Villarreal vs Real Madrid

3 January 2019 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Pablo González Fuertes

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–2

Santiago Cazorla 4’, 82’

Karim Benzema 7’
Raphael Varane 20’

Match summary

The points were shared as Villarreal and Real Madrid drew 2-2. Real Madrid led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Santiago Cazorla put Villarreal ahead in the 4th minute, set up by Samuel Chukwueze, Karim Benzema equalised with a header in the 7th minute, set up by Lucas Vázquez, and Raphael Varane put Real Madrid in front with a header in the 20th minute, set up by Toni Kroos. In the second half, Cazorla equalised with a header in the 82nd minute, set up by Pablo Fornals.

Real Madrid had the better of the chances, with 1.40 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Villarreal's 1.02 from 12.

Match stats

12 Shots 14

4 Shots on Target 7

6 Corners 4

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.02 xG 1.40

1.02 Non-penalty xG 1.40

11 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Villarreal Real Madrid

Kick-off

Santiago Cazorla
Assist: Samuel Chukwueze

1-0

4’

7’

Karim Benzema
Assist: Lucas Vázquez

1-1

20’

Raphael Varane
Assist: Toni Kroos

1-2

Half-time1-2

Santiago Cazorla
Assist: Pablo Fornals

2-2

82’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Villarreal

Álvaro González
Jaume Costa

Real Madrid

Sergio Ramos
Casemiro

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.

Villarreal 1.02 xGReal Madrid 1.40 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Real Madrid attacking Villarreal 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
Sergio Asenjo	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Miguel Layún	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.02	1
Álvaro González	DEF	90			1	0.10	0.00	0
Víctor Ruiz	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Jaume Costa	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Javi Fuego	MID	83			0	0.00	0.00	0
Santiago Cáseres	MID	64			0	0.00	0.00	0
Samuel Chukwueze	MID	90		1	4	0.23	0.04	1
Pablo Fornals	MID	90		1	1	0.02	0.60	2
Santiago Cazorla	MID	90	2		2	0.60	0.21	5
Gerard Moreno	FWD	70			2	0.03	0.00	0
Karl Toko Ekambi	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.11	1
Carlos Bacca	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.00	0
Manu Trigueros	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Thibaut Courtois	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Carvajal	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Raphael Varane	DEF	90	1		1	0.03	0.08	1
Sergio Ramos	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcelo	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.03	1
Casemiro	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Toni Kroos	MID	87		1	1	0.05	0.03	1
Luka Modric	MID	65			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Vázquez	FWD	90		1	3	0.57	0.41	1
Karim Benzema	FWD	90	1		4	0.54	0.10	1
Gareth Bale	FWD	47			1	0.02	0.05	1
Isco	Sub	43			2	0.06	0.02	1
Federico Valverde	Sub	25			1	0.05	0.02	1
Vinícius Júnior	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Villarreal win 25% Bet365 odds 3.80

Draw 25% Bet365 odds 3.80

Real Madrid win 50% Bet365 odds 1.85

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Villarreal D W L L D

Real Madrid W L W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Real Madrid 3-2 Villarreal, 05 May 19 All Villarreal 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.