Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, December 7, 2019
Espanyol WLDDL 0
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Real Madrid WWWDW 2
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RMA112
Estadio Bernabéu · 64,125 att.

Match Report

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Real Madrid keep pace in La Liga as Varane, Benzema goals down Espanyol

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
15
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
5
6
Saves
2
39.3
Possession
60.7
6
SHOTS
18
2
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
251
Accurate Passes
436
344
Passes
528
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
14
Crosses
18
0.2
Cross %
0.2
66
Long Balls
56
32
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
4
8
Effective Tackles
7
10
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
12
Interceptions
10
22
Effective Clearances
12
22
Clearances
12

Head to Head

RMA leads series 4-1

Lineups

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 13Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 5Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 23Ferland MendyLB
  5. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 14CasemiroCM
  7. 8Toni KroosLM
  8. 15Federico ValverdeRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 25Vinícius JúniorLF
  11. 27RodrygoRF

ESP · 3-1-4-2

  1. 13Diego LópezG
  2. 20Bernardo EspinosaCD
  3. 24Fernando CaleroCD-L
  4. 15David LópezCD-R
  5. 21Marc RocaSW
  6. 10Sergi DarderCM-L
  7. 23Esteban GraneroCM-R
  8. 17Dídac VilàLM
  9. 34Víctor GómezRM
  10. 12Jonathan CalleriCF-L
  11. 7Wu LeiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 15' Esteban Granero (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 17' Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 37' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Espanyol 0. Raphael Varane (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Karim Benzema.
  4. 61' Fernando Calero (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 63' Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 65' Substitution, Espanyol. Víctor Campuzano replaces Wu Lei.
  7. 71' Substitution, Real Madrid. Luka Modric replaces Toni Kroos.
  8. 73' Substitution, Espanyol. Pol Lozano replaces Esteban Granero.
  9. 74' Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 79' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Espanyol 0. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Federico Valverde.
  11. 83' Second yellow card to Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid) for a bad foul.
  12. 83' Substitution, Espanyol. Óscar Melendo replaces Jonathan Calleri.
  13. 85' Substitution, Real Madrid. Eder Militão replaces Vinícius Júnior.
  14. 85' Substitution, Real Madrid. Brahim Díaz replaces Rodrygo.
  15. 90'+1' Sergi Darder (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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