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FT Saturday, August 14, 2021
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Match Report

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Real Madrid open LaLiga season with Karim Benzema double over Alaves

Karim Benzema picked up where he left off last season by scoring twice to fire Real Madrid to a 4-1 win away to Alaves.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
0
3
Saves
4
59.3
Possession
40.7
19
SHOTS
11
7
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
518
Accurate Passes
330
584
Passes
394
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
5
13
Crosses
18
0.3
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
52
32
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.6
Long Balls %
0.8
4
Blocked Shots
4
5
Effective Tackles
4
10
Tackles
8
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
16
Interceptions
8
8
Effective Clearances
13
8
Clearances
13

Highlights

01:35 Karim Benzema scores twice in Real Madrid's win Watch on ESPN 00:50 Karim Benzema strikes to break the deadlock for Real Madrid Watch on ESPN 00:46 Nacho slides and scores to double Real Madrid's lead Watch on ESPN 00:42 Karim Benzema scores again for Real Madrid Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

RMA leads series 4-1

Lineups

ALA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Fernando PachecoG
  2. 22Florian LejeuneCD-L
  3. 5Víctor LaguardiaCD-R
  4. 3Rubén DuarteLB
  5. 21Martín AguirregabiriaRB
  6. 14Manu GarcíaAM
  7. 20Pere PonsLM
  8. 8Tomás PinaRM
  9. 9JoseluF
  10. 17Édgar MéndezAM-L
  11. 11Luis RiojaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Antonio SiveraSUB
  2. 29Taichi HaraSUB
  3. 26Abdel AbqarSUB
  4. 19Ivan MartínezSUB
  5. 10John GuidettiSUB
  6. 7Lucas PérezSUB
  7. 27Javi LópezSUB
  8. 15Antonio MoyaSUB
  9. 18Facundo PellistriSUB
  10. 6Mamadou LoumSUB
  11. 2Alberto RodríguezSUB
  12. 12Saúl GarcíaSUB

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 6NachoCD-L
  3. 3Éder MilitãoCD-R
  4. 4David AlabaLB
  5. 17Lucas VázquezRB
  6. 14CasemiroCM
  7. 10Luka ModricLM
  8. 15Federico ValverdeRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 7Eden HazardLF
  11. 18Gareth BaleRF

Substitutes

  1. 22IscoSUB
  2. 13Andriy LuninSUB
  3. 16Luka JovicSUB
  4. 35Miguel GutiérrezSUB
  5. 19Álvaro OdriozolaSUB
  6. 40Toni FuidiasSUB
  7. 21RodrygoSUB
  8. 27Antonio BlancoSUB
  9. 11Marco AsensioSUB
  10. 20Vinícius JúniorSUB

Timeline

  1. 35' Manu García (Alaves) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 48' Goal! Alaves 0, Real Madrid 1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  3. 53' Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 56' Goal! Alaves 0, Real Madrid 2. Nacho (Real Madrid) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luka Modric with a cross following a corner.
  5. 59' Substitution, Alaves. John Guidetti replaces Manu García.
  6. 59' Substitution, Alaves. Mamadou Loum replaces Pere Pons.
  7. 62' Goal! Alaves 0, Real Madrid 3. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.
  8. 64' Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 65' Goal! Alaves 1, Real Madrid 3. Joselu (Alaves) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  10. 66' Substitution, Real Madrid. Vinícius Júnior replaces Eden Hazard.
  11. 68' Substitution, Alaves. Facundo Pellistri replaces Luis Rioja.
  12. 68' Substitution, Alaves. Iván Martín replaces Edgar Méndez.
  13. 68' Substitution, Real Madrid. Rodrygo replaces Gareth Bale.
  14. 82' Substitution, Alaves. Toni Moya replaces Tomás Pina.
  15. 88' Substitution, Real Madrid. Isco replaces Federico Valverde.
  16. 88' Substitution, Real Madrid. Marco Asensio replaces Luka Modric.
  17. 88' Substitution, Real Madrid. Luka Jovic replaces Karim Benzema.
  18. 90'+2' Goal! Alaves 1, Real Madrid 4. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Alaba with a cross following a corner.

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