Real Madrid 4-1 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 8 January 2022
Result
Real Madrid 4-1 Valencia
La Liga · Saturday 8 January 2022, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Madrid 4-1 Valencia: match report
Real Madrid won against Valencia 4-1 in La Liga on Saturday 8 January 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.
Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Karim Benzema (43', penalty), Vinicius Junior (52'), Vinicius Junior (61') and Karim Benzema (88'). Valencia scored through Gonçalo Guedes (76').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Valencia received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 1st on 46 points from 20 and Valencia 9th on 28 points from 19. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Valencia 9th with 48.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Valencia in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Karim Benzema of Real Madrid (9.2), ahead of Vinicius Junior (8.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Real Madrid wins, 2 draws and 2 for Valencia.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Casemiro
- 26'Yellow card · Éder Militão
- 43'Penalty goal · Karim Benzema
- 51'Yellow card · Cristiano Piccini
- 52'Goal · Vinicius Junior
- 58'Yellow card · Y. Musah
- 61'Goal · Vinicius Junior
- 75'Yellow card · Ferland Mendy
- 76'Missed penalty · Gonçalo Guedes
- 76'Goal · Gonçalo Guedes
- 84'Yellow card · Denis Cheryshev
- 88'Goal · Karim Benzema
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Dimitri Foulquier
- Gabriel Paulista
- Toni Lato
- Carlos Soler
- Luka Jović
- Thierry Correia
- Daniel Carvajal
- Gareth Bale
- Mariano Díaz
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Thibaut Courtois, Lucas Vázquez, Éder Militão, David Alaba, Ferland Mendy, Luka Modrić, Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Marco Asensio, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior
Valencia line-up (4-4-2)
Jasper Cillessen, Cristiano Piccini, Mouctar Diakhaby, Omar Alderete, José Gayà, Hélder Costa, Hugo Guillamón, Daniel Wass, Gonçalo Guedes, Maxi Gómez, Yunus Musah