Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, February 24, 2019
Real Madrid WDWWL 2
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Levante WLDLW 1
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RMA112
LEV011
Ciutat de Valencia · 22,067 att.

Match Report

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Gareth Bale penalty gives below-par Real Madrid win at Levante

Real Madrid's Gareth Bale came off the bench and coolly converted a penalty to secure a 2-1 win at Levante in La Liga.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
3
60.5
Possession
39.5
19
SHOTS
11
5
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.2
2
Penalty Goals
0
2
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
458
Accurate Passes
260
540
Passes
342
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
4
10
Crosses
20
0.6
Cross %
0.2
56
Long Balls
55
29
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
8
Blocked Shots
2
10
Effective Tackles
7
13
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
10
Interceptions
5
22
Effective Clearances
14
22
Clearances
14

Head to Head

RMA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

LEV · 3-5-2

  1. 25Aitor FernándezG
  2. 14Rúben VezoCD
  3. 4RóberCD-L
  4. 18Erick CabacoCD-R
  5. 10Enis BardhiCM-L
  6. 16Rubén RochinaCM-R
  7. 24José CampañaAM
  8. 22Antonio LunaLM
  9. 7Moses SimonRM
  10. 11José Luis MoralesCF-L
  11. 9Roger MartíCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Pedro LópezSUB
  2. 20Raphael DwamenaSUB
  3. 6ChemaSUB
  4. 17Nikola VukcevicSUB
  5. 13Oier OlazábalSUB
  6. 23JasonSUB
  7. 5Cheick DoukouréSUB

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 25Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 6NachoCD-L
  3. 5Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 23Sergio ReguilónLB
  5. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 14CasemiroCM
  7. 8Toni KroosLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 28Vinícius JúniorLF
  11. 17Lucas VázquezRF

Substitutes

  1. 12MarceloSUB
  2. 11Gareth BaleSUB
  3. 20Marco AsensioSUB
  4. 1Keylor NavasSUB
  5. 24Dani CeballosSUB
  6. 15Federico ValverdeSUB
  7. 3Jesús VallejoSUB

Timeline

  1. 25' Roger Martí (Levante) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 28' Nacho (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 42' VAR: Penalty Kick. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  4. 43' Goal! Levante 0, Real Madrid 1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  5. 57' Rubén Rochina (Levante) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 60' Substitution, Levante. Cheick Doukouré replaces Rubén Rochina.
  7. 60' Goal! Levante 1, Real Madrid 1. Roger Martí (Levante) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by José Luis Morales.
  8. 68' Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 69' Substitution, Real Madrid. Federico Valverde replaces Toni Kroos.
  10. 73' Substitution, Levante. Raphael Dwamena replaces Roger Martí.
  11. 74' Substitution, Real Madrid. Gareth Bale replaces Karim Benzema because of an injury.
  12. 78' Goal! Levante 1, Real Madrid 2. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  13. 82' Pedro López (Levante) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 83' Substitution, Real Madrid. Marco Asensio replaces Vinícius Júnior.
  15. 84' Antonio Luna (Levante) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 86' Second yellow card to Nacho (Real Madrid) for a bad foul.
  17. 88' Second yellow card to Rubén Rochina (Levante).
  18. 89' Substitution, Levante. Nikola Vukcevic replaces Enis Bardhi.

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