Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, December 15, 2018
Rayo Vallecano DLWLL 0
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Real Madrid WWWWL 1
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Estadio Bernabéu · 55,229 att.

Match Report

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Karim Benzema nets early winner as Real Madrid edge Rayo Vallecano

Karim Benzema scored the only goal of the game after 13 minutes as Real Madrid beat Rayo Vallecano at the Bernabeu on Saturday,

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
15
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
6
4
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
3
30.9
Possession
69.1
11
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
263
Accurate Passes
687
333
Passes
754
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
0
8
Crosses
16
0.4
Cross %
0.0
54
Long Balls
77
19
Accurate Long Balls
56
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
2
16
Effective Tackles
12
21
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
11
Interceptions
8
24
Effective Clearances
7
24
Clearances
7

Head to Head

RMA leads series 5-0

Lineups

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 25Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 5Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 12MarceloLB
  5. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 18Marcos LlorenteCM
  7. 8Toni KroosLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 20Marco AsensioLF
  11. 17Lucas VázquezRF

Substitutes

  1. 1Keylor NavasSUB
  2. 3Jesús VallejoSUB
  3. 28Vinícius JúniorSUB
  4. 24Dani CeballosSUB
  5. 19Álvaro OdriozolaSUB
  6. 15Federico ValverdeSUB
  7. 22IscoSUB

RAY · 4-1-4-1

  1. 13Stole DimitrievskiG
  2. 23Alejandro GálvezCD-L
  3. 20Emiliano VelázquezCD-R
  4. 4Álvaro MedránDM
  5. 7Álex MorenoLB
  6. 2TitoRB
  7. 27Santi ComesañaCM-L
  8. 12Giannelli ImbulaCM-R
  9. 18Álvaro GarcíaLM
  10. 17Luis AdvínculaRM
  11. 11Adri EmbarbaF

Substitutes

  1. 15Álex AlegríaSUB
  2. 22José PozoSUB
  3. 14BebéSUB
  4. 28Sergio AkiemeSUB
  5. 29Sergio MorenoSUB
  6. 21Abdoulaye BaSUB
  7. 1Alberto GarcíaSUB

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Rayo Vallecano 0. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez with a through ball.
  2. 39' Alejandro Gálvez (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 54' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Abdoulaye Ba replaces Alejandro Gálvez.
  4. 54' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Bebé replaces Álvaro Medrán.
  5. 64' Bebé (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 71' Substitution, Real Madrid. Dani Ceballos replaces Marco Asensio because of an injury.
  7. 73' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Álex Alegría replaces Adrián Embarba.
  8. 78' Substitution, Real Madrid. Vinícius Júnior replaces Karim Benzema because of an injury.
  9. 83' Giannelli Imbula (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 90'+2' Substitution, Real Madrid. Federico Valverde replaces Luka Modric.

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