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Match Report

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Valverde's late strike earns Madrid win to keep title hopes alive

Real Madrid's Federico Valverde netted a superb late volley to secure a 1-0 home win over Athletic Bilbao on Sunday that keeps them within four points of LaLiga leaders Barcelona.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
14
6
Saves
1
26.6
Possession
73.4
3
SHOTS
22
1
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
168
Accurate Passes
603
240
Passes
661
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
6
8
Crosses
29
0.1
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
48
14
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
7
19
Effective Tackles
10
24
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
11
Interceptions
7
38
Effective Clearances
14
38
Clearances
14

Highlights

00:52 Fede Valverde's wonderstrike finds the top corner for Real Watch on ESPN 01:04 Vini's opening goal ruled out by VAR Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

RMA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

RMA · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 22Antonio RüdigerCD-L
  3. 35Raúl AsencioCD-R
  4. 6Eduardo CamavingaLB
  5. 8Federico ValverdeRB
  6. 7Vinícius JúniorM
  7. 14Aurélien TchouaméniCM
  8. 5Jude BellinghamAM
  9. 19Dani CeballosLM
  10. 10Luka ModricRM
  11. 11RodrygoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Arda Güler
  2. 21Brahim Díaz
  3. 26Fran González
  4. 20Fran García
  5. 17Lucas Vázquez
  6. 16Endrick
  7. 13Andriy Lunin
  8. 4David Alaba
  9. 18Jesús Vallejo

ATH · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Unai SimónG
  2. 4Aitor ParedesCD-L
  3. 14Unai NúñezCD-R
  4. 32Adama BoiroLB
  5. 2Andoni GorosabelRB
  6. 7Álex BerenguerAM
  7. 6Mikel VesgaLM
  8. 24Beñat PradosRM
  9. 12Gorka GuruzetaF
  10. 20Unai GómezAM-L
  11. 11Álvaro DjalóAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Mikel JauregizarSUB
  2. 16Iñigo Ruiz de GalarretaSUB
  3. 8Oihan SancetSUB
  4. 15Iñigo LekueSUB
  5. 18Óscar de MarcosSUB
  6. 17Yuri BerchicheSUB
  7. 28Peio CanalesSUB
  8. 5YeraySUB
  9. 9Iñaki WilliamsSUB
  10. 21Maroan SannadiSUB
  11. 13Julen AgirrezabalaSUB
  12. 3Dani VivianSUB

Timeline

  1. 58' Substitution, Real Madrid. Endrick replaces Dani Ceballos.
  2. 62' Substitution, Athletic Club. Iñaki Williams replaces Álvaro Djaló.
  3. 62' Substitution, Athletic Club. Maroan Sannadi replaces Gorka Guruzeta.
  4. 62' Substitution, Athletic Club. Oihan Sancet replaces Alex Berenguer.
  5. 63' Unai Núñez (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 72' Substitution, Athletic Club. Íñigo Lekue replaces Unai Gómez.
  7. 75' Raúl Asencio (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 78' Substitution, Real Madrid. Arda Güler replaces Luka Modric.
  9. 78' Substitution, Real Madrid. Brahim Díaz replaces Rodrygo.
  10. 83' Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces Raúl Asencio.
  11. 86' Beñat Prados (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 87' Substitution, Athletic Club. Dani Vivian replaces Adama Boiro.
  13. 90'+3' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Athletic Club 0. Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner.

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