Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, November 6, 2021
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Real Madrid WWDWW 2
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Estadio Bernabéu · 43,283 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Karim Benzema, Toni Kroos keep Real Madrid top of LaLiga with win over Rayo Vallecano

Real Madrid survived a late surge from Rayo Vallecano to win 2-1 at the Bernabeu on Satuday and maintain their spot at the top of LaLiga.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
5
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
5
45.4
Possession
54.6
19
SHOTS
15
7
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
395
Accurate Passes
488
443
Passes
551
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
8
Accurate Crosses
4
30
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.3
64
Long Balls
51
43
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
5
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
14
17
Tackles
20
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
10
8
Effective Clearances
9
8
Clearances
9

Highlights

00:46 Benzema knocks in his 10th goal of the season for Real Madrid Watch on ESPN 01:03 Toni Kroos' laser of a goal given after VAR check Watch on ESPN 00:56 Falcao gets a goal back against Real Madrid Watch on ESPN 03:05 Kroos, Benzema lead Real Madrid back to the top of LaLiga 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. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 14CasemiroCM
  7. 8Toni KroosLM
  8. 25Eduardo CamavingaRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 20Vinícius JúniorLF
  11. 11Marco AsensioRF

RAY · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Stole DimitrievskiG
  2. 5Alejandro CatenaCD-L
  3. 24Esteban SaveljichCD-R
  4. 33Fran GarcíaLB
  5. 20Iván BalliuRB
  6. 8Óscar TrejoAM
  7. 23Óscar ValentínLM
  8. 6Santi ComesañaRM
  9. 9Randy NtekaF
  10. 18Álvaro GarcíaAM-L
  11. 7Isi PalazónAM-R

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Rayo Vallecano 0. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  2. 29' Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 38' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Rayo Vallecano 0. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Alaba with a cross.
  4. 45'+1' Iván Balliu (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 60' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Bebé replaces Isi Palazón.
  6. 60' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Unai López replaces Óscar Trejo.
  7. 68' Santiago Comesaña (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 69' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Radamel Falcao replaces Randy Nteka.
  9. 76' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Rayo Vallecano 1. Radamel Falcao (Rayo Vallecano) header from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álvaro García with a cross.
  10. 81' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Sergi Guardiola replaces Radamel Falcao because of an injury.
  11. 81' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. José Pozo replaces Esteban Saveljich.
  12. 83' Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces Marco Asensio.
  13. 83' Substitution, Real Madrid. Eden Hazard replaces Karim Benzema.
  14. 90'+3' Substitution, Real Madrid. Nacho replaces Daniel Carvajal.

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