Spanish LALIGA

FT Tuesday, April 21, 2026
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Real Madrid WLLDL 2
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RMA112
Santiago Bernabéu · 61,468 att. · ESPN Deportes

Match Report

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Vinicius, Mbappé help Madrid cut Barca lead down to 6

Kylian Mbappé and Vinicius Junior each scored as Real Madrid ended a four-game winless streak by defeating Alaves 2-1 on Tuesday to move closer to Spanish league leader Barcelona.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
6
Corner Kicks
9
5
Saves
4
39.5
Possession
60.5
19
SHOTS
24
5
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
331
Accurate Passes
569
399
Passes
631
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
5
19
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.4
50
Long Balls
63
20
Accurate Long Balls
47
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
7
Blocked Shots
7
10
Effective Tackles
8
20
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
7
Interceptions
5
27
Effective Clearances
30
27
Clearances
30

Highlights

01:13 Real Madrid vs. Alavés - Game Highlights Watch on ESPN 02:04 Kylian Mbappé & Vinícius Júnior score in Real Madrid's win vs. Alavés Watch on ESPN 00:23 Andriy Lunin denies Alavés with save Watch on ESPN 00:55 Real Madrid get on the board with Kylian Mbappé's goal Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

RMA leads series 5-0

Lineups

RMA · 4-4-2

  1. 13Andriy LuninG
  2. 24Dean HuijsenCD-L
  3. 3Éder MilitãoCD-R
  4. 18Álvaro CarrerasLB
  5. 12Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 14Aurélien TchouaméniCM-L
  7. 5Jude BellinghamCM-R
  8. 15Arda GülerLM
  9. 8Federico ValverdeRM
  10. 7Vinícius JúniorCF-L
  11. 10Kylian MbappéCF-R

ALA · 5-3-2

  1. 1Antonio SiveraG
  2. 14Nahuel TenagliaCD
  3. 24Victor ParadaCD-L
  4. 17JonnyCD-R
  5. 3Youssef LekhedimLB
  6. 7Ángel PérezRB
  7. 8Antonio BlancoCM
  8. 4Denis SuárezCM-L
  9. 18Jon GuridiCM-R
  10. 15Lucas BoyéCF-L
  11. 11Toni MartínezCF-R

Timeline

  1. 30' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Alaves 0. Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Arda Güler.
  2. 35' Aurélien Tchouaméni (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+2' Substitution, Real Madrid. Antonio Rüdiger replaces Éder Militão because of an injury.
  4. 50' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Alaves 0. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Federico Valverde.
  5. 58' Substitution, Real Madrid. Brahim Díaz replaces Jude Bellingham.
  6. 58' Substitution, Alaves. Pablo Ibáñez replaces Denis Suárez.
  7. 58' Substitution, Real Madrid. Franco Mastantuono replaces Arda Güler.
  8. 58' Substitution, Alaves. Carles Aleñá replaces Jon Guridi.
  9. 63' Substitution, Real Madrid. Dani Carvajal replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  10. 63' Substitution, Real Madrid. Eduardo Camavinga replaces Aurélien Tchouaméni.
  11. 66' Substitution, Alaves. Calebe replaces Youssef Enríquez.
  12. 66' Substitution, Alaves. Ibrahim Diabate replaces Lucas Boyé.
  13. 75' Substitution, Alaves. Ander Guevara replaces Antonio Blanco.
  14. 90' Ángel Pérez (Alaves) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+3' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Alaves 1. Toni Martínez (Alaves) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ander Guevara.

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