Real Madrid vs Almeria

29 April 2023 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 3–1

Karim Benzema 5’, 17’, 42’ (pen)
Rodrygo 47’

Lázaro 45+1’
Lucas Robertone 61’

Match summary

Real Madrid saw off Almeria 4-2. Real Madrid led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Karim Benzema put Real Madrid ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Vinícius Júnior, Benzema made it 2-0 in the 17th minute, set up by Rodrygo, Benzema made it 3-0 from the penalty spot in the 42nd minute, and Lázaro pulled one back to make it 3-1 in first-half stoppage time, set up by Largie Ramazani. In the second half, Rodrygo made it 4-1 in the 47th minute, set up by Dani Ceballos and Lucas Robertone made it 4-2 with a header in the 61st minute, set up by Francisco Portillo.

The chances backed that up: Real Madrid created 3.21 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Almeria's 1.38 from 9.

Match stats

15 Shots 9

12 Shots on Target 3

7 Corners 0

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

3.21 xG 1.38

2.46 Non-penalty xG 1.38

19 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Real Madrid Almeria

Kick-off

Karim Benzema
Assist: Vinícius Júnior

1-0

5’

Karim Benzema
Assist: Rodrygo

2-0

17’

Karim Benzema
Penalty

3-0

42’

45+1’

Lázaro
Assist: Largie Ramazani3-1

Half-time3-1

Rodrygo
Assist: Dani Ceballos

4-1

47’

61’

Lucas Robertone
Assist: Francisco Portillo4-2

Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Real Madrid

Eduardo Camavinga
Vinícius Júnior

Almeria

Houboulang Mendes
Lázaro

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.

Real Madrid 3.21 xGAlmeria 1.38 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Almeria attacking Real Madrid 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
Thibaut Courtois	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Vázquez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	2
Eder Militão	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Antonio Rüdiger	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eduardo Camavinga	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.12	2
Aurelien Tchouameni	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dani Ceballos	MID	90		1	2	0.08	0.05	1
Toni Kroos	MID	73			0	0.00	0.01	1
Rodrygo	FWD	73	1	1	3	0.67	0.46	1
Karim Benzema	FWD	90	3		6	2.30	0.69	3
Vinícius Júnior	FWD	83		1	1	0.01	0.93	2
Marco Asensio	Sub	17			3	0.15	0.00	0
Nacho	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Carvajal	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.08	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Fernando Martínez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Houboulang Mendes	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rodrigo Ely	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Chumi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Sergio Akieme	DEF	76			0	0.00	0.02	1
Arnau Puigmal	MID	58			0	0.00	0.00	0
Francisco Portillo	MID	90		1	1	0.02	0.36	3
Samú Costa	MID	76			1	0.10	0.00	0
César De la Hoz	MID	58			0	0.00	0.00	0
Largie Ramazani	MID	65		1	3	0.13	0.79	1
Lázaro	FWD	90	1		2	0.85	0.06	1
Lucas Robertone	Sub	32	1		2	0.28	0.00	0
Íñigo Eguaras	Sub	32			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luis Suárez	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.00	0
Álex Centelles	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gonzalo Melero	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Real Madrid win 85% Avg odds 1.13

Draw 10% Avg odds 9.46

Almeria win 5% Avg odds 18.73

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

Form going into the game

Real Madrid W L W W L

Almeria D W L L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Almeria 1-2 Real Madrid, 14 Aug 22 Next meeting: Almeria 1-3 Real Madrid, 19 Aug 23 All Real Madrid vs Almeria 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.

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