Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, September 14, 2019
Levante WDLWW 2
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Real Madrid WLWDD 3
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LEV022
RMA303
Estadio Bernabéu · 60,726 att.

Match Report

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Benzema hands Madrid nervy win vs. Levante

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
6
Corner Kicks
9
8
Saves
1
35
Possession
65
8
SHOTS
25
3
ON GOAL
11
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
258
Accurate Passes
575
327
Passes
634
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
6
19
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
65
29
Accurate Long Balls
48
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
6
5
Effective Tackles
11
12
Tackles
17
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
7
25
Effective Clearances
14
25
Clearances
14

Head to Head

RMA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

RMA · 4-1-4-1

  1. 13Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 5Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 14CasemiroDM
  5. 12MarceloLB
  6. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  7. 8Toni KroosCM-L
  8. 16James RodríguezCM-R
  9. 25Vinícius JúniorLM
  10. 17Lucas VázquezRM
  11. 9Karim BenzemaF

Substitutes

  1. 3Éder MilitãoSUB
  2. 23Ferland MendySUB
  3. 6NachoSUB
  4. 1Alphonse AreolaSUB
  5. 7Eden HazardSUB
  6. 18Luka JovicSUB
  7. 27RodrygoSUB

LEV · 5-3-2

  1. 13Aitor FernándezG
  2. 6Óscar DuarteCD
  3. 15Sergio PostigoCD-L
  4. 14Rúben VezoCD-R
  5. 19Carlos ClercLB
  6. 20Jorge MiramónRB
  7. 17Nikola VukcevicCM
  8. 24José CampañaCM-L
  9. 16Rubén RochinaCM-R
  10. 11José Luis MoralesCF-L
  11. 21Borja MayoralCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23CokeSUB
  2. 22Gonzalo MeleroSUB
  3. 9Roger MartíSUB
  4. 18Erick CabacoSUB
  5. 7Sergio LeónSUB
  6. 1Oier OlazábalSUB
  7. 10Enis BardhiSUB

Timeline

  1. 25' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Levante 0. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daniel Carvajal with a cross.
  2. 28' Casemiro (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 31' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Levante 0. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by James Rodríguez with a through ball.
  4. 40' Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 40' Goal! Real Madrid 3, Levante 0. Casemiro (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior.
  6. 49' Goal! Real Madrid 3, Levante 1. Borja Mayoral (Levante) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Carlos Clerc with a cross.
  7. 56' Substitution, Levante. Enis Bardhi replaces Nikola Vukcevic.
  8. 60' Substitution, Real Madrid. Eden Hazard replaces Casemiro.
  9. 60' Substitution, Real Madrid. Eder Militão replaces Sergio Ramos.
  10. 68' Substitution, Levante. Gonzalo Melero replaces Óscar Duarte.
  11. 68' Substitution, Levante. Roger Martí replaces Rubén Rochina.
  12. 75' Goal! Real Madrid 3, Levante 2. Gonzalo Melero (Levante) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by José Campaña with a cross following a corner.
  13. 80' Rúben Vezo (Levante) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 83' Substitution, Real Madrid. Luka Jovic replaces Karim Benzema.
  15. 90' Carlos Clerc (Levante) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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