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Match Report

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Real Madrid restore four-point lead in La Liga with win over Alavés

Real Madrid restored their four-point lead in La Liga over Barcelona with a 2-0 win against Alaves on Friday night.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
5
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
3
7
Saves
4
29
Possession
71
10
SHOTS
18
5
ON GOAL
8
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
218
Accurate Passes
664
295
Passes
729
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
2
9
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.2
50
Long Balls
78
26
Accurate Long Balls
59
0.5
Long Balls %
0.8
1
Blocked Shots
5
7
Effective Tackles
7
12
Tackles
9
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
5
18
Effective Clearances
11
18
Clearances
11

Head to Head

RMA leads series 4-1

Lineups

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 13Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 5Raphaël VaraneCD-L
  3. 3Éder MilitãoCD-R
  4. 23Ferland MendyLB
  5. 17Lucas VázquezRB
  6. 14CasemiroCM
  7. 10Luka ModricLM
  8. 8Toni KroosRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 27RodrygoLF
  11. 20Marco AsensioRF

Substitutes

  1. 11Gareth BaleSUB
  2. 7Eden HazardSUB
  3. 47Miguel GutiérrezSUB
  4. 21Brahim DíazSUB
  5. 15Federico ValverdeSUB
  6. 25Vinícius JúniorSUB
  7. 24Mariano DíazSUB
  8. 22IscoSUB
  9. 39Javi HernándezSUB
  10. 26Diego AltubeSUB
  11. 1Alphonse AreolaSUB

ALA · 4-4-2

  1. 13RobertoG
  2. 4Rodrigo ElyCD-L
  3. 5Víctor LaguardiaCD-R
  4. 17Adrián MarínLB
  5. 23Ximo NavarroRB
  6. 15Ljubomir FejsaCM-L
  7. 10Víctor CamarasaCM-R
  8. 16Édgar MéndezLM
  9. 24Oliver BurkeRM
  10. 9JoseluCF-L
  11. 7Lucas PérezCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Tomás PinaSUB
  2. 21Martín AguirregabiriaSUB
  3. 31Artiz CastroSUB
  4. 12Rafael Enrique NavarroSUB
  5. 36Abdallahi MahmoudSUB
  6. 32Paulino De La FuenteSUB
  7. 38José Luis RodríguezSUB
  8. 11Luis RiojaSUB
  9. 6Lisandro MagallánSUB
  10. 20Pere PonsSUB
  11. 29Borja SainzSUB
  12. 19Manu GarcíaSUB

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Alavés 0. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 23' Substitution, Alavés. Martín Aguirregabiria replaces Ximo Navarro because of an injury.
  3. 50' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Alavés 0. Marco Asensio (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Karim Benzema.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  4. 51' VAR Decision: Goal Real Madrid 2-0 Alavés (Marco Asensio).
  5. 55' Substitution, Alavés. Mahmoud Abdallahi replaces Ljubomir Fejsa.
  6. 55' Substitution, Alavés. Luis Rioja replaces Lucas Pérez.
  7. 68' Substitution, Alavés. Borja Sainz replaces Edgar Méndez.
  8. 69' Substitution, Alavés. José Luis Rodríguez replaces Joselu.
  9. 70' Substitution, Real Madrid. Federico Valverde replaces Luka Modric.
  10. 70' Substitution, Real Madrid. Vinícius Júnior replaces Marco Asensio.
  11. 82' Substitution, Real Madrid. Eden Hazard replaces Karim Benzema.
  12. 82' Substitution, Real Madrid. Isco replaces Rodrygo.
  13. 83' Mahmoud Abdallahi (Alavés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+4' Substitution, Real Madrid. Brahim Díaz replaces Casemiro.

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