Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, April 8, 2023
Villarreal DDLWW 3
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Real Madrid WWLWW 2
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VIL123
RMA112
Estadio Bernabéu · 57,887 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Real Madrid crash to Villarreal defeat as title chances fall further away

Samu Chukwueze scored twice to inflict a further blow on Real Madrid's title hopes as they were beaten 3-2 by Villarreal at home on Saturday.

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
5
51
Possession
49
17
SHOTS
18
8
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
382
Accurate Passes
383
443
Passes
432
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
2
15
Crosses
9
0.1
Cross %
0.2
43
Long Balls
28
25
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
4
12
Effective Tackles
16
19
Tackles
20
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
7
Interceptions
6
13
Effective Clearances
19
13
Clearances
19

Highlights

00:58 Real Madrid takes lead on Villarreal's own goal Watch on ESPN 01:00 Samuel Chukwueze shakes defender before smashing Villarreal's equalizer Watch on ESPN 01:05 Vinicius Jr. nutmegs defender before scoring goal Watch on ESPN 00:59 José Luis Morales evens it up for Villarreal Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

RMA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 4David AlabaCD-L
  3. 22Antonio RüdigerCD-R
  4. 6NachoLB
  5. 17Lucas VázquezRB
  6. 18Aurélien TchouaméniCM
  7. 19Dani CeballosLM
  8. 11Marco AsensioRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 20Vinícius JúniorLF
  11. 21RodrygoRF

VIL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Pepe ReinaG
  2. 4Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 23Aïssa MandiCD-R
  4. 24Alfonso PedrazaLB
  5. 8Juan FoythRB
  6. 10Dani ParejoCM
  7. 16Álex BaenaLM
  8. 39Ramón TerratsRM
  9. 17Giovani Lo CelsoF
  10. 21Yéremy PinoLF
  11. 11Samuel ChukwuezeRF

Timeline

  1. 16' Own Goal by Pau Torres, Villarreal. Real Madrid 1, Villarreal 0.
  2. 25' Yeremy Pino (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 33' Substitution, Villarreal. Manu Trigueros replaces Ramón Terrats.
  4. 35' Alfonso Pedraza (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 39' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Villarreal 1. Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giovani Lo Celso.
  6. 45' Substitution, Real Madrid. Éder Militão replaces David Alaba.
  7. 48' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Villarreal 1. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dani Ceballos.
  8. 59' Substitution, Real Madrid. Federico Valverde replaces Karim Benzema.
  9. 67' Substitution, Villarreal. José Morales replaces Giovani Lo Celso.
  10. 67' Substitution, Villarreal. Alberto Moreno replaces Yeremy Pino.
  11. 69' Juan Foyth (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 70' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Villarreal 2. José Morales (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  13. 72' Substitution, Real Madrid. Luka Modric replaces Aurélien Tchouaméni.
  14. 75' Substitution, Real Madrid. Eduardo Camavinga replaces Dani Ceballos.
  15. 80' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Villarreal 3. Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Álex Baena.
  16. 90'+1' Substitution, Villarreal. Kiko Femenía replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
  17. 90'+1' Substitution, Villarreal. Johan Mojica replaces Álex Baena.

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