Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, January 27, 2019
Real Madrid WWLWW 4
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Espanyol DLWLD 2
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RMA314
ESP112
RCDE Stadium · 20,910 att.

Match Report

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Gareth Bale returns with score as Real Madrid thrash Espanyol

Gareth Bale marked his return from injury with a goal as Real Madrid continued their impressive turnaround in results by thrashing Espanyol 4-2.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
15
4
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
1
3
Saves
5
63.5
Possession
36.5
16
SHOTS
13
9
ON GOAL
6
0.6
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
543
Accurate Passes
292
631
Passes
362
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
1
13
Crosses
7
0.2
Cross %
0.1
77
Long Balls
46
40
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
3
13
Effective Tackles
11
15
Tackles
20
0.9
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
17
5
Effective Clearances
18
5
Clearances
18

Head to Head

RMA leads series 4-1

Lineups

ESP · 4-3-3

  1. 13Diego LópezG
  2. 22Mario HermosoCD-L
  3. 27Lluis LópezCD-R
  4. 12Dídac VilàLB
  5. 16Javi LópezRB
  6. 21Marc RocaCM
  7. 18Álex LópezLM
  8. 10Sergi DarderRM
  9. 7Borja IglesiasF
  10. 9Sergio GarcíaLF
  11. 11Léo BaptistãoRF

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 25Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD-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

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Espanyol 0, Real Madrid 1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 7' Marc Roca (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 15' Goal! Espanyol 0, Real Madrid 2. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luka Modric with a cross following a corner.
  4. 25' Goal! Espanyol 1, Real Madrid 2. Leo Baptistao (Espanyol) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  5. 27' Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 34' Sergio García (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45'+1' Goal! Espanyol 1, Real Madrid 3. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  8. 45' Substitution, Real Madrid. Nacho replaces Sergio Ramos because of an injury.
  9. 64' Substitution, Espanyol. Roberto Rosales replaces Dídac Vilá.
  10. 64' Substitution, Real Madrid. Gareth Bale replaces Vinícius Júnior.
  11. 67' Goal! Espanyol 1, Real Madrid 4. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez.
  12. 71' Substitution, Espanyol. Pablo Piatti replaces Leo Baptistao because of an injury.
  13. 72' Raphael Varane (Real Madrid) is shown the red card.
  14. 75' Substitution, Espanyol. Óscar Melendo replaces Sergi Darder.
  15. 76' Substitution, Real Madrid. Marcelo replaces Luka Modric.
  16. 81' Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 81' Goal! Espanyol 2, Real Madrid 4. Roberto Rosales (Espanyol) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Marc Roca with a through ball.
  18. 82' VAR: Goal. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  19. 85' Álex López (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  20. 88' Nacho (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  21. 90'+1' Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.

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