Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, August 23, 2015
Real Madrid WWWLW 0
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Sporting Gijón WDWWW 0
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Estadio El Molinón-Enrique Castro "Quini" · 27,691 att.

Match Report

AP Photo/Jose Vicente

Real Madrid held to goalless draw by Sporting Gijon in Benitez's first game

New Real Madrid coach Rafael Benitez endured a disappointing start his tenure after his side were held to a 0-0 draw at newly promoted Sporting Gijon.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
20
0
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
2
0
Saves
8
67.4
Possession
32.6
27
SHOTS
6
8
ON GOAL
0
0.3
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
555
Accurate Passes
205
639
Passes
305
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
2
30
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.1
40
Long Balls
67
25
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
24
21
Tackles
32
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
28
24
Clearances
34

Head to Head

RMA leads series 4-1

Lineups

RSG · 4-4-2

  1. 1Iván CuéllarG
  2. 5Bernardo EspinosaCD-L
  3. 2Luis HernándezCD-R
  4. 18Isma LópezLB
  5. 11Alberto LoraRB
  6. 10Nacho CasesCM-L
  7. 6Sergio ÁlvarezCM-R
  8. 23JonyLM
  9. 19Carlos CarmonaRM
  10. 20Antonio SanabriaCF-L
  11. 9Miguel GuerreroCF-R

RMA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Keylor NavasG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 2Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 12MarceloLB
  5. 23DaniloRB
  6. 11Gareth BaleAM
  7. 19Luka ModricLM
  8. 8Toni KroosRM
  9. 20JeséF
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoAM-L
  11. 22IscoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 36' Nacho Cases (Sporting de Gijón) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 56' Substitution, Real Madrid. James Rodríguez replaces Jesé.
  3. 66' Carlos Carmona (Sporting de Gijón) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 71' Jony (Sporting de Gijón) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 71' Substitution, Real Madrid. Mateo Kovacic replaces Isco.
  6. 72' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Juan Muñiz replaces Miguel Ángel Guerrero.
  7. 74' Sergio Álvarez (Sporting de Gijón) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 77' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Álex Menéndez replaces Jony.
  9. 84' Substitution, Real Madrid. Daniel Carvajal replaces Danilo.
  10. 86' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Rachid replaces Carlos Carmona.

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