
Counter-Attacking Masterclass: Madrid Edges Clásico Thriller
The away side absorbed sustained possession and delivered two lethal counter-attacks to secure a decisive 2–1 rivalry victory.
Ludistat
Referee
Mateo Busquets Ferrer
La Liga: Real Betis beat Malaga 2–1. Goals: Marc Bartra 38', Pablo Fornals 45+2', Adrian Nino 68'.
The provider's match ratings, out of 10.
The running score, step by step, with every score marked.
| When | Real Betis | Malaga |
|---|---|---|
| 38′ · Marc Bartra | 1 | 0 |
| 45+2′ · Pablo Fornals | 2 | 0 |
| 68′ · Adrian Nino | 2 | 1 |
| 90′ | 2 | 1 |
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
How the chances split
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
| Real Betis | Malaga | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.45 | 1.21 |
| xG per shot | 0.063 | 0.121 |
| Goals minus xG | +0.55 | -0.21 |
| Real Betis win | 43% | |
| Draw | 26% | |
| Malaga win | 32% |
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real Betis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Malaga | 0 | 1 | 1 |
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 30 | |
| 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |
| 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | |
| 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | |
| 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | |
| 18 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |
| 20 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
How the chances split
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
| Real Betis | Malaga | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.45 | 1.21 |
| xG per shot | 0.063 | 0.121 |
| Goals minus xG | +0.55 | -0.21 |
| Real Betis win | 43% | |
| Draw | 26% | |
| Malaga win | 32% |
Goals, shots the keeper saved, shots off target and shots blocked before they reached goal — then where they were taken from.
| Real Betis | Malaga | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| Off target | 13 | 4 |
| Blocked | 4 | 2 |
| Inside the box | 14 | 6 |
| Outside the box | 9 | 4 |
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
| Real Betis | Malaga | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 59% | 41% |
| Passes | 616 | 435 |
| Completed | 549 | 380 |
| Pass accuracy | 89% | 87% |
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
| Real Betis | Malaga | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 10 | 15 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 3 | 3 |
The provider's match ratings out of ten, one dot per player who featured. Point at a dot for the name.
| Player | Team | Rating | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pablo Fornals | Real Betis | 8.2 | 84 |
| Marc Bartra | Real Betis | 7.9 | 90 |
| Adrián Niño Heredia | Malaga | 7.8 | 86 |
| Isco | Real Betis | 7.7 | 62 |
| Fran García | Real Betis | 7.1 | 90 |
| Álvaro Vallés | Real Betis | 7.0 | 90 |
| Dani Ceballos | Real Betis | 7.0 | 28 |
| Marc Roca | Real Betis | 6.9 | 90 |
| Rafa Rodríguez | Malaga | 6.8 | 29 |
| Natan | Real Betis | 6.8 | 90 |
| J. Fernandez | Malaga | 6.7 | 11 |
| Antony | Real Betis | 6.7 | 29 |
| Fernando Calero | Malaga | 6.6 | 79 |
| A. Ezzalzouli | Real Betis | 6.6 | 90 |
| Héctor Bellerín | Real Betis | 6.5 | 83 |
| Carlos Dotor | Malaga | 6.5 | 80 |
| Einar Galilea | Malaga | 6.5 | 90 |
| Dani Lorenzo | Malaga | 6.4 | 90 |
| T. Parrott | Real Betis | 6.4 | 75 |
| Rodrigo Riquelme | Real Betis | 6.4 | 61 |
| Eneko Jauregi | Malaga | 6.4 | 4 |
| Rafita | Malaga | 6.3 | 90 |
| Ángel Ortiz | Real Betis | 6.3 | 7 |
| Adam Aznou Ben Cheikh | Malaga | 6.3 | 90 |
| Ramón Enríquez | Malaga | 6.3 | 61 |
| Aitor Ruibal | Real Betis | 6.2 | 15 |
| Chupe | Malaga | 6.1 | 30 |
| N. Deossa | Real Betis | 6.1 | 6 |
| David Larrubia | Malaga | 6.0 | 60 |
| Puga | Malaga | 6.0 | 90 |
| J. Cajuste | Malaga | 5.9 | 10 |
| Alfonso Herrero | Malaga | 5.7 | 90 |
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
Álvaro Vallés
Alfonso Herrero| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real Betis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Malaga | 0 | 1 | 1 |
17.0Álvaro Vallés
216.9Marc Roca
88.2⚽Pablo Fornals
196.4T. Parrott
217.8⚽Adrián Niño Heredia
66.3Ramón Enríquez
15.7Alfonso HerreroCoach: M. Pellegrini
Bench
27J. A. MoranteF
20G. Lo CelsoM
24Aitor RuibalF
12Ángel OrtizD
7AntonyF
25Dani CeballosM
13Diego CondeG
18N. DeossaM
15Álvaro FidalgoM
31Manu GonzálezG
16V. GómezD
3Diego LlorenteDCoach: Funes
Bench
| 1Álvaro VallésG | 90 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11Fran GarcíaD | 90 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3Diego LlorenteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16V. GómezD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31Manu GonzálezG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15Álvaro FidalgoM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18N. DeossaM | 6 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13Diego CondeG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25Dani CeballosM | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2Héctor BellerínD | 83 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5Marc BartraD | 90 | 7.9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 61 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4NatanD | 90 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8Pablo FornalsM | 84 | 8.2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 84 | 3 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21Marc RocaM | 90 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22IscoM | 62 | 7.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 54 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17Rodrigo RiquelmeM | 61 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19T. ParrottF | 75 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10A. EzzalzouliM | 90 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7AntonyF | 29 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24Aitor RuibalF | 15 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 12Ángel OrtizD | 7 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27J. A. MoranteF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20G. Lo CelsoM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 30 | |
| 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 30 | |
| 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |
| 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | |
| 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | |
| 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | |
| 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |
| 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | |
| 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| 12 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |
| 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| 18 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |
| 20 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 |