Spanish LALIGA

FT Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Real Madrid WWWWW 4
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Leganés LWDDD 2
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RMA314
LEG202
Estadio Ontime Butarque · 10,599 att.

Match Report

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Real Madrid maintain La Liga lead with thrilling win vs. Leganes

Real Madrid regained their position at the top of LaLiga but not before being put through their paces by a spirited Leganes in a pulsating 4-2 win.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
4
61.7
Possession
38.3
18
SHOTS
14
8
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
539
Accurate Passes
286
625
Passes
377
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
12
Crosses
20
0.3
Cross %
0.2
62
Long Balls
66
28
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
16
11
Tackles
25
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
22
20
Clearances
22

Head to Head

RMA leads series 1-0

Lineups

LEG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Iago HerrerínG
  2. 22Dimitrios SiovasCD-L
  3. 5Martín MantovaniCD-R
  4. 15Diego RicoLB
  5. 3Unai BustinzaRB
  6. 8GabrielAM
  7. 24David TimorLM
  8. 21Rubén PérezRM
  9. 20LucianoF
  10. 11Alexander SzymanowskiAM-L
  11. 2TitoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Darwin MachisSUB
  2. 1Nereo ChampagneSUB
  3. 16Samu GarcíaSUB
  4. 14Mamadou KonéSUB
  5. 18Pablo InsuaSUB
  6. 19Unai LópezSUB
  7. 10Alberto BuenoSUB

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Keylor NavasG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 6NachoCD-R
  4. 12MarceloLB
  5. 23DaniloRB
  6. 14CasemiroCM
  7. 10James RodríguezLM
  8. 16Mateo KovacicRM
  9. 21Álvaro MorataF
  10. 20Marco AsensioLF
  11. 17Lucas VázquezRF

Substitutes

  1. 9Karim BenzemaSUB
  2. 19Luka ModricSUB
  3. 3PepeSUB
  4. 18Mariano DíazSUB
  5. 13Kiko CasillaSUB
  6. 2Dani CarvajalSUB
  7. 22IscoSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Leganés 0, Real Madrid 1. James Rodríguez (Real Madrid) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Asensio.
  2. 18' Goal! Leganés 0, Real Madrid 2. Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid) header from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nacho with a headed pass following a corner.
  3. 23' Goal! Leganés 0, Real Madrid 3. Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic with a through ball.
  4. 32' Goal! Leganés 1, Real Madrid 3. Gabriel Pires (Leganés) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  5. 34' Goal! Leganés 2, Real Madrid 3. Luciano Neves (Leganés) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner following a corner.
  6. 48' Goal! Leganés 2, Real Madrid 4. Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by James Rodríguez with a cross following a set piece situation.
  7. 54' Substitution, Leganés. Samu García replaces Tito.
  8. 57' Gabriel Pires (Leganés) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 64' Substitution, Leganés. Alberto Bueno replaces Gabriel Pires.
  10. 72' Substitution, Real Madrid. Isco replaces James Rodríguez.
  11. 78' Substitution, Real Madrid. Mariano replaces Álvaro Morata.
  12. 81' Substitution, Real Madrid. Luka Modric replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  13. 84' Substitution, Leganés. Darwin Machís replaces Alexander Szymanowski.
  14. 85' Unai Bustinza (Leganés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90' Nacho (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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