Real Madrid vs Barcelona

16 October 2022 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee José María Sánchez Martínez

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Karim Benzema 12’
Federico Valverde 35’
Rodrygo 90+1’ (pen)

Ferrán Torres 83’

Match summary

Real Madrid won 3-1 at home to Barcelona. Real Madrid led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Karim Benzema put Real Madrid ahead in the 12th minute and Federico Valverde made it 2-0 in the 35th minute, set up by Ferland Mendy. In the second half, Ferrán Torres pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 83rd minute, set up by Robert Lewandowski and Rodrygo made it 3-1 from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

There was little between the sides on chances: Real Madrid created 1.50 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots, Barcelona 1.74 from 18.

Match stats

8 Shots 18

4 Shots on Target 5

2 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.47 xG 1.67

0.73 Non-penalty xG 1.67

7 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Real Madrid Barcelona

Kick-off

Karim Benzema

1-0

12’

Federico Valverde
Assist: Ferland Mendy

2-0

35’

Half-time2-0

83’

Ferrán Torres
Assist: Robert Lewandowski

2-1

Rodrygo
Penalty

3-1

90+1’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Real Madrid

Luka Modric
Vinícius Júnior

Barcelona

Gavi
Franck Kessié

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 1.50 xGBarcelona 1.74 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Barcelona 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
Andriy Lunin	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Carvajal	DEF	89			0	0.00	0.00	0
David Alaba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eder Militão	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ferland Mendy	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.14	2
Aurelien Tchouameni	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Toni Kroos	MID	90			1	0.06	0.35	1
Luka Modric	MID	79			0	0.00	0.08	1
Federico Valverde	FWD	90	1		1	0.07	0.04	1
Karim Benzema	FWD	89	1		2	0.13	0.06	1
Vinícius Júnior	FWD	86			3	0.49	0.00	0
Eduardo Camavinga	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rodrygo	Sub	4	1		1	0.74	0.00	0
Antonio Rüdiger	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marco Asensio	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marc-André ter Stegen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergi Roberto	DEF	90			2	0.14	0.05	1
Jules Koundé	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Eric Garcia	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Álex Balde	DEF	61			0	0.00	0.00	0
Frenkie de Jong	MID	90			1	0.05	0.05	1
Pedri	MID	84			1	0.03	0.02	1
Sergio Busquets	MID	61			0	0.00	0.06	1
Raphinha	FWD	61			2	0.08	0.53	4
Robert Lewandowski	FWD	90		1	6	0.70	0.50	1
Ousmane Dembélé	FWD	74			1	0.05	0.00	0
Jordi Alba	Sub	29			1	0.02	0.03	1
Ferrán Torres	Sub	29	1		1	0.50	0.00	0
Gavi	Sub	29			1	0.03	0.04	2
Anssumane Fati	Sub	16			2	0.13	0.12	1
Franck Kessié	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Real Madrid win 42% Avg odds 2.28

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.74

Barcelona win 32% Avg odds 2.98

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

Form going into the game

Real Madrid W W W D W

Barcelona W W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Real Madrid 0-4 Barcelona, 20 Mar 22 Next meeting: Barcelona 2-1 Real Madrid, 19 Mar 23 All Real Madrid vs Barcelona 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.