Juventus stuns Celta Vigo with stoppage-time comeback as Kolo Muani strikes in the 91st at Balaidos

Celta Vigo went ahead at Balaidos, held on for nearly an hour, and then watched it all slip away in stoppage time. The final score was 1-2 in favor of Juventus, with Randal Kolo Muani netting in the 91st minute to hand the Italian side all three points in the Europa League.

The match opened with Celta camped in the opposition box. By the quarter-hour mark, Williot Swedberg had already tested Guglielmo Vicario with a header. The pressure paid off in the 17th minute: Hugo Alvarez took a pass from Swedberg and finished with his right foot from point-blank range, low and inside the post, for the 1-0. Before halftime, Juventus answered with chances from Lloyd Kelly, Federico Gatti, Teun Koopmeiners and Nick Woltemade, but none found the net, and the home side went into the break ahead.

The turnaround in the second half

The second half began with Juventus pushing forward from the opening minute, with shots from Francisco Conceicao and Pape Matar Sarr that Ionut Radu and the Celta defense managed to block. The equalizer came in the 57th minute: Nick Woltemade popped up in the middle of the box and finished with his right foot into the right side of the goal for the 1-1.

With the score level, the game opened up. Celta had their own chances through Javi Rueda, Ferran Jutgla and Sergio Carreira, but it was Juventus who kept creating the clearer openings thanks to fresh legs off the bench: Randal Kolo Muani and Nico Gonzalez came on to spark the attack. The decisive moment arrived in stoppage time. In the 91st minute, off a cross from Andrea Cambiaso on the right, Kolo Muani got ahead of the defense and headed home from close range to seal the final 1-2.

What the numbers show

The stats back up what played out on the field: Juventus was the sharper team for most of the match, especially down the stretch.

Based on our expected goals estimate calculated from the match's shots, Juventus generated 2.392 against Celta's 1.183, a gap that supports the visitors' edge in the volume of chances created, even though the home side scored the game's opening goal.

Before kickoff, our projection gave Celta a 32% chance of winning, a 31% chance of a draw and 37% for a Juventus victory, with a combined expected goals total of 2.35. The result ended up matching the visiting side's favored status in that forecast, though the path there was rockier than expected, with Celta holding the lead well into the second half.

What the result means

Juventus, managed by Luciano Spalletti, moved to 6 points in the Europa League league phase after two matches played, with a perfect record. Celta Vigo, under Claudio Giraldez, remain without a point from their first two outings, with a goal difference of -2, sitting 6 points behind Juventus in the competition's combined table. For the Galician side, the blow stings twice as much: they had the match under control for more than 50 minutes before watching it slip away in the final moments.