Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, January 2, 2021
Celta Vigo WWWDW 0
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Real Madrid WWWWD 2
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Alfredo Di Stéfano

Match Report

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Real Madrid go top of La Liga after comfortable victory over Celta Vigo

Real Madrid moved one point clear at the top of the La Liga table on Saturday after their 2-0 win over Celta Vigo at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
1
0
Saves
0
59
Possession
41
6
SHOTS
9
1
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
596
Accurate Passes
410
672
Passes
469
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
4
26
Crosses
11
0.1
Cross %
0.4
51
Long Balls
54
30
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
5
14
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.3
11
Interceptions
14
6
Effective Clearances
21
6
Clearances
21

Head to Head

RMA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 6NachoCD-L
  3. 5Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 23Ferland MendyLB
  5. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 14CasemiroCM
  7. 8Toni KroosLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 11Marco AsensioLF
  11. 17Lucas VázquezRF

Substitutes

  1. 3Éder MilitãoSUB
  2. 18Luka JovicSUB
  3. 12MarceloSUB
  4. 22IscoSUB
  5. 20Vinícius JúniorSUB
  6. 15Federico ValverdeSUB
  7. 26Diego AltubeSUB
  8. 19Álvaro OdriozolaSUB
  9. 21Martin ØdegaardSUB
  10. 24Mariano DíazSUB
  11. 7Eden HazardSUB
  12. 13Andriy LuninSUB

CEL · 4-1-3-2

  1. 13Rubén BlancoG
  2. 24Jeison MurilloCD-L
  3. 4Néstor AraujoCD-R
  4. 14Renato TapiaSW
  5. 15Lucas OlazaLB
  6. 2Hugo MalloRB
  7. 6Denis SuárezCM
  8. 9NolitoLM
  9. 23Brais MéndezRM
  10. 22Santi MinaCF-L
  11. 10Iago AspasCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Miguel Baeza
  2. 38Lautaro De León
  3. 32Miguel Rodríguez
  4. 34Sergio Carreira
  5. 29José Fontán
  6. 8Fran Beltrán
  7. 5Okay Yokuslu
  8. 18Joseph Aidoo
  9. 31Gabri Veiga
  10. 1Iván Villar

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Celta de Vigo 0. Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marco Asensio with a cross following a fast break.
  2. 10' Brais Méndez (Celta de Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 38' Marco Asensio (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 42' Renato Tapia (Celta de Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 50' Nacho (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 51' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Fran Beltrán replaces Iago Aspas because of an injury.
  7. 53' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Celta de Vigo 0. Marco Asensio (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez.
  8. 64' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Miguel Baeza replaces Nolito because of an injury.
  9. 74' Substitution, Real Madrid. Eden Hazard replaces Marco Asensio.
  10. 84' Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 85' Substitution, Real Madrid. Vinícius Júnior replaces Daniel Carvajal.
  12. 85' Substitution, Real Madrid. Martin Ødegaard replaces Luka Modric.
  13. 85' Substitution, Real Madrid. Federico Valverde replaces Toni Kroos.
  14. 87' Casemiro (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+1' Substitution, Real Madrid. Mariano replaces Karim Benzema.

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