Spanish LALIGA

FT Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Villarreal WWWWL 0
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Real Madrid WLWWW 3
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Santiago Bernabéu · 62,085 att.

Match Report

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Real Madrid beat Villarreal to keep pace with La Liga leaders Barcelona

Real Madrid kept pace with La Liga leaders Barcelona, turning in a convincing 3-0 win vs. fourth-placed Villarreal.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
11
3
Saves
2
39.1
Possession
60.9
5
SHOTS
20
2
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
363
Accurate Passes
600
461
Passes
692
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
5
2
Crosses
28
0.5
Cross %
0.2
57
Long Balls
52
25
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
5
10
Effective Tackles
9
15
Tackles
10
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
3
25
Clearances
7

Head to Head

RMA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Keylor NavasG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 2Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 12MarceloLB
  5. 23DaniloRB
  6. 14CasemiroCM
  7. 8Toni KroosLM
  8. 19Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoLF
  11. 18Lucas VázquezRF

Substitutes

  1. 22IscoSUB
  2. 16Mateo KovacicSUB
  3. 10James RodríguezSUB
  4. 6NachoSUB
  5. 17Álvaro ArbeloaSUB
  6. 13Kiko CasillaSUB
  7. 20JeséSUB

VIL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Sergio AsenjoG
  2. 23Daniele BoneraCD-L
  3. 24Eric BaillyCD-R
  4. 22Antonio RukavinaLB
  5. 2MarioRB
  6. 21BrunoCM-L
  7. 14Manu TriguerosCM-R
  8. 18Denis SuárezLM
  9. 8Jonathan dos SantosRM
  10. 17Cédric BakambuCF-L
  11. 20AdriánCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 29RodriSUB
  2. 44Pablo IñiguezSUB
  3. 7Samu GarcíaSUB
  4. 27Adrián MarínSUB
  5. 10Léo BaptistãoSUB
  6. 13Alphonse AreolaSUB
  7. 26NahuelSUB

Timeline

  1. 41' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Villarreal 0. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
  2. 44' Manu Trigueros (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Danilo (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 62' Substitution, Villarreal. Samuel replaces Jonathan dos Santos.
  5. 64' Substitution, Villarreal. Leo Baptistao replaces Adrián.
  6. 69' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Villarreal 0. Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Karim Benzema.
  7. 73' Substitution, Real Madrid. Isco replaces Toni Kroos.
  8. 73' Substitution, Villarreal. Rodrigo replaces Manu Trigueros.
  9. 76' Goal! Real Madrid 3, Villarreal 0. Luka Modric (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Danilo with a cross.
  10. 79' Substitution, Real Madrid. James Rodríguez replaces Luka Modric.
  11. 84' Substitution, Real Madrid. Jesé replaces Lucas Vázquez.
  12. 85' Casemiro (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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