Real Madrid vs Valencia

8 January 2022 · La Liga · 2021/22 · Referee Alejandro José Hernández Hernández

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Karim Benzema 43’ (pen), 88’
Vinícius Júnior 52’, 61’

Gonçalo Guedes 76’

Match summary

Real Madrid won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Valencia. Real Madrid led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Karim Benzema put Real Madrid ahead from the penalty spot in the 43rd minute. In the second half, Vinícius Júnior made it 2-0 in the 52nd minute, Júnior made it 3-0 with a header in the 61st minute, Gonçalo Guedes pulled one back to make it 3-1 with a header in the 76th minute, and Benzema made it 4-1 in the 88th minute, set up by Ferland Mendy.

The chances backed that up: Real Madrid created 4.39 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Valencia's 1.41 from 12. Gonçalo Guedes had a penalty saved for Valencia.

Match stats

23 Shots 12

8 Shots on Target 7

3 Corners 8

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

4.11 xG 1.12

3.37 Non-penalty xG 0.28

16 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Real Madrid Valencia

Kick-off

Karim Benzema
Penalty

1-0

43’

Half-time1-0

Vinícius Júnior

2-0

52’

Vinícius Júnior

3-0

61’

76’

Gonçalo Guedes

3-1

Karim Benzema
Assist: Ferland Mendy

4-1

88’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Real Madrid

Eder Militão
Ferland Mendy
Casemiro

Valencia

Cristiano Piccini
Yunus Musah
Denis Cheryshev

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 4.39 xGValencia 1.41 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Valencia 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	88			1	0.03	0.65	2
David Alaba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eder Militão	DEF	90			2	0.06	0.00	0
Ferland Mendy	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.25	3
Toni Kroos	MID	90			2	0.08	0.08	3
Casemiro	MID	72			3	0.69	0.00	0
Luka Modric	MID	71			1	0.09	0.09	3
Marco Asensio	FWD	90			5	0.84	0.03	1
Karim Benzema	FWD	90	2		4	0.98	0.71	2
Vinícius Júnior	FWD	88	2		4	1.52	0.12	2
Dani Ceballos	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eduardo Camavinga	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nacho	Sub	2			1	0.12	0.00	0
Federico Valverde	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.12	1
Isco	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jasper Cillessen	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Cristiano Piccini	DEF	78		0	0.00	0.00	0
Mouctar Diakhaby	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Omar Alderete	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
José Gayá	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.03	2
Hélder Costa	MID	67		0	0.00	0.01	1
Daniel Wass	MID	90		4	0.07	0.00	0
Hugo Guillamón	MID	90		1	0.02	0.05	1
Gonçalo Guedes	MID	90	1	3	1.15	0.02	1
Maxi Gómez	FWD	67		1	0.05	0.00	0
Yunus Musah	FWD	67		0	0.00	0.00	0
Denis Cheryshev	Sub	23		2	0.06	0.02	1
Marcos de Sousa	Sub	23		0	0.00	0.00	0
Koba Koindredi	Sub	17		0	0.00	0.05	1
Rubén Iranzo	Sub	12		0	0.00	0.00	0
Manu Vallejo	Sub	6		1	0.05	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Real Madrid win 71% Avg odds 1.35

Draw 18% Avg odds 5.34

Valencia win 11% Avg odds 8.63

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

Form going into the game

Real Madrid W W D W L

Valencia D W W W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Valencia 1-2 Real Madrid, 19 Sep 21 Next meeting: Real Madrid 2-0 Valencia, 02 Feb 23 All Real Madrid vs Valencia 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.