Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, August 26, 2018
Real Madrid WWWLW 4
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Girona LLWWD 1
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RMA134
GIR101
Municipal de Montilivi · 13,383 att.

Match Report

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Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale rally Real Madrid to win at Girona

A second-half double from Karim Benzema helped Real Madrid to a 4-1 victory at Girona on Sunday and maintain their perfect La Liga start.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
13
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
4
66.2
Possession
33.8
20
SHOTS
10
8
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.5
2
Penalty Goals
0
2
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
643
Accurate Passes
277
714
Passes
359
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
20
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.2
62
Long Balls
60
48
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.8
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
2
6
Effective Tackles
7
12
Tackles
13
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
9
Interceptions
16
19
Effective Clearances
23
19
Clearances
23

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1

Lineups

GIR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Yassine BounouG
  2. 2Bernardo EspinosaCD-L
  3. 15JuanpeCD-R
  4. 20Marc MuniesaLB
  5. 29Pedro PorroRB
  6. 24David TimorCM
  7. 6Álex GranellLM
  8. 8Pere PonsRM
  9. 19Choco LozanoF
  10. 10Borja GarcíaLF
  11. 9PortuRF

RMA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Keylor NavasG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 6NachoCD-R
  4. 12MarceloLB
  5. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 22IscoAM
  7. 8Toni KroosLM
  8. 14CasemiroRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 20Marco AsensioAM-L
  11. 11Gareth BaleAM-R

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Girona 1, Real Madrid 0. Borja García (Girona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
  2. 33' Pedro Porro (Girona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 39' Goal! Girona 1, Real Madrid 1. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  4. 52' Goal! Girona 1, Real Madrid 2. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  5. 58' Substitution, Girona. Cristhian Stuani replaces Anthony Lozano.
  6. 59' Goal! Girona 1, Real Madrid 3. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Isco with a through ball following a fast break.
  7. 60' Substitution, Real Madrid. Raphael Varane replaces Marcelo.
  8. 65' Marc Muniesa (Girona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 65' VAR: Mistaken Identity. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  10. 67' Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 71' Substitution, Girona. Aleix García replaces Pere Pons.
  12. 77' Substitution, Real Madrid. Luka Modric replaces Isco.
  13. 79' Substitution, Girona. Aday Benítez replaces Pedro Porro.
  14. 80' Goal! Girona 1, Real Madrid 4. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gareth Bale.
  15. 86' Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 87' Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces Gareth Bale.
  17. 88' Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.

LALIGA News

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