Valencia 2-1 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Wednesday 22 February 2017
Result
Valencia 2-1 Real Madrid
La Liga · Wednesday 22 February 2017, 17:45 UTC · half-time 2-1
Valencia 2-1 Real Madrid: match report
Valencia beat Real Madrid 2-1 in La Liga on Wednesday 22 February 2017. The half-time score was 2-1.
Simone Zaza opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Valencia's goals came from Simone Zaza (4') and Fabián Orellana (9'). Real Madrid scored through Cristiano Ronaldo (44').
Discipline: Valencia received 5 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 15th on 23 points from 22 and Real Madrid 1st on 52 points from 21. Valencia went on to finish that season 12th with 46 points, and Real Madrid 1st with 93.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Toni Kroos of Real Madrid (7.8), ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Valencia win, 5 draws and 4 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-D-L-L-W and Real Madrid's W-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Simone Zaza
- 9'Goal · Fabián Orellana
- 19'Yellow card · Simone Zaza
- 29'Yellow card · Daniel Carvajal
- 43'Yellow card · Munir El Haddadi
- 44'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 54'Yellow card · Enzo Pérez
- 59'Yellow card · Raphaël Varane
- 67'Yellow card · Eliaquim Mangala
- 90'Yellow card · Dani Parejo
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego Alves, João Cancelo, Ezequiel Garay, Eliaquim Mangala, José Gayà, Enzo Pérez, Dani Parejo, Munir El Haddadi, Fabián Orellana, Nani, Simone Zaza
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Keylor Navas, Daniel Carvajal, Raphaël Varane, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Luka Modrić, Casemiro, Toni Kroos, James Rodríguez, Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo