Real Madrid vs Barcelona

10 April 2021 · La Liga · 2020/21 · Referee Jesús Gil Manzano

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Karim Benzema 14’
Toni Kroos 28’

Óscar Mingueza 60’

Match summary

Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1. Real Madrid led 2-0 at half-time.

Karim Benzema put Real Madrid ahead in the 14th minute, set up by Lucas Vázquez, Toni Kroos made it 2-0 with a direct free kick in the 28th minute, and Óscar Mingueza pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 60th minute, set up by Jordi Alba.

The chances backed that up: Real Madrid created 1.68 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Barcelona's 1.16 from 18. Real Madrid had a player sent off.

Match stats

14 Shots 18

3 Shots on Target 4

5 Corners 6

3 Yellow Cards 4

1 Red Cards 0

1.65 xG 1.16

1.65 Non-penalty xG 1.16

9 Deep Completions 19

Key events

Real Madrid Barcelona

Kick-off

Karim Benzema
Assist: Lucas Vázquez

1-0

14’

Toni Kroos

2-0

28’

Half-time2-0

60’

Óscar Mingueza
Assist: Jordi Alba

2-1

Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Real Madrid

Casemiro
Nacho

Barcelona

Ronald Araújo
Jordi Alba
Pedri

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 1.68 xGBarcelona 1.16 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
Thibaut Courtois	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Vázquez	DEF	42		1	1	0.32	0.08	1
Eder Militão	DEF	90			1	0.09	0.00	0
Nacho	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ferland Mendy	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Casemiro	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Federico Valverde	MID	63			2	0.12	0.06	1
Luka Modric	MID	90			1	0.09	0.00	0
Toni Kroos	MID	74	1		3	0.68	0.03	1
Vinícius Júnior	MID	74			0	0.00	0.69	3
Karim Benzema	FWD	74	1		3	0.21	0.07	1
Álvaro Odriozola	Sub	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marco Asensio	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.13	2
Marcelo	Sub	16			1	0.05	0.00	0
Isco	Sub	16			2	0.13	0.00	0
Mariano	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marc-André ter Stegen	GK	90			1	0.06	0.05	1
Clement Lenglet	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.11	2
Óscar Mingueza	DEF	90	1		3	0.15	0.04	1
Ronald Araújo	DEF	74			0	0.00	0.05	1
Sergiño Dest	MID	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordi Alba	MID	90		1	1	0.05	0.12	2
Frenkie de Jong	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergio Busquets	MID	66			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lionel Messi	MID	90			7	0.62	0.12	2
Pedri	MID	83			0	0.00	0.13	2
Ousmane Dembélé	FWD	83			2	0.09	0.16	1
Antoine Griezmann	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergi Roberto	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.03	1
Ilaix Moriba	Sub	16			3	0.17	0.00	0
Martin Braithwaite	Sub	7			1	0.03	0.00	0
Trincão	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Real Madrid win 35% Avg odds 2.74

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.78

Barcelona win 40% Avg odds 2.41

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

Form going into the game

Real Madrid D D W W W

Barcelona W W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Barcelona 1-3 Real Madrid, 24 Oct 20 Next meeting: Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid, 24 Oct 21 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.