Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, January 23, 2021
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Alavés LWLLL 1
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Match Report

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Real Madrid ease past Alaves on Karim Benzema brace, Eden Hazard strike

Karim Benzema scored twice and Eden Hazard picked up a rare goal as Real Madrid beat Alaves in handy fashion in La Liga on Saturday.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
16
3
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
2
60.8
Possession
39.2
10
SHOTS
14
7
ON GOAL
4
0.7
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
540
Accurate Passes
308
607
Passes
372
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
8
9
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.4
71
Long Balls
49
52
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
4
6
Effective Tackles
2
14
Tackles
9
0.4
Tackle %
0.2
12
Interceptions
11
13
Effective Clearances
6
13
Clearances
6

Head to Head

RMA leads series 3-2

Lineups

ALA · 4-4-2

  1. 1Fernando PachecoG
  2. 22Florian LejeuneCD-L
  3. 5Víctor LaguardiaCD-R
  4. 3Rubén DuarteLB
  5. 23Ximo NavarroRB
  6. 8Tomás PinaCM-L
  7. 6Rodrigo BattagliaCM-R
  8. 11Luis RiojaLM
  9. 21Martín AguirregabiriaRM
  10. 16Édgar MéndezCF-L
  11. 9JoseluCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Adrián MarínSUB
  2. 19Manu GarcíaSUB
  3. 2Alberto RodríguezSUB
  4. 7Lucas PérezSUB
  5. 14DeyversonSUB
  6. 18BurguiSUB
  7. 24JotaSUB
  8. 20Pere PonsSUB
  9. 29Borja SainzSUB
  10. 13Antonio SiveraSUB
  11. 26Javi LópezSUB

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 5Raphaël VaraneCD-L
  3. 3Éder MilitãoCD-R
  4. 23Ferland MendyLB
  5. 17Lucas VázquezRB
  6. 14CasemiroCM
  7. 8Toni KroosLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 7Eden HazardLF
  11. 11Marco AsensioRF

Substitutes

  1. 26Diego AltubeSUB
  2. 24Mariano DíazSUB
  3. 22IscoSUB
  4. 13Andriy LuninSUB
  5. 19Álvaro OdriozolaSUB
  6. 12MarceloSUB
  7. 32Víctor ChustSUB
  8. 31Antonio BlancoSUB
  9. 20Vinícius JúniorSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Ximo Navarro (Alavés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 15' Goal! Alavés 0, Real Madrid 1. Casemiro (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Toni Kroos with a cross following a corner.
  3. 41' Goal! Alavés 0, Real Madrid 2. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  4. 45'+1' Goal! Alavés 0, Real Madrid 3. Eden Hazard (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Toni Kroos with a through ball.
  5. 45' Substitution, Alavés. Lucas Pérez replaces Luis Rioja.
  6. 45' Substitution, Alavés. Manu García replaces Rodrigo Battaglia.
  7. 45' Substitution, Alavés. Borja Sainz replaces Ximo Navarro.
  8. 49' Manu García (Alavés) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 59' Eder Militão (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 59' Goal! Alavés 1, Real Madrid 3. Joselu (Alavés) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Lucas Pérez with a cross following a set piece situation.
  11. 63' Substitution, Real Madrid. Vinícius Júnior replaces Eden Hazard.
  12. 70' Goal! Alavés 1, Real Madrid 4. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luka Modric.
  13. 72' Substitution, Alavés. Pere Pons replaces Tomás Pina.
  14. 77' Substitution, Real Madrid. Álvaro Odriozola replaces Luka Modric.
  15. 77' Substitution, Real Madrid. Isco replaces Marco Asensio.
  16. 78' Substitution, Alavés. Deyverson replaces Joselu.
  17. 79' Víctor Laguardia (Alavés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 85' Borja Sainz (Alavés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 86' Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  20. 87' Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  21. 90'+2' Edgar Méndez (Alavés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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