Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, March 15, 2025
Real Madrid WLWWW 2
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Villarreal WWDWL 1
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RMA202
VIL101
Estadio de la Cerámica · 20,559 att. · ESPN Deportes

Match Report

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Mbappé double fires Real Madrid to crucial win over Villarreal

Kylian Mbappé scored twice to help Real Madrid fight back to beat Villarreal 2-1 on Saturday and move provisionally top of the LaLiga standings.

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Team Stats

3
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
11
9
Saves
3
54.2
Possession
45.8
9
SHOTS
23
5
ON GOAL
10
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
527
Accurate Passes
405
597
Passes
465
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
10
5
Crosses
44
0.0
Cross %
0.2
45
Long Balls
29
22
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.8
2
Blocked Shots
5
10
Effective Tackles
14
20
Tackles
25
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
16
Interceptions
9
47
Effective Clearances
13
47
Clearances
13

Highlights

01:05 Mbappe scores again to put Real Madrid in front Watch on ESPN 00:55 Juan Foyth prods Villarreal in front over Real Madrid Watch on ESPN 00:44 Mbappe fires home to equalize for Real Madrid Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

RMA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

VIL · 4-4-2

  1. 13Diego CondeG
  2. 2Logan CostaCD-L
  3. 5Willy KambwalaCD-R
  4. 23Sergi CardonaLB
  5. 8Juan FoythRB
  6. 18Pape GueyeCM-L
  7. 14Santi ComesañaCM-R
  8. 16Álex BaenaLM
  9. 9Tajon BuchananRM
  10. 22Ayoze PérezCF-L
  11. 19Nicolas PépéCF-R

RMA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 35Raúl AsencioCD-L
  3. 14Aurélien TchouaméniCD-R
  4. 20Fran GarcíaLB
  5. 17Lucas VázquezRB
  6. 5Jude BellinghamAM
  7. 6Eduardo CamavingaLM
  8. 8Federico ValverdeRM
  9. 9Kylian MbappéF
  10. 11RodrygoAM-L
  11. 21Brahim DíazAM-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Villarreal 1, Real Madrid 0. Juan Foyth (Villarreal) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  2. 17' Goal! Villarreal 1, Real Madrid 1. Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  3. 23' Goal! Villarreal 1, Real Madrid 2. Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez.
  4. 33' Aurélien Tchouaméni (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Villarreal. Thierno Barry replaces Nicolas Pépé.
  6. 50' Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 61' Substitution, Real Madrid. Antonio Rüdiger replaces Raúl Asencio.
  8. 61' Substitution, Real Madrid. Vinícius Júnior replaces Brahim Díaz.
  9. 64' Substitution, Villarreal. Alfonso Pedraza replaces Sergi Cardona.
  10. 64' Substitution, Villarreal. Yeremy Pino replaces Tajon Buchanan.
  11. 65' Substitution, Real Madrid. Luka Modric replaces Rodrygo.
  12. 75' Juan Foyth (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 79' Substitution, Villarreal. Dani Parejo replaces Santi Comesaña.
  14. 83' Substitution, Real Madrid. Arda Güler replaces Federico Valverde.
  15. 84' Substitution, Villarreal. Denis Suárez replaces Pape Gueye.

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