Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, September 1, 2018
Leganés LLWLD 1
–
Real Madrid WWLWW 4
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LEG101
RMA134
Estadio Bernabéu · 59,255 att.

Match Report

EPA/RODRIGO JIMENEZ

Karim Benzema nets brace as Real Madrid to maintain perfect La Liga start

Real Madrid continued their flying start to the La Liga season by easily beating neighbours Leganes 4-1 helped by a Karim Benzema double Saturday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
8
4
Saves
2
22.8
Possession
77.2
8
SHOTS
17
3
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
187
Accurate Passes
799
252
Passes
870
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
8
11
Crosses
27
0.4
Cross %
0.3
67
Long Balls
89
30
Accurate Long Balls
73
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
3
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
11
11
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
12
Interceptions
7
22
Effective Clearances
6
22
Clearances
6

Head to Head

RMA leads series 4-1

Lineups

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 25Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 5Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 12MarceloLB
  5. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 14CasemiroCM
  7. 8Toni KroosLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 20Marco AsensioLF
  11. 11Gareth BaleRF

Substitutes

  1. 18Marcos LlorenteSUB
  2. 17Lucas VázquezSUB
  3. 6NachoSUB
  4. 1Keylor NavasSUB
  5. 22IscoSUB
  6. 24Dani CeballosSUB
  7. 7Mariano DíazSUB

LEG · 4-4-2

  1. 1Iván CuéllarG
  2. 22Dimitrios SiovasCD-L
  3. 3Unai BustinzaCD-R
  4. 5Jonathan SilvaLB
  5. 2JuanfranRB
  6. 6Gerard GumbauCM-L
  7. 21Rubén PérezCM-R
  8. 10Nabil El ZharLM
  9. 17Javier ErasoRM
  10. 9Guido CarrilloCF-L
  11. 20Michael SantosCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Jon SerantesSUB
  2. 12Allan NyomSUB
  3. 7Daniel OjedaSUB
  4. 23Mikel VesgaSUB
  5. 4Diego RolánSUB
  6. 24Kenneth OmeruoSUB
  7. 26Youssef En-NesyriSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Luka Modric (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 17' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Leganés 0. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Daniel Carvajal with a headed pass.
  3. 24' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Leganés 1. Guido Carrillo (Leganés) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  4. 27' Michael Santos (Leganés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 48' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Leganés 1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marco Asensio with a cross.
  6. 49' VAR: Goal. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  7. 61' Goal! Real Madrid 3, Leganés 1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luka Modric.
  8. 62' Substitution, Real Madrid. Isco replaces Luka Modric.
  9. 66' Goal! Real Madrid 4, Leganés 1. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  10. 69' Substitution, Leganés. Mikel Vesga replaces Javier Eraso.
  11. 70' Substitution, Leganés. Youssef En-Nesyri replaces Nabil El Zhar.
  12. 78' Substitution, Real Madrid. Dani Ceballos replaces Marco Asensio.
  13. 81' Substitution, Leganés. Diego Rolan replaces Michael Santos.
  14. 85' Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces Gareth Bale.

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