Valencia vs Real Madrid

8 November 2020 · La Liga · 2020/21 · Referee Jesús Gil Manzano

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

  • Carlos Soler 35’ (pen), 54’ (pen), 63’ (pen)
  • Raphael Varane 43’ (og)
  • Karim Benzema 23’

Match summary

Valencia came from behind to win 4-1 at home to Real Madrid. Valencia led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Karim Benzema put Real Madrid ahead in the 23rd minute, set up by Marcelo, Carlos Soler equalised from the penalty spot in the 35th minute, and Varane's own goal put Valencia in front in the 43rd minute. In the second half, Soler made it 3-1 from the penalty spot in the 54th minute and Soler made it 4-1 from the penalty spot in the 63rd minute.

The chances backed that up: Valencia created 2.35 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots to Real Madrid's 1.07 from 16.

Match stats

Valencia Real Madrid
7 Shots 16
4 Shots on Target 6
1 Corners 8
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.35 xG 1.06
0.12 Non-penalty xG 1.06
2 Deep Completions 14

Key events

Valencia Real Madrid
Kick-off
23’
Karim Benzema
Assist: Marcelo0-1 (Real Madrid)
Carlos Soler
Penalty1-1 (Valencia)
35’
Raphael Varane
Own goal2-1 (Valencia)
43’
Half-time2-1
Carlos Soler
Penalty3-1 (Valencia)
54’
Carlos Soler
Penalty4-1 (Valencia)
63’
Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Valencia
  • Jaume
  • Hugo Guillamón
  • Carlos Soler
Real Madrid
  • Sergio Ramos
  • Marcelo

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 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.35 1.07 23’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), 0-1 23’ 35’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), 1-1 35’ 43’ Raphael Varane (Valencia) own goal, 2-1 43’ 54’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), 3-1 54’ 63’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), 4-1 63’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.35 1.07 23’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), 0-1 Benzema 23’ 35’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), 1-1 Soler 35’ 43’ Raphael Varane (Valencia) own goal, 2-1 Varane 43’ 54’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), 3-1 Soler 54’ 63’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), 4-1 Soler 63’
Valencia 2.35 xGReal Madrid 1.07 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Real Madrid attacking Valencia attacking 
35’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 54’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 63’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 58’ Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 90+1’ Luka Jovic (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.14 xG, off target 90+1’ Rodrygo (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 50’ Luka Modric (Real Madrid), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 81’ Isco (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 13’ Luka Modric (Real Madrid), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 68’ Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+1’ Mariano (Real Madrid), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 16’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 56’ José Gayá (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 57’ Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+2’ Mariano (Real Madrid), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 23’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 6’ Uros Racic (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 47’ Lee Kang-In (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 10’ Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 11’ Denis Cheryshev (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 57’ Federico Valverde (Real Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 71’ Federico Valverde (Real Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Luka Modric (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 43’ Raphael Varane (Real Madrid), own goal 35’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 54’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 63’ Carlos Soler (Valencia), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 58’ Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 90+1’ Luka Jovic (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.14 xG, off target 90+1’ Rodrygo (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 50’ Luka Modric (Real Madrid), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 81’ Isco (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 13’ Luka Modric (Real Madrid), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 68’ Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+1’ Mariano (Real Madrid), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 16’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 56’ José Gayá (Valencia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 57’ Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+2’ Mariano (Real Madrid), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 23’ Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 6’ Uros Racic (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 47’ Lee Kang-In (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 10’ Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 11’ Denis Cheryshev (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 57’ Federico Valverde (Real Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 71’ Federico Valverde (Real Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Luka Modric (Real Madrid), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 43’ Raphael Varane (Real Madrid), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jaume GK900 0.000.000
Daniel Wass DEF900 0.000.000
Gabriel DEF900 0.000.000
Hugo Guillamón DEF900 0.000.000
José Gayá DEF901 0.040.021
Yunus Musah MID900 0.000.000
Uros Racic MID901 0.030.000
Carlos Soler MID9033 2.230.031
Denis Cheryshev MID821 0.020.072
Maxi Gómez FWD900 0.000.000
Lee Kang-In FWD861 0.030.000
Toni Lato Sub80 0.000.000
Kevin Gameiro Sub40 0.000.000
Jason Sub10 0.000.000
Rubén Sobrino Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Valencia win 14% Avg odds 6.70
Draw 19% Avg odds 5.16
Real Madrid win 67% Avg odds 1.42

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

Form going into the game

Valencia WLLLD
Real Madrid WWLWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Real Madrid 3-0 Valencia, 18 Jun 20 Next meeting: Real Madrid 2-0 Valencia, 14 Feb 21  All Valencia vs Real Madrid 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.