Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, August 17, 2019
Real Madrid LLWWL 3
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Celta Vigo DDWLD 1
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CEL011
Estadio Abanca-Balaídos · 23,614 att.

Match Report

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Kroos stunner helps Real overcome Modric red

Ten-man Real Madrid edged Celta Vigo 3-1 in their La Liga opener at the Estadio Balaídos on Saturday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
6
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
4
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
8
43.4
Possession
56.6
17
SHOTS
7
11
ON GOAL
4
0.6
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
348
Accurate Passes
462
413
Passes
521
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
5
11
Crosses
27
0.4
Cross %
0.2
65
Long Balls
34
39
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
9
13
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
7
17
Effective Clearances
5
17
Clearances
5

Head to Head

RMA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

CEL · 4-2-2-2

  1. 13Rubén BlancoG
  2. 4Néstor AraujoCD-L
  3. 3David CostasCD-R
  4. 15Lucas OlazaLB
  5. 20Kevin VázquezRB
  6. 8Fran BeltránCM-L
  7. 14Stanislav LobotkaCM-R
  8. 10Iago AspasCF-L
  9. 19Gabriel FernandezCF-R
  10. 6Denis SuárezAM-L
  11. 23Brais MéndezAM-R

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 13Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 5Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 12MarceloLB
  5. 19Álvaro OdriozolaRB
  6. 14CasemiroCM
  7. 8Toni KroosLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 28Vinícius JúniorLF
  11. 11Gareth BaleRF

Timeline

  1. 7' Kevin Vázquez (Celta de Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 12' Goal! Celta de Vigo 0, Real Madrid 1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gareth Bale.
  3. 12' Rubén Blanco (Celta de Vigo) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 12' Denis Suárez (Celta de Vigo) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 36' Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45'+2' VAR Decision: No Goal Celta de Vigo 0-1 Real Madrid.
  7. 49' Gabriel Fernández (Celta de Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 56' VAR Decision: Card upgraded Luka Modric (Real Madrid).
  9. 56' Luka Modric (Real Madrid) is shown the red card.
  10. 61' Goal! Celta de Vigo 0, Real Madrid 2. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Marcelo.
  11. 64' Álvaro Odriozola (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 69' Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces Vinícius Júnior.
  13. 74' David Costas (Celta de Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 75' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Pione Sisto replaces Stanislav Lobotka.
  15. 75' Substitution, Real Madrid. Isco replaces Gareth Bale.
  16. 80' Goal! Celta de Vigo 0, Real Madrid 3. Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Karim Benzema.
  17. 81' Substitution, Real Madrid. Luka Jovic replaces Karim Benzema.
  18. 83' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Pape Cheikh replaces Fran Beltrán.
  19. 86' Pape Cheikh (Celta de Vigo) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 88' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Iker Losada replaces Gabriel Fernández.
  21. 90'+1' Goal! Celta de Vigo 1, Real Madrid 3. Iker Losada (Celta de Vigo) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pape Cheikh following a fast break.

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