Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, January 8, 2022
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Estadio Bernabéu · 40,617 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Real Madrid see off Valencia to extend LaLiga lead

Vinicius Junior scored twice as Real Madrid beat Valencia 4-1 at the Bernabeu on Saturday to go eight points clear at the top of the LaLiga table.

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Team Stats

24
Fouls
15
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
8
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
6
32.8
Possession
67.2
12
SHOTS
23
7
ON GOAL
8
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
222
Accurate Passes
560
283
Passes
614
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
3
22
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.3
47
Long Balls
62
20
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
8
11
Effective Tackles
8
17
Tackles
9
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
3
Interceptions
14
15
Effective Clearances
12
15
Clearances
12

Highlights

01:01 Vinicius Jr. slots one past the keeper to double Real Madrid's lead Watch on ESPN 02:21 Vinicius Jr., Karim Benzema lead the charge in Real Madrid's win vs. Valencia Watch on ESPN 00:51 Vinicius Jr. grabs his brace with header vs. Valencia Watch on ESPN 00:42 Guedes misses penalty, heads in rebound vs. Real Madrid Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

RMA leads series 4-1

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. 11Marco AsensioRF

VAL · 4-4-2

  1. 13Jasper CillessenG
  2. 15Omar AldereteCD-L
  3. 12Mouctar DiakhabyCD-R
  4. 14José GayàLB
  5. 24Cristiano PicciniRB
  6. 18Daniel WassCM-L
  7. 6Hugo GuillamónCM-R
  8. 7Gonçalo GuedesLM
  9. 11Hélder CostaRM
  10. 4Yunus MusahCF-L
  11. 9Maximiliano GómezCF-R

Timeline

  1. 14' Casemiro (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 26' Eder Militão (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 43' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Valencia 0. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  4. 51' Cristiano Piccini (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 52' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Valencia 0. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  6. 58' Yunus Musah (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 61' Goal! Real Madrid 3, Valencia 0. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) header from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  8. 66' Substitution, Valencia. Koba Koindredi replaces Maximiliano Gómez.
  9. 66' Substitution, Valencia. Denis Cheryshev replaces Yunus Musah.
  10. 66' Substitution, Valencia. Marcos André replaces Hélder Costa.
  11. 70' Substitution, Real Madrid. Dani Ceballos replaces Luka Modric.
  12. 71' Substitution, Real Madrid. Eduardo Camavinga replaces Casemiro.
  13. 75' Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 76' Penalty saved! Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  15. 76' Goal! Real Madrid 3, Valencia 1. Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  16. 77' Substitution, Valencia. Rubén Iranzo replaces Cristiano Piccini.
  17. 83' Substitution, Valencia. Manu Vallejo replaces Koba Koindredi.
  18. 84' Denis Cheryshev (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 87' Substitution, Real Madrid. Federico Valverde replaces Vinícius Júnior.
  20. 87' Substitution, Real Madrid. Nacho replaces Lucas Vázquez.
  21. 88' Goal! Real Madrid 4, Valencia 1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ferland Mendy.
  22. 89' Substitution, Real Madrid. Isco replaces Karim Benzema.

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