Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, March 13, 2021
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Real Madrid WWWDD 2
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Alfredo Di Stéfano

Match Report

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Real Madrid beat Elche with late Benzema double

Karim Benzema scored two late goals to help Real Madrid come from a goal down to win 2-1 against Elche on Saturday.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
1
34.5
Possession
65.5
3
SHOTS
17
2
ON GOAL
4
0.7
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
234
Accurate Passes
521
311
Passes
596
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
6
15
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.3
64
Long Balls
50
33
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
6
11
Tackles
9
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
7
Interceptions
13
22
Effective Clearances
14
22
Clearances
14

Head to Head

RMA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

RMA · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD
  3. 6NachoCD-L
  4. 5Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  5. 14CasemiroSW
  6. 22IscoCM-L
  7. 15Federico ValverdeCM-R
  8. 23Ferland MendyLM
  9. 17Lucas VázquezRM
  10. 9Karim BenzemaCF-L
  11. 20Vinícius JúniorCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Marco Asensio
  2. 3Éder Militão
  3. 7Eden Hazard
  4. 8Toni Kroos
  5. 26Diego Altube
  6. 25Rodrygo
  7. 10Luka Modric
  8. 13Andriy Lunin
  9. 34Hugo Duro

ELC · 4-4-2

  1. 13Edgar BadíaG
  2. 5Gonzalo VerdúCD-L
  3. 12Dani CalvoCD-R
  4. 25Johan MojicaLB
  5. 19Antonio BarragánRB
  6. 4Iván MarconeCM-L
  7. 14Raúl GutiCM-R
  8. 16FidelLM
  9. 11José Antonio MorenteRM
  10. 9Lucas BoyéCF-L
  11. 21Guido CarrilloCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23CifuentesSUB
  2. 10Pere MillaSUB
  3. 1Paulo GazzanigaSUB
  4. 24JosemaSUB
  5. 17JosanSUB
  6. 8Víctor RodríguezSUB
  7. 15LuismiSUB
  8. 45Lluis AndreuSUB
  9. 7NinoSUB
  10. 2Diego GonzálezSUB
  11. 6Nuke MfuluSUB
  12. 18Helibelton PalaciosSUB

Timeline

  1. 36' Substitution, Elche. Cifu replaces Antonio Barragán because of an injury.
  2. 37' Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 61' Goal! Real Madrid 0, Elche 1. Dani Calvo (Elche) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Tete Morente with a cross following a corner.
  4. 61' Substitution, Real Madrid. Toni Kroos replaces Sergio Ramos.
  5. 62' Substitution, Real Madrid. Rodrygo replaces Isco.
  6. 62' Substitution, Real Madrid. Luka Modric replaces Federico Valverde.
  7. 69' Guido Carrillo (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 73' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Elche 1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luka Modric with a cross following a corner.
  9. 75' Substitution, Elche. Josan replaces Tete Morente.
  10. 75' Substitution, Elche. Omenuke Mfulu replaces Lucas Boyé.
  11. 75' Substitution, Real Madrid. Eden Hazard replaces Vinícius Júnior.
  12. 87' Substitution, Elche. Josema replaces Fidel.
  13. 87' Substitution, Elche. Diego González replaces Raúl Guti.
  14. 90'+1' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Elche 1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rodrygo.

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