Alaves vs Real Madrid

14 August 2021 · La Liga · 2021/22 · Referee César Soto Grado

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 0–0

Joselu 65’ (pen)

Karim Benzema 48’, 62’
Nacho 56’
Vinícius Júnior 90+2’

Match summary

Real Madrid won comfortably, 4-1 away at Alaves. It was goalless at half-time.

Karim Benzema put Real Madrid ahead in the 48th minute, set up by Eden Hazard, Nacho made it 0-2 from a corner in the 56th minute, set up by Luka Modric, Benzema made it 0-3 in the 62nd minute, Joselu pulled one back to make it 1-3 from the penalty spot in the 65th minute, and Vinícius Júnior made it 1-4 with a header in stoppage time, set up by David Alaba.

The chances backed that up: Real Madrid created 2.16 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Alaves's 1.41 from 11.

Match stats

11 Shots 19

4 Shots on Target 7

0 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.41 xG 2.16

0.67 Non-penalty xG 2.16

2 Deep Completions 17

Key events

Alaves Real Madrid

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

48’

Karim Benzema
Assist: Eden Hazard

0-1

56’

Nacho
Assist: Luka Modric

0-2

62’

Karim Benzema

0-3

Joselu
Penalty

1-3

65’

90+2’

Vinícius Júnior
Assist: David Alaba

1-4

Full-time1-4

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Alaves

Manu García

Real Madrid

Thibaut Courtois
Gareth Bale

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Alaves 1.41 xGReal Madrid 2.16 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Real Madrid attacking Alaves attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Fernando Pacheco	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Martín Aguirregabiria	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.05	1
Florian Lejeune	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.01	1
Víctor Laguardia	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Rubén Duarte	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Tomás Pina	MID	83		0	0.00	0.00	0
Pere Pons	MID	60		1	0.09	0.14	1
Luis Rioja	MID	69		3	0.25	0.00	0
Manu García	MID	60		1	0.03	0.12	1
Edgar Méndez	MID	69		1	0.12	0.15	2
Joselu	FWD	90	1	2	0.80	0.00	0
Mamadou Loum	Sub	30		1	0.02	0.00	0
John Guidetti	Sub	30		2	0.10	0.00	0
Iván Martín	Sub	21		0	0.00	0.00	0
Facundo Pellistri	Sub	21		0	0.00	0.02	1
Antonio Moya	Sub	7		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Thibaut Courtois	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Vázquez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.07	2
Eder Militão	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Nacho	DEF	90	1		1	0.47	0.00	0
David Alaba	DEF	90		1	1	0.04	0.59	2
Casemiro	MID	90			0	0.00	0.19	1
Luka Modric	MID	89		1	1	0.06	0.50	2
Federico Valverde	MID	89			2	0.04	0.14	1
Gareth Bale	FWD	69			4	0.15	0.00	0
Karim Benzema	FWD	90	2		6	0.58	0.00	0
Eden Hazard	FWD	67		1	2	0.09	0.29	3
Vinícius Júnior	Sub	23	1		2	0.72	0.03	1
Rodrygo	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luka Jovic	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Isco	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marco Asensio	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Alaves win 16% Avg odds 5.84

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.17

Real Madrid win 61% Avg odds 1.58

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Alaves L D W W L

Real Madrid W D W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Alaves 1-4 Real Madrid, 23 Jan 21 Next meeting: Real Madrid 3-0 Alaves, 19 Feb 22 All Alaves vs Real Madrid meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.