Real Madrid vs Villarreal

17 December 2023 · La Liga · 2023/24 · Referee Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Jude Bellingham 25’
  • Rodrygo 37’
  • Brahim Diaz 64’
  • Luka Modric 68’
  • Morales 54’

Match summary

Real Madrid won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Villarreal. Real Madrid led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Jude Bellingham put Real Madrid ahead with a header in the 25th minute, set up by Luka Modric and Rodrygo made it 2-0 from a corner in the 37th minute. In the second half, Morales pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 54th minute, set up by Ramón Terrats, Brahim Diaz made it 3-1 in the 64th minute, set up by Fran García, and Luka Modric made it 4-1 in the 68th minute.

The chances backed that up: Real Madrid created 3.22 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Villarreal's 0.42 from 3.

Match stats

Real Madrid Villarreal
22 Shots 3
9 Shots on Target 1
11 Corners 0
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
3.22 xG 0.42
3.22 Non-penalty xG 0.42
19 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Real Madrid Villarreal
Kick-off
Jude Bellingham
Assist: Luka Modric1-0 (Real Madrid)
25’
Rodrygo2-0 (Real Madrid)
37’
Half-time2-0
54’
Morales
Assist: Ramón Terrats2-1 (Villarreal)
Brahim Diaz
Assist: Fran García3-1 (Real Madrid)
64’
Luka Modric4-1 (Real Madrid)
68’
Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Real Madrid
  • Jude Bellingham
  • Aurelien Tchouameni
Villarreal
  • Adrià Alti
  • Ilias Akhomach
  • Etienne Capoue

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 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.22 0.42 25’ Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), 1-0 25’ 37’ Rodrygo (Real Madrid), 2-0 37’ 54’ Morales (Villarreal), 2-1 54’ 64’ Brahim Diaz (Real Madrid), 3-1 64’ 68’ Luka Modric (Real Madrid), 4-1 68’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.22 0.42 25’ Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), 1-0 Bellingham 25’ 37’ Rodrygo (Real Madrid), 2-0 Rodrygo 37’ 54’ Morales (Villarreal), 2-1 Morales 54’ 64’ Brahim Diaz (Real Madrid), 3-1 Diaz 64’ 68’ Luka Modric (Real Madrid), 4-1 Modric 68’
Real Madrid 3.22 xGVillarreal 0.42 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Villarreal attacking Real Madrid attacking 
37’ Rodrygo (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.51 xG, goal 7’ Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), open play, 0.47 xG, saved 64’ Brahim Diaz (Real Madrid), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 54’ Morales (Villarreal), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 25’ Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 57’ Rodrygo (Real Madrid), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 63’ Rodrygo (Real Madrid), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 45’ Rodrygo (Real Madrid), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 68’ Luka Modric (Real Madrid), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 47’ Brahim Diaz (Real Madrid), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 6’ David Alaba (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 37’ Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 14’ Brahim Diaz (Real Madrid), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 37’ Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 90’ Rodrygo (Real Madrid), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 72’ Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 3’ Federico Valverde (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 53’ Brahim Diaz (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 2’ Rodrygo (Real Madrid), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 8’ Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 88’ Federico Valverde (Real Madrid), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 23’ Luka Modric (Real Madrid), open play, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 16’ Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 15’ Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+4’ Aurelien Tchouameni (Real Madrid), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 37’ Rodrygo (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.51 xG, goal 7’ Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), open play, 0.47 xG, saved 64’ Brahim Diaz (Real Madrid), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 54’ Morales (Villarreal), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 25’ Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 57’ Rodrygo (Real Madrid), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 63’ Rodrygo (Real Madrid), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 45’ Rodrygo (Real Madrid), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 68’ Luka Modric (Real Madrid), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 47’ Brahim Diaz (Real Madrid), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 6’ David Alaba (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 37’ Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 14’ Brahim Diaz (Real Madrid), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 37’ Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 90’ Rodrygo (Real Madrid), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 72’ Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 53’ Brahim Diaz (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 2’ Rodrygo (Real Madrid), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 3’ Federico Valverde (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 8’ Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 88’ Federico Valverde (Real Madrid), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 23’ Luka Modric (Real Madrid), open play, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 16’ Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 15’ Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+4’ Aurelien Tchouameni (Real Madrid), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Andriy Lunin GK900 0.000.000
Lucas Vázquez DEF901 0.090.462
Antonio Rüdiger DEF901 0.080.000
David Alaba DEF341 0.100.000
Ferland Mendy DEF520 0.000.000
Federico Valverde MID902 0.070.000
Luka Modric MID90112 0.160.605
Toni Kroos MID851 0.020.184
Jude Bellingham MID8413 0.860.141
Rodrygo FWD9016 1.200.202
Brahim Diaz FWD9014 0.640.031
Nacho Sub560 0.000.000
Fran García Sub3810 0.000.411
Dani Ceballos Sub60 0.000.012
Aurelien Tchouameni Sub51 0.010.000
Joselu Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Real Madrid win 78% Avg odds 1.24
Draw 14% Avg odds 6.96
Villarreal win 8% Avg odds 11.49

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

Form going into the game

Real Madrid DWWWD
Villarreal LLWDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Real Madrid 2-3 Villarreal, 08 Apr 23 Next meeting: Villarreal 4-4 Real Madrid, 19 May 24  All Real Madrid vs Villarreal 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.