Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, October 23, 2016
Athletic Club WWLWL 1
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Real Madrid DDDWW 2
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ATH101
RMA112
Estadio Bernabéu · 72,910 att.

Match Report

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Late Alvaro Morata fires Real Madrid past Athletic Bilbao, atop La Liga table

Substitute Alvaro Morata was the hero for Real Madrid as they claimed a hard-fought 2-1 win over Athletic Bilbao.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
6
6
Saves
2
34.4
Possession
65.6
10
SHOTS
24
3
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
219
Accurate Passes
521
310
Passes
587
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
8
14
Crosses
32
0.1
Cross %
0.3
65
Long Balls
75
23
Accurate Long Balls
55
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
4
18
Effective Tackles
13
23
Tackles
19
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
13
Effective Clearances
16
21
Clearances
19

Head to Head

RMA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Keylor NavasG
  2. 5Raphaël VaraneCD-L
  3. 3PepeCD-R
  4. 12MarceloLB
  5. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 8Toni KroosCM
  7. 22IscoLM
  8. 16Mateo KovacicRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoLF
  11. 11Gareth BaleRF

ATH · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Gorka IraizozG
  2. 4Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 16Xabier EtxeitaCD-R
  4. 25Enric SaboritLB
  5. 15Iñigo LekueRB
  6. 5Javier ErasoAM
  7. 17Mikel RicoLM
  8. 6Mikel San JoséRM
  9. 19Sabin MerinoF
  10. 22Raúl GarcíaAM-L
  11. 11Iñaki WilliamsAM-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Athletic Club 0. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Isco.
  2. 27' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Athletic Club 1. Sabin Merino (Athletic Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eraso.
  3. 31' Etxeita (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 55' Raul García (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 65' Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces Isco.
  6. 75' Substitution, Real Madrid. Álvaro Morata replaces Karim Benzema.
  7. 76' Substitution, Athletic Club. Iturraspe replaces Raul García.
  8. 78' Substitution, Athletic Club. Markel Susaeta replaces Sabin Merino.
  9. 83' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Athletic Club 1. Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  10. 87' Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 87' Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 87' Substitution, Athletic Club. Muniain replaces Saborit.
  13. 90'+4' Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

LALIGA News

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