Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, January 23, 2022
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Real Madrid WWWWW 2
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Estadio Bernabéu · 39,796 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Real Madrid held to surprise draw by Elche

Real Madrid gave a glimmer of hope to their title rivals following a surprise 2-2 draw at home to Elche on Sunday.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
10
6
Saves
0
35.3
Possession
64.7
3
SHOTS
23
2
ON GOAL
8
0.7
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
2
271
Accurate Passes
541
344
Passes
617
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
8
7
Crosses
28
0.3
Cross %
0.3
59
Long Balls
47
25
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
0
Blocked Shots
7
15
Effective Tackles
11
25
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
12
Interceptions
5
32
Effective Clearances
2
32
Clearances
2

Highlights

01:14 Benzema fires over from the penalty spot Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

RMA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 4David AlabaCD-L
  3. 3Éder MilitãoCD-R
  4. 23Ferland MendyLB
  5. 17Lucas VázquezRB
  6. 14CasemiroCM
  7. 8Toni KroosLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 20Vinícius JúniorLF
  11. 7Eden HazardRF

ELC · 4-4-2

  1. 13Edgar BadíaG
  2. 4Diego GonzálezCD-L
  3. 5Gonzalo VerdúCD-R
  4. 22Johan MojicaLB
  5. 14Helibelton PalaciosRB
  6. 2Gerard GumbauCM-L
  7. 8Raúl GutiCM-R
  8. 10Pere MillaLM
  9. 11José Antonio MorenteRM
  10. 12Lucas PérezCF-L
  11. 9Lucas BoyéCF-R

Timeline

  1. 24' Substitution, Elche. Fidel replaces Tete Morente because of an injury.
  2. 33' Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot is just a bit too high. Karim Benzema should be disappointed.
  3. 42' Goal! Real Madrid 0, Elche 1. Lucas Boyé (Elche) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fidel with a cross.
  4. 54' Eder Militão (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 55' Fidel (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 58' Substitution, Real Madrid. Luka Jovic replaces Karim Benzema because of an injury.
  7. 63' Substitution, Real Madrid. Rodrygo replaces Toni Kroos.
  8. 72' Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 76' Goal! Real Madrid 0, Elche 2. Pere Milla (Elche) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Boyé.
  10. 79' Substitution, Real Madrid. Isco replaces Eden Hazard.
  11. 79' Substitution, Real Madrid. Federico Valverde replaces Lucas Vázquez.
  12. 82' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Elche 2. Luka Modric (Real Madrid) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  13. 88' Substitution, Elche. Josan replaces Lucas Pérez.
  14. 90'+2' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Elche 2. Eder Militão (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior with a cross.
  15. 90'+5' David Alaba (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

LALIGA News

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