
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
Luis Bestard Servera
La Liga: Sevilla and Alaves drew 0–0.
The provider's match ratings, out of 10.
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.
| Sevilla | Alaves | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.66 | 0.60 |
| xG per shot | 0.128 | 0.067 |
| Goals minus xG | -1.66 | -0.60 |
| Sevilla win | 63% | |
| Draw | 24% | |
| Alaves win | 13% |
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sevilla | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaves | 0 | 0 | 0 |
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.
| Sevilla | Alaves | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.66 | 0.60 |
| xG per shot | 0.128 | 0.067 |
| Goals minus xG | -1.66 | -0.60 |
| Sevilla win | 63% | |
| Draw | 24% | |
| Alaves win | 13% |
Goals, shots the keeper saved, shots off target and shots blocked before they reached goal — then where they were taken from.
| Sevilla | Alaves | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| Off target | 6 | 7 |
| Blocked | 4 | 0 |
| Inside the box | 8 | 5 |
| Outside the box | 5 | 4 |
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
| Sevilla | Alaves | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 60% | 40% |
| Passes | 390 | 262 |
| Completed | 294 | 159 |
| Pass accuracy | 75% | 61% |
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
| Sevilla | Alaves | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 14 | 19 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 3 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| G. Suazo | Sevilla | 7.4 | 90 |
| C. Ejuke | Sevilla | 7.0 | 31 |
| V. Koski | Alaves | 7.0 | 90 |
| A. Rebbach | Alaves | 6.9 | 30 |
| L. Boyé | Alaves | 6.8 | 85 |
| Andrés Castrín | Sevilla | 6.8 | 16 |
| Aitor Mañas | Alaves | 6.8 | 5 |
| N. Valentini | Alaves | 6.7 | 90 |
| Kike Salas | Sevilla | 6.7 | 90 |
| O. Vlachodimos | Sevilla | 6.7 | 90 |
| Angel Pérez | Alaves | 6.7 | 60 |
| Félix Correia | Sevilla | 6.6 | 85 |
| Yusi | Alaves | 6.6 | 85 |
| R. Ure | Sevilla | 6.6 | 16 |
| Y. Fofana | Sevilla | 6.5 | 90 |
| Jonny | Alaves | 6.5 | 5 |
| M. Díaz | Alaves | 6.5 | 16 |
| Alfon González | Sevilla | 6.4 | 5 |
| Antonio Blanco | Alaves | 6.4 | 90 |
| C. Benavídez | Alaves | 6.4 | 30 |
| Guevara | Alaves | 6.4 | 60 |
| Juan Iglesias | Sevilla | 6.4 | 90 |
| Pablo Ibáñez | Alaves | 6.3 | 90 |
| Isaac | Sevilla | 6.3 | 74 |
| L. Agoumé | Sevilla | 6.2 | 90 |
| N. Tenaglia | Alaves | 6.2 | 90 |
| Toni Martínez | Alaves | 6.2 | 74 |
| Sivera | Alaves | 6.1 | 90 |
| A. Sangante | Sevilla | 6.1 | 74 |
| R. Vargas | Sevilla | 6.1 | 59 |
| L. Stassin | Sevilla | 6.0 | 90 |
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
O. Vlachodimos
Sivera| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sevilla | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaves | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Coach: Luis García
Bench
3Julio Díaz del RomoD
21C. EjukeF
7Alfon GonzálezF
13Fran GonzálezG
27N. GuillenM
18Jon GuridiM
8G. KochorashviliM
5Andrés CastrínD
34Iker Ortín MuñozD
15Fábio CardosoD
9R. UreF
22José Ángel CarmonaDCoach: Quique Sánchez Flores
Bench
23C. BenavídezM
17JonnyD
24Selu DialloM
9M. DíazF
20Aitor MañasF
12Hugo NovoaF
27X. OlaizD
21A. RebbachF
13A. GiménezG
22Miguel RodríguezF
4Denis SuárezM
10Carles AleñáM| 1O. VlachodimosG | 90 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2Juan IglesiasD | 90 | 6.4 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12A. SanganteD | 74 | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4Kike SalasD | 90 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17G. SuazoD | 90 | 7.4 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 48 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6L. AgouméM | 90 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24Y. FofanaM | 90 | 6.5 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11R. VargasM | 59 | 6.1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16IsaacM | 74 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20Félix CorreiaM | 85 | 6.6 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22José Ángel CarmonaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9R. UreF | 16 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15Fábio CardosoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iker Ortín Muñoz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5Andrés CastrínD | 16 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8G. KochorashviliM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18Jon GuridiM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27N. GuillenM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13Fran GonzálezG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7Alfon GonzálezF | 5 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21C. EjukeF | 31 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3Julio Díaz del RomoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19L. StassinF | 90 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 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 |