Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, September 18, 2016
Real Madrid WWWWW 2
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Espanyol WDLDD 0
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RCDE Stadium · 30,153 att.

Match Report

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James, Benzema lead Real Madrid to win vs. Espanyol

James Rodriguez came in from the cold with a goal on his first La Liga start of the season as Real Madrid remained in hot form at the top.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
19
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
5
59.8
Possession
40.2
13
SHOTS
11
7
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
531
Accurate Passes
328
593
Passes
391
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
16
Crosses
17
0.1
Cross %
0.3
56
Long Balls
47
38
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
14
17
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
10
Effective Clearances
12
13
Clearances
13

Head to Head

RMA leads series 5-0

Lineups

ESP · 4-4-2

  1. 13Diego LópezG
  2. 6Óscar DuarteCD-L
  3. 15David LópezCD-R
  4. 4Victor SánchezLB
  5. 16Javi LópezRB
  6. 28Marc RocaCM-L
  7. 20Pape DiopCM-R
  8. 19Pablo PiattiLM
  9. 17Hernán PérezRM
  10. 7Gerard MorenoCF-L
  11. 11Léo BaptistãoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Felipe CaicedoSUB
  2. 22Álvaro VázquezSUB
  3. 9José Antonio ReyesSUB
  4. 3Rubén DuarteSUB
  5. 23Diego ReyesSUB
  6. 2Martín DemichelisSUB
  7. 1RobertoSUB

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 13Kiko CasillaG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 3PepeCD-R
  4. 12MarceloLB
  5. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 14CasemiroCM
  7. 10James RodríguezLM
  8. 19Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 20Marco AsensioLF
  11. 17Lucas VázquezRF

Substitutes

  1. 21Álvaro MorataSUB
  2. 23DaniloSUB
  3. 16Mateo KovacicSUB
  4. 25Rubén YáñezSUB
  5. 5Raphaël VaraneSUB
  6. 22IscoSUB
  7. 8Toni KroosSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 10' Substitution, Espanyol. Álvaro Vázquez replaces Pablo Piatti because of an injury.
  3. 19' Substitution, Real Madrid. Toni Kroos replaces Casemiro because of an injury.
  4. 21' Hernán Pérez (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 44' Óscar Duarte (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45'+2' Goal! Espanyol 0, Real Madrid 1. James Rodríguez (Real Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Toni Kroos.
  7. 54' Papakouly Diop (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 62' Substitution, Real Madrid. Isco replaces James Rodríguez.
  9. 64' Javi López (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 66' Substitution, Espanyol. Felipe Caicedo replaces Gerard Moreno.
  11. 71' Goal! Espanyol 0, Real Madrid 2. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez.
  12. 72' Substitution, Real Madrid. Álvaro Morata replaces Karim Benzema.
  13. 83' Substitution, Espanyol. Diego Reyes replaces Marc Roca.
  14. 84' Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.

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