Raúl García’s four goals at Balaídos

Athletic Club take on RC Celta at Balaídos this Sunday (14:00 CET). For Raúl García it will be a return to a stadium where he’s had much joy in recent years. The striker has scored four goals in Vigo since becoming a lion in 2015-16.

In his debut season at Athletic, the no.22 scored the winning goal in the 71st minute as the Lions won 0-1 at Balaidos. Rául started off the counter-attack which led to his goal with a long ball to striker Aritz Aduriz, who played it back for Rulo to finish past Celta’s keeper.

Raúl went on to score a brace in 2016-17. His first goal came from a corner which Yeray nodded on to Rulo at the back post, and the striker tucked away a rebound from a powerful Iñaki Williams shot for his second. Mikel Rico finished off the clash with seven minutes to go, ensuring a 0-3 win for the Lions.

The foward followed it up with another goal in the 2017-18 edition of the fixture. However, on this occasion, Athletic left Vigo empty-handed. The Galicians went ahead courtesy of Sergi Gómez and Iagao Aspas hit a double in the space of five minutes to put effectively put the match to bed. Rulo pulled one back, but it was just a consolation goal.