventus turn around deficit against Celta Vigo to win 2-1 in the Europa League

Juventus secured an exciting 2-1 victory over hosts Celta Vigo in the match played on 15 October 2026 in the second round of the league phase of the Europa League competition, with the match kicking off at 22:00 Damascus time.

Hugo Álvarez opened the scoring for Celta Vigo in the 18th minute, before Nick Woltemade equalised for Juventus in the 58th minute, then the winning goal came through Randal Kolo Muani in the 90+2 minute of normal time.

Nick Woltemade was chosen as man of the match after scoring a goal and playing throughout the full 90 minutes, with a performance rating of 8.2.

Statistically, Juventus dominated possession with 53 percent compared to 47 percent for Celta Vigo, and recorded 22 shots against 9 shots for the home side, including 6 shots on target compared to just two shots for Celta Vigo. Juventus also won 7 corner kicks compared to two for their opponents.

The match saw no red cards, while referee Sander van der Eijk showed two yellow cards to each team.

With this result, Juventus climbed to seventh place with 3 points from one match, while Celta Vigo dropped to 27th place with no points after their only defeat.