Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, August 20, 2022
Real Madrid LDWWW 4
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Celta Vigo LWLDD 1
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RMA224
CEL101
Estadio Abanca-Balaídos · 15,681 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Luka Modric stunner helps Real Madrid to 4-1 win over Celta Vigo

Luka Modric scored his latest stunning goal to help Real Madrid to an eventually comfortable 4-1 victory at Celta Vigo on Saturday.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
3
49.2
Possession
50.8
16
SHOTS
15
7
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.1
1
Penalty Goals
1
2
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
475
Accurate Passes
479
538
Passes
543
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
7
7
Crosses
23
0.1
Cross %
0.3
40
Long Balls
38
26
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.7
Long Balls %
0.7
4
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
9
14
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
15
Interceptions
7
20
Effective Clearances
11
20
Clearances
11

Highlights

00:40 Karim Benzema converts a penalty to put Madrid up early Watch on ESPN 00:42 Iago Aspas sends in the equalizing penalty for Celta Watch on ESPN 01:08 Luka Modric sends in a beauty from the top of the box Watch on ESPN 00:56 Valverde pads the lead with a one-touch goal Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

RMA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

CEL · 4-1-3-2

  1. 1Agustín MarchesínG
  2. 4Unai NúñezCD-L
  3. 15Joseph AidooCD-R
  4. 14Renato TapiaSW
  5. 17Javi GalánLB
  6. 2Hugo MalloRB
  7. 8Fran BeltránCM
  8. 5Óscar RodríguezLM
  9. 11Franco CerviRM
  10. 9Gonçalo PaciênciaCF-L
  11. 10Iago AspasCF-R

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 4David AlabaCD-L
  3. 3Éder MilitãoCD-R
  4. 23Ferland MendyLB
  5. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 18Aurélien TchouaméniCM
  7. 12Eduardo CamavingaLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 20Vinícius JúniorLF
  11. 15Federico ValverdeRF

Timeline

  1. 13' Renato Tapia (Celta Vigo) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  2. 14' Goal! Celta Vigo 0, Real Madrid 1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 23' Goal! Celta Vigo 1, Real Madrid 1. Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  4. 42' Goal! Celta Vigo 1, Real Madrid 2. Luka Modric (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by David Alaba.
  5. 56' Goal! Celta Vigo 1, Real Madrid 3. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luka Modric with a through ball following a fast break.
  6. 65' Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 66' Goal! Celta Vigo 1, Real Madrid 4. Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior following a fast break.
  8. 68' David Alaba (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 69' Substitution, Celta Vigo. Carles Pérez replaces Gonçalo Paciência.
  10. 69' Substitution, Real Madrid. Antonio Rüdiger replaces Daniel Carvajal.
  11. 77' Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces David Alaba.
  12. 77' Substitution, Real Madrid. Dani Ceballos replaces Luka Modric.
  13. 78' Substitution, Celta Vigo. Gabriel Veiga replaces Óscar Rodríguez.
  14. 82' Substitution, Real Madrid. Marco Asensio replaces Eduardo Camavinga.
  15. 83' Substitution, Real Madrid. Eden Hazard replaces Vinícius Júnior.
  16. 85' Hugo Mallo (Celta Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 87' Substitution, Celta Vigo. Luca de la Torre replaces Renato Tapia.
  18. 87' Penalty saved! Eden Hazard (Real Madrid) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.

LALIGA News

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