Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, March 9, 2025
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Real Madrid WWWLW 2
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RAY101
RMA202
Estadio Bernabéu · 74,170 att. · ESPN Deportes

Match Report

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Real Madrid maintain pressure in title race after easy win over Rayo Vallecano

Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Jr scored in the first half to give Real Madrid an easy 2-1 win over neighbours Rayo Vallecano on Sunday that helped them draw level at the top of the table in the battle to retain their LaLiga crown.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
5
54.2
Possession
45.8
20
SHOTS
10
6
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
490
Accurate Passes
410
544
Passes
465
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
2
18
Crosses
7
0.3
Cross %
0.3
34
Long Balls
49
18
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
6
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
7
16
Tackles
21
0.5
Tackle %
0.3
4
Interceptions
14
6
Effective Clearances
9
6
Clearances
9

Highlights

02:09 Mbappe and Vinicius fire Real Madrid past Rayo Vallecano Watch on ESPN 00:24 Vinicius Junior strikes the post early on Watch on ESPN 00:59 Vinicius Junior scores magnificent solo goal for Real Madrid Watch on ESPN 00:36 Mbappe fires Real Madrid into a first-half lead Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

RMA · 4-4-2

  1. 13Andriy LuninG
  2. 4David AlabaCD-L
  3. 35Raúl AsencioCD-R
  4. 20Fran GarcíaLB
  5. 17Lucas VázquezRB
  6. 10Luka ModricCM-L
  7. 14Aurélien TchouaméniCM-R
  8. 5Jude BellinghamLM
  9. 11RodrygoRM
  10. 7Vinícius JúniorCF-L
  11. 9Kylian MbappéCF-R

RAY · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Augusto BatallaG
  2. 5Aridane HernándezCD-L
  3. 24Florian LejeuneCD-R
  4. 22Pacha EspinoLB
  5. 2Andrei RatiuRB
  6. 4Pedro DíazAM
  7. 15Gerard GumbauLM
  8. 6Pathé CissRM
  9. 18Álvaro GarcíaF
  10. 3Pep ChavarríaAM-L
  11. 21Adri EmbarbaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 30' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Rayo Vallecano 0. Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 34' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Rayo Vallecano 0. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luka Modric.
  3. 45'+2' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Rayo Vallecano 1. Pedro Díaz (Rayo Vallecano) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álvaro García.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  4. 63' Gerard Gumbau (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 68' Substitution, Real Madrid. Federico Valverde replaces Rodrygo.
  6. 70' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Óscar Trejo replaces Gerard Gumbau.
  7. 70' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Iván Balliu replaces Pedro Díaz.
  8. 70' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Óscar Valentín replaces Adri Embarba.
  9. 79' Substitution, Real Madrid. Eduardo Camavinga replaces Kylian Mbappé.
  10. 79' Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 85' Aurélien Tchouaméni (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 85' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Unai López replaces Pathé Ciss.
  13. 85' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Sergi Guardiola replaces Alfonso Espino.
  14. 86' Substitution, Real Madrid. Brahim Díaz replaces Jude Bellingham.
  15. 90'+2' Luka Modric (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.

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