Girona vs Real Madrid

25 April 2023 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Javier Iglesias Villanueva

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Valentín Castellanos 12’, 24’, 46’, 62’

Vinícius Júnior 34’
Lucas Vázquez 85’

Match summary

Girona beat Real Madrid 4-2. Girona led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Valentín Castellanos put Girona ahead with a header in the 12th minute, set up by Miguel Gutiérrez, Castellanos made it 2-0 in the 24th minute, set up by Arnau Martinez, and Vinícius Júnior pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 34th minute, set up by Marco Asensio. In the second half, Castellanos made it 3-1 in the 46th minute, set up by Yan Couto, Castellanos made it 4-1 with a header in the 62nd minute, and Lucas Vázquez made it 4-2 in the 85th minute, set up by Vinícius Júnior.

The chances backed that up: Girona created 2.43 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Real Madrid's 1.63 from 18.

Match stats

13 Shots 18

5 Shots on Target 3

3 Corners 8

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.42 xG 1.63

2.42 Non-penalty xG 1.63

3 Deep Completions 13

Key events

Girona Real Madrid

Kick-off

Valentín Castellanos
Assist: Miguel Gutiérrez

1-0

12’

Valentín Castellanos
Assist: Arnau Martinez

2-0

24’

34’

Vinícius Júnior
Assist: Marco Asensio

2-1

Half-time2-1

Valentín Castellanos
Assist: Yan Couto

3-1

46’

Valentín Castellanos

4-1

62’

85’

Lucas Vázquez
Assist: Vinícius Júnior

4-2

Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Girona

Arnau Martinez

Real Madrid

Eder Militão
Vinícius Júnior

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.

Girona 2.43 xGReal Madrid 1.63 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Real Madrid attacking Girona attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Paulo Gazzaniga	GK	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Arnau Martinez	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.09	1
Juanpe	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Santiago Bueno	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Miguel Gutiérrez	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.57	1
Oriol Romeu	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yan Couto	MID	90		1	1	0.07	0.53	3
Iván Martín	MID	90			0	0.00	0.47	2
Viktor Tsygankov	MID	74			3	0.16	0.09	2
Rodrigo Riquelme	MID	90			2	0.09	0.13	1
Valentín Castellanos	FWD	74	4		6	1.71	0.00	0
Valery Fernández	Sub	16			1	0.40	0.00	0
Cristhian Stuani	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0
Reinier	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Javi Hernández	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ricard Artero	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Andriy Lunin	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Carvajal	DEF	81			2	0.08	0.00	0
Eder Militão	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Antonio Rüdiger	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nacho	DEF	54			0	0.00	0.02	1
Toni Kroos	MID	90			1	0.02	0.20	3
Federico Valverde	MID	90			4	0.27	0.00	0
Luka Modric	MID	65			1	0.02	0.24	4
Marco Asensio	FWD	90		1	1	0.02	0.43	2
Rodrygo	FWD	81			4	0.24	0.00	0
Vinícius Júnior	FWD	90	1	1	3	0.47	0.57	3
Eduardo Camavinga	Sub	36			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aurelien Tchouameni	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.02	1
Mariano	Sub	9			1	0.03	0.00	0
Lucas Vázquez	Sub	9	1		1	0.48	0.05	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Girona win 19% Avg odds 5.01

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.25

Real Madrid win 58% Avg odds 1.64

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

Form going into the game

Girona D W D W L

Real Madrid L W L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Real Madrid 1-1 Girona, 30 Oct 22 Next meeting: Girona 0-3 Real Madrid, 30 Sep 23 All Girona 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.