Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, November 26, 2016
Sporting Gijón LDDLL 1
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Real Madrid WDWWW 2
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RSG101
RMA202
Estadio Bernabéu · 67,118 att.

Match Report

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Cristiano Ronaldo scores twice as Real Madrid beat Sporting Gijón

Real Madrid reeled off their sixth straight La Liga victory to remain in control at the top of the table, but were made to sweat by Sporting Gijon.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
2
46.5
Possession
53.5
9
SHOTS
19
3
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
361
Accurate Passes
426
429
Passes
497
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
8
23
Crosses
21
0.2
Cross %
0.4
59
Long Balls
56
34
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
6
7
Effective Tackles
10
11
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
15
16
Clearances
15

Head to Head

RMA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

RMA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Keylor NavasG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 3PepeCD-R
  4. 6NachoLB
  5. 23DaniloRB
  6. 10James RodríguezAM
  7. 16Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 19Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoAM-L
  11. 17Lucas VázquezAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Marco AsensioSUB
  2. 12MarceloSUB
  3. 22IscoSUB
  4. 18Mariano DíazSUB
  5. 14CasemiroSUB
  6. 13Kiko CasillaSUB
  7. 2Dani CarvajalSUB

RSG · 5-4-1

  1. 13Diego MariñoG
  2. 4Jorge MeréCD
  3. 5Fernando AmorebietaCD-L
  4. 16LilloCD-R
  5. 18Isma LópezLB
  6. 2DouglasRB
  7. 8RachidCM-L
  8. 6Sergio ÁlvarezCM-R
  9. 23Moi GómezLM
  10. 19Carlos CarmonaRM
  11. 24Duje CopF

Substitutes

  1. 15Roberto CanellaSUB
  2. 7Víctor RodríguezSUB
  3. 21Xavi TorresSUB
  4. 10Nacho CasesSUB
  5. 25Borja VigueraSUB
  6. 30Óscar WhalleySUB
  7. 3Jean-Sylvain BabinSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Sporting de Gijón 0. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  2. 18' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Sporting de Gijón 0. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nacho with a cross.
  3. 35' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Sporting de Gijón 1. Carlos Carmona (Sporting de Gijón) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Isma López with a cross.
  4. 40' Fernando Amorebieta (Sporting de Gijón) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 61' Rachid (Sporting de Gijón) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 66' Carlos Carmona (Sporting de Gijón) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 72' Substitution, Real Madrid. Marco Asensio replaces James Rodríguez.
  8. 72' Substitution, Real Madrid. Marcelo replaces Sergio Ramos.
  9. 76' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Borja Viguera replaces Carlos Carmona.
  10. 76' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Víctor Rodríguez replaces Moi Gómez.
  11. 77' Nacho (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 78' Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Duje Cop (Sporting de Gijón) right footed shot is high and wide to the right. Duje Cop should be disappointed.
  13. 81' Substitution, Real Madrid. Isco replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  14. 81' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Nacho Cases replaces Rachid.

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