Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, February 26, 2017
Real Madrid WWWWL 3
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Villarreal DDLWW 2
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VIL022
Estadio de la Cerámica · 20,878 att.

Match Report

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Real Madrid reclaim top spot with late rally to beat Villarreal

Real Madrid came from two goals down to swiftly reclaim top spot in LaLiga with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Villarreal.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
3
49.6
Possession
50.4
25
SHOTS
11
6
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
431
Accurate Passes
438
497
Passes
521
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
15
Accurate Crosses
6
29
Crosses
13
0.5
Cross %
0.5
57
Long Balls
62
42
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
8
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
7
12
Tackles
10
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
22
14
Clearances
22

Head to Head

RMA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

VIL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Sergio AsenjoG
  2. 6Víctor RuizCD-L
  3. 5Mateo MusacchioCD-R
  4. 11Jaume CostaLB
  5. 2MarioRB
  6. 14Manu TriguerosAM
  7. 8Jonathan dos SantosLM
  8. 21BrunoRM
  9. 17Cédric BakambuF
  10. 15AdriánAM-L
  11. 19Samu CastillejoAM-R

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Keylor NavasG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 3PepeCD-R
  4. 12MarceloLB
  5. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 14CasemiroCM
  7. 8Toni KroosLM
  8. 19Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoLF
  11. 11Gareth BaleRF

Timeline

  1. 35' Substitution, Villarreal. Andrés Fernández replaces Sergio Asenjo because of an injury.
  2. 50' Goal! Villarreal 1, Real Madrid 0. Manu Trigueros (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  3. 56' Goal! Villarreal 2, Real Madrid 0. Cédric Bakambu (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bruno Soriano.
  4. 57' Substitution, Villarreal. Denis Cheryshev replaces Adrián López because of an injury.
  5. 58' Substitution, Real Madrid. Isco replaces Casemiro.
  6. 64' Goal! Villarreal 2, Real Madrid 1. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniel Carvajal with a cross.
  7. 73' Bruno Soriano (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 73' Roberto Soldado (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 74' Álvaro González (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 74' Goal! Villarreal 2, Real Madrid 2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  11. 75' Substitution, Villarreal. Rodri replaces Manu Trigueros.
  12. 77' Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 77' Substitution, Real Madrid. Álvaro Morata replaces Karim Benzema.
  14. 83' Goal! Villarreal 2, Real Madrid 3. Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcelo with a cross.
  15. 89' Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces Gareth Bale because of an injury.
  16. 90' Mario (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90'+1' Pepe (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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