Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, August 21, 2016
Real Madrid WLWWW 3
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Real Sociedad DLWWD 0
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RMA213
RSO000
Estadio Municipal de Anoeta · 27,653 att.

Match Report

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Gareth Bale Brace fuels Real Madrid to winning start in la Liga

Gareth Bale made it five goals in four trips to San Sebastian as his early goal set Real Madrid on the way to a comfortable 3-0 victory.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
22
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
4
0
Saves
5
55.4
Possession
44.6
18
SHOTS
8
8
ON GOAL
0
0.4
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
441
Accurate Passes
328
535
Passes
422
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
4
16
Crosses
18
0.3
Cross %
0.2
78
Long Balls
50
36
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
4
24
Effective Tackles
15
27
Tackles
24
0.9
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
11
Effective Clearances
14
12
Clearances
18

Head to Head

RMA leads series 4-1

Lineups

RSO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Gerónimo RulliG
  2. 6Iñigo MartínezCD-L
  3. 3Mikel GonzálezCD-R
  4. 19Yuri BerchicheLB
  5. 20Joseba ZaldúaRB
  6. 17David ZurutuzaAM
  7. 5BergaraLM
  8. 4Asier IllarramendiRM
  9. 7JuanmiF
  10. 24David ConchaAM-L
  11. 18Mikel OyarzabalAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Carlos VelaSUB
  2. 15Aritz ElustondoSUB
  3. 14Rubén PardoSUB
  4. 12Willian JoséSUB
  5. 25Toño RamírezSUB
  6. 10Xabi PrietoSUB
  7. 21Héctor HernándezSUB

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 13Kiko CasillaG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 5Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 12MarceloLB
  5. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 14CasemiroCM
  7. 8Toni KroosLM
  8. 16Mateo KovacicRM
  9. 21Álvaro MorataF
  10. 20Marco AsensioLF
  11. 11Gareth BaleRF

Substitutes

  1. 23DaniloSUB
  2. 17Lucas VázquezSUB
  3. 22IscoSUB
  4. 6NachoSUB
  5. 10James RodríguezSUB
  6. 18Mariano DíazSUB
  7. 31Rubén YáñezSUB

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! Real Sociedad 0, Real Madrid 1. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daniel Carvajal with a cross.
  2. 40' Goal! Real Sociedad 0, Real Madrid 2. Marco Asensio (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raphael Varane.
  3. 50' Casemiro (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 54' Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 56' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Willian José replaces David Concha.
  6. 66' Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces Marco Asensio.
  7. 68' Zaldúa (Real Sociedad) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 72' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Xabi Prieto replaces Juanmi.
  9. 73' Substitution, Real Madrid. Isco replaces Toni Kroos.
  10. 77' Substitution, Real Madrid. James Rodríguez replaces Álvaro Morata.
  11. 79' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Carlos Vela replaces Mikel González.
  12. 87' Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 87' Yuri (Real Sociedad) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90'+4' Goal! Real Sociedad 0, Real Madrid 3. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Rodríguez.

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