Levante 1-2 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 24 February 2019
Result
Levante 1-2 Real Madrid
La Liga · Sunday 24 February 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Levante 1-2 Real Madrid: match report
Levante lost to Real Madrid 1-2 in La Liga on Sunday 24 February 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.
Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Levante's goal came from Roger Martí (60'). Real Madrid scored through Karim Benzema (43', penalty) and Gareth Bale (78', penalty).
Discipline: Levante received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Levante were 13th on 30 points from 24 and Real Madrid 3rd on 45 points from 24. Levante went on to finish that season 15th with 44 points, and Real Madrid 3rd with 68.
Levante lined up in a 3-5-2 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Casemiro of Real Madrid (8.0), ahead of Lucas Vázquez (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Levante win, 2 draws and 7 for Real Madrid.
Key events
- 25'Yellow card · Roger Martí
- 28'Yellow card · Nacho Fernández
- 43'Penalty goal · Karim Benzema
- 57'Yellow card · Rubén Rochina
- 60'Goal · Roger Martí
- 68'Yellow card · Lucas Vázquez
- 78'Penalty goal · Gareth Bale
- 82'Yellow card · Pedro López
- 84'Yellow card · Antonio Luna
- 86'Second yellow · Nacho Fernández
- 88'Second yellow · Rubén Rochina
Head-to-head
Team news
Levante line-up (3-5-2)
Aitor Fernández, Erick Cabaco, Rúben Vezo, Róber Pier, Moses Simon, Rubén Rochina, José Campaña, Enis Bardhi, Antonio Luna, Roger Martí, José Luis Morales
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Thibaut Courtois, Daniel Carvajal, Raphaël Varane, Nacho Fernández, Sergio Reguilón, Luka Modrić, Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Lucas Vázquez, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior