
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
Francisco Jose Hernandez Maeso
La Liga: Real Madrid beat Valencia 3–0. Goals: Federico Valverde 28', Arda Güler 36', Kylian Mbappé 75'.
The provider's match ratings, out of 10.
The running score, step by step, with every score marked.
| When | Valencia | RMA |
|---|---|---|
| 28′ · Federico Valverde | 0 | 1 |
| 36′ · Arda Güler | 0 | 2 |
| 75′ · Kylian Mbappé | 0 | 3 |
| 90′ | 0 | 3 |
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.
| Valencia | RMA | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 3 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 0.26 | 2.39 |
| xG per shot | 0.065 | 0.126 |
| Goals minus xG | -0.26 | +0.61 |
| Valencia win | 3% | |
| Draw | 12% | |
| RMA win | 85% |
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valencia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Real Madrid | 2 | 1 | 3 |
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
| 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 | |
| 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| 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.
| Valencia | RMA | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 3 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 0.26 | 2.39 |
| xG per shot | 0.065 | 0.126 |
| Goals minus xG | -0.26 | +0.61 |
| Valencia win | 3% | |
| Draw | 12% | |
| RMA win | 85% |
Goals, shots the keeper saved, shots off target and shots blocked before they reached goal — then where they were taken from.
| Valencia | RMA | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 8 |
| Off target | 0 | 3 |
| Blocked | 2 | 5 |
| Inside the box | 2 | 12 |
| Outside the box | 2 | 7 |
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
| Valencia | RMA | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 32% | 68% |
| Passes | 288 | 629 |
| Completed | 225 | 568 |
| Pass accuracy | 78% | 90% |
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
| Valencia | RMA | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 26 | 6 |
| Yellow cards | 4 | 3 |
| Red cards | 1 | 0 |
| Offsides | 3 | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Güler | RMA | 9.0 | 84 |
| F. Valverde | RMA | 8.1 | 90 |
| Kylian Mbappé | RMA | 7.8 | 89 |
| I. Konaté | RMA | 7.4 | 90 |
| D. Huijsen | RMA | 7.4 | 90 |
| A. Tchouaméni | RMA | 7.2 | 90 |
| Bernardo Silva | RMA | 7.2 | 84 |
| Marc Cucurella | RMA | 7.1 | 90 |
| T. Courtois | RMA | 7.0 | 90 |
| J. Bellingham | RMA | 6.9 | 89 |
| Brahim Díaz | RMA | 6.8 | 6 |
| E. Camavinga | RMA | 6.7 | 6 |
| Y. Diomande | RMA | 6.7 | 84 |
| S. Dimitrievski | Valencia | 6.6 | 90 |
| Endrick | RMA | 6.5 | 6 |
| Carlos Espí | RMA | 6.5 | 1 |
| A. Danjuma | Valencia | 6.4 | 90 |
| Thiago Pitarch | RMA | 6.4 | 1 |
| Aimar Blázquez | Valencia | 6.3 | 31 |
| U. Sadiq | Valencia | 6.2 | 59 |
| César Tárrega | Valencia | 6.2 | 90 |
| Aaron Mayol | Valencia | 6.1 | 90 |
| Pepelu | Valencia | 6.0 | 90 |
| Javi Guerra | Valencia | 5.9 | 82 |
| Jesús Vázquez | Valencia | 5.9 | 8 |
| J. de Haas | Valencia | 5.8 | 45 |
| Luis Rioja | Valencia | 5.7 | 45 |
| G. Rodríguez | Valencia | 5.6 | 63 |
| Arnau Martínez | Valencia | 5.6 | 27 |
| F. Ugrinic | Valencia | 5.5 | 27 |
| Pablo Maffeo | Valencia | 5.4 | 63 |
| José Gayà | Valencia | 5.4 | 79 |
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
S. Dimitrievski
T. Courtois| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valencia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Real Madrid | 2 | 1 | 3 |
16.6S. Dimitrievski
76.4A. Danjuma
66.2U. Sadiq
107.8⚽Kylian Mbappé
147.2A. Tchouaméni
207.2Bernardo Silva
17.0T. CourtoisCoach: J. Aguirre
Bench
37Aimar BlázquezF
4M. DiakhabyD
15A. DiengM
9Hugo DuroF
10H. ElliottM
22Arnau MartínezD
19Dani RabaF
11Luis RiojaF
23F. UgrinicM
21Jesús VázquezD
25K. van OevelenG
3CopeteDCoach: José Mourinho
Bench
| 1S. DimitrievskiG | 90 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 24Pablo MaffeoD | 63 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18PepeluD | 90 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5César TárregaD | 90 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12J. de HaasD | 45 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14José GayàD | 79 | 5.4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8Javi GuerraM | 82 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2G. RodríguezM | 63 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33Aaron MayolM | 90 | 6.1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3CopeteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25K. van OevelenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21Jesús VázquezD | 8 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23F. UgrinicM | 27 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11Luis RiojaF | 45 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19Dani RabaF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22Arnau MartínezD | 27 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10H. ElliottM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9Hugo DuroF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15A. DiengM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4M. DiakhabyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37Aimar BlázquezF | 31 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6U. SadiqF | 59 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7A. DanjumaF | 90 | 6.4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 |