Real Madrid 5-1 Sporting Gijón: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 17 January 2016
Result
Real Madrid 5-1 Sporting Gijón
La Liga · Sunday 17 January 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 5-0
Real Madrid 5-1 Sporting Gijón: match report
Real Madrid defeated Sporting Gijón 5-1 in La Liga on Sunday 17 January 2016. It was 5-0 at half-time.
Gareth Bale opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Gareth Bale (7'), Cristiano Ronaldo (9'), Karim Benzema (12'), Cristiano Ronaldo (18') and Karim Benzema (41'). Sporting Gijón scored through Isma López (62').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 1 yellow card; Sporting Gijón received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 3rd on 38 points from 19 and Sporting Gijón 19th on 15 points from 18. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 3rd with 84 points, and Sporting Gijón 17th with 39.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sporting Gijón in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Gareth Bale of Real Madrid (8.7), ahead of Karim Benzema (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Real Madrid wins, 2 draws and 1 for Sporting Gijón.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Gareth Bale
- 9'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 12'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 18'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 41'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 49'Yellow card · Miguel Ángel Guerrero
- 57'Yellow card · Luka Modric
- 62'Goal · Isma López
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Keylor Navas, Daniel Carvajal, Raphaël Varane, Pepe, Marcelo, Luka Modrić, Toni Kroos, Isco, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo
Sporting Gijón expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iván Cuéllar, Lora, Luis Hernández, Bernardo Espinosa, Isma López, Omar Mascarell, Alen Halilovic, Nacho Cases, Álex Menéndez