Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, January 3, 2016
Real Madrid WWLWW 2
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Valencia LDWDL 2
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VAL112
Mestalla Stadium · 47,217 att.

Match Report

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Real Madrid draw at Valencia as pressure on Rafa Benitez mounts

Valencia twice came from behind to claim a 2-2 draw against 10-man Real Madrid in the Primera Division to turn up the heat on Rafael Benitez.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
18
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
2
53.2
Possession
46.8
17
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
438
Accurate Passes
376
504
Passes
446
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
4
20
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.3
53
Long Balls
42
34
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
6
Blocked Shots
4
15
Effective Tackles
11
19
Tackles
17
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
9
Effective Clearances
14
13
Clearances
18

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

VAL · 4-3-3

  1. 24Jaume DoménechG
  2. 23Aymen AbdennourCD-L
  3. 4Aderlan SantosCD-R
  4. 6Lucas OrbánLB
  5. 19Antonio BarragánRB
  6. 10Dani ParejoCM
  7. 12Danilo BarbosaLM
  8. 21André GomesRM
  9. 9Paco AlcácerF
  10. 20Rodrigo De PaulLF
  11. 2João CanceloRF

Substitutes

  1. 25Mathew RyanSUB
  2. 22Santi MinaSUB
  3. 17RodrigoSUB
  4. 7Álvaro NegredoSUB
  5. 11Pablo PiattiSUB
  6. 18Javi FuegoSUB
  7. 3Rúben VezoSUB

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Keylor NavasG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 3PepeCD-R
  4. 12MarceloLB
  5. 23DaniloRB
  6. 8Toni KroosCM
  7. 16Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 19Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoLF
  11. 11Gareth BaleRF

Substitutes

  1. 6NachoSUB
  2. 14CasemiroSUB
  3. 22IscoSUB
  4. 13Kiko CasillaSUB
  5. 18Lucas VázquezSUB
  6. 2Raphaël VaraneSUB
  7. 10James RodríguezSUB

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Valencia 0, Real Madrid 1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
  2. 45' Pepe (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+1' Goal! Valencia 1, Real Madrid 1. Daniel Parejo (Valencia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  4. 57' Antonio Barragán (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 67' Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces Karim Benzema.
  6. 68' Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid) is shown the red card.
  7. 80' Substitution, Valencia. Rodrigo replaces Lucas Orban because of an injury.
  8. 82' Goal! Valencia 1, Real Madrid 2. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Toni Kroos with a cross following a set piece situation.
  9. 83' Goal! Valencia 2, Real Madrid 2. Paco Alcácer (Valencia) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rodrigo with a headed pass.
  10. 84' Substitution, Valencia. Álvaro Negredo replaces Daniel Parejo because of an injury.
  11. 87' Substitution, Valencia. Javi Fuego replaces Rodrigo de Paul.

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