Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, February 8, 2026
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Valencia WWWLL 0
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Mestalla Stadium · 47,515 att. · ESPN2

Match Report

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Carreras wondergoal and late Mbappe strike see Real Madrid past Valencia

A moment of brilliance from Álvaro Carreras helped Real Madrid to a 2-0 win at Valencia which kept the pressure on LaLiga leaders Barcelona.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
5
0
Saves
4
60.1
Possession
39.9
11
SHOTS
7
6
ON GOAL
0
0.5
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
495
Accurate Passes
283
558
Passes
359
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
4
16
Crosses
21
0.0
Cross %
0.2
39
Long Balls
53
18
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
12
17
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
3
Interceptions
10
27
Effective Clearances
33
27
Clearances
33

Highlights

01:06 Valencia vs. Real Madrid - Game Highlights Watch on ESPN 02:02 Kylian Mbappe helps Real Madrid close the gap on Barcelona after 2-0 win vs. Valencia Watch on ESPN 00:23 Stole Dimitrievski makes a great save Watch on ESPN 00:24 Stole Dimitrievski makes a great save Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

RMA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

VAL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Stole DimitrievskiG
  2. 3CopeteCD-L
  3. 24Eray CömertCD-R
  4. 14José GayàLB
  5. 4Unai NúñezRB
  6. 23Filip UgrinicCM-L
  7. 18PepeluCM-R
  8. 7Arnaut DanjumaLM
  9. 11Luis RiojaRM
  10. 9Hugo DuroCF-L
  11. 15Lucas BeltránCF-R

RMA · 4-4-2

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 24Dean HuijsenCD-L
  3. 17Raúl AsencioCD-R
  4. 18Álvaro CarrerasLB
  5. 35David JiménezRB
  6. 14Aurélien TchouaméniCM-L
  7. 8Federico ValverdeCM-R
  8. 6Eduardo CamavingaLM
  9. 15Arda GülerRM
  10. 16Gonzalo GarcíaCF-L
  11. 10Kylian MbappéCF-R

Timeline

  1. 65' Goal! Valencia 0, Real Madrid 1. Álvaro Carreras (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dean Huijsen.
  2. 69' Álvaro Carreras (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 72' Substitution, Valencia. Guido Rodríguez replaces Pepelu.
  4. 72' Substitution, Valencia. Thierry Correia replaces Unai Núñez.
  5. 76' Substitution, Real Madrid. Brahim Díaz replaces Gonzalo García.
  6. 76' Substitution, Real Madrid. Trent Alexander-Arnold replaces David Jiménez.
  7. 81' Substitution, Valencia. Javi Guerra replaces Filip Ugrinic.
  8. 81' Substitution, Valencia. Largie Ramazani replaces Luis Rioja.
  9. 82' Substitution, Valencia. Umar Sadiq replaces Lucas Beltrán.
  10. 82' Substitution, Real Madrid. Franco Mastantuono replaces Arda Güler.
  11. 88' Copete (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90'+1' Goal! Valencia 0, Real Madrid 2. Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Brahim Díaz.
  13. 90'+2' Substitution, Real Madrid. Jorge Cestero replaces Federico Valverde.

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