Real Madrid vs Valencia

14 February 2021 · La Liga · 2020/21 · Referee José María Sánchez Martínez

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Karim Benzema 12’
  • Toni Kroos 42’

Match summary

Real Madrid beat Valencia 2-0. Real Madrid led 2-0 at half-time.

Karim Benzema put Real Madrid ahead in the 12th minute, set up by Toni Kroos and Toni Kroos made it 2-0 in the 42nd minute, set up by Lucas Vázquez.

The chances backed that up: Real Madrid created 0.86 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Valencia's 0.06 from 4.

Match stats

Real Madrid Valencia
16 Shots 4
7 Shots on Target 1
6 Corners 1
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.86 xG 0.06
0.86 Non-penalty xG 0.06
10 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Real Madrid Valencia
Kick-off
Karim Benzema
Assist: Toni Kroos
1-0 (Real Madrid)
12’
Toni Kroos
Assist: Lucas Vázquez
2-0 (Real Madrid)
42’
Half-time2-0
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Valencia
  • Thierry Correia
  • Uros Racic
  • Gonçalo Guedes

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.86 0.06 12’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), 1-0 12’ 42’ Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), 2-0 42’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.86 0.06 12’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), 1-0 Benzema 12’ 42’ Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), 2-0 Kroos 42’
Real Madrid 0.86 xGValencia 0.06 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Valencia attacking Real Madrid attacking 
30’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 39’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 42’ Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 44’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 33’ Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 75’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 9’ Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 49’ Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 40’ Luka Modric (Real Madrid), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 18’ Luka Modric (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 75’ Sergio Arribas (Real Madrid), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 12’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 48’ Luka Modric (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 55’ Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 56’ Yunus Musah (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 9’ Casemiro (Real Madrid), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 57’ José Gayá (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 71’ Luka Modric (Real Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 84’ Uros Racic (Valencia), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 53’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 30’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 39’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 42’ Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 44’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 33’ Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 75’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 9’ Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 49’ Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 40’ Luka Modric (Real Madrid), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 18’ Luka Modric (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 75’ Sergio Arribas (Real Madrid), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 12’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 48’ Luka Modric (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 55’ Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 56’ Yunus Musah (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 57’ José Gayá (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 71’ Luka Modric (Real Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 84’ Uros Racic (Valencia), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 9’ Casemiro (Real Madrid), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 53’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Thibaut Courtois GK900 0.000.000
Daniel Carvajal DEF270 0.000.000
Raphael Varane DEF900 0.000.031
Nacho DEF900 0.000.000
Ferland Mendy DEF900 0.000.000
Casemiro MID901 0.010.061
Toni Kroos MID90112 0.100.124
Luka Modric MID804 0.110.283
Marco Asensio FWD723 0.170.000
Karim Benzema FWD8015 0.440.000
Vinícius Júnior FWD900 0.000.021
Lucas Vázquez Sub6310 0.000.335
Sergio Arribas Sub181 0.030.000
Isco Sub100 0.000.000
Mariano Sub100 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Real Madrid win 70% Avg odds 1.36
Draw 18% Avg odds 5.20
Valencia win 12% Avg odds 8.13

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

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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.