Valencia 2-3 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 19 November 2011
Result
Valencia 2-3 Real Madrid
La Liga · Saturday 19 November 2011, 21:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Valencia 2-3 Real Madrid: match report
Valencia were beaten by Real Madrid 2-3 in La Liga on Saturday 19 November 2011. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Valencia's goals came from Roberto Soldado (75') and Roberto Soldado (83'). Real Madrid scored through Karim Benzema (20'), Sergio Ramos (72') and Cristiano Ronaldo (79').
Discipline: Valencia received 3 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 7 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 3rd on 24 points from 11 and Real Madrid 1st on 28 points from 11. Valencia went on to finish that season 3rd with 61 points, and Real Madrid 1st with 100.
Valencia lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Madrid in a 4-1-2-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Valencia wins, 0 draws and 8 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-W-W-D-D and Real Madrid's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 22'Yellow card · A. Costa
- 33'Yellow card · Arbeloa
- 53'Yellow card · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 55'Yellow card · Marcelo
- 56'Yellow card · M. Özil
- 59'Yellow card · Albelda
- 59'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 65'Yellow card · Xabi Alonso
- 72'Goal · Sergio Ramos
- 75'Goal · Roberto Soldado
- 79'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 83'Goal · Roberto Soldado
- 90'Yellow card · Diego Alves
- 90+3'Yellow card · Granero
Head-to-head
Team news
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Valencia expected line-up (4-3-3)
Vicente Guaita, Bruno Saltor, Jérémy Mathieu, Marius Stankevicius, Tino Costa, Éver Banega, Hedwiges Maduro, Aritz Aduriz, Joaquín, Pablo Hernández
Real Madrid line-up (4-1-2-3)
Iker Casillas, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Álvaro Arbeloa, Sami Khedira, Mesut Özil, Lassana Diarra, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Xabi Alonso