Real Madrid 3-2 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 8 May 2016
Result
Real Madrid 3-2 Valencia
La Liga · Sunday 8 May 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Real Madrid 3-2 Valencia: match report
Real Madrid won against Valencia 3-2 in La Liga on Sunday 8 May 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (26'), Karim Benzema (42') and Cristiano Ronaldo (59'). Valencia scored through Rodrigo (55') and André Gomes (81').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 1 yellow card; Valencia received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 3rd on 78 points from 36 and Valencia 9th on 44 points from 36. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 3rd with 84 points, and Valencia 13th with 44.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Valencia in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid (8.2), ahead of Marcelo (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Real Madrid wins, 5 draws and 1 for Valencia.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Enzo Pérez
- 26'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 39'Yellow card · Guilherme Siqueira
- 42'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 43'Yellow card · André Gomes
- 52'Yellow card · Casemiro
- 55'Goal · Rodrigo
- 59'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 69'Yellow card · Javi Fuego
- 81'Goal · André Gomes
- 83'Red card · Rodrigo
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Kiko Casilla, Danilo, Raphaël Varane, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Toni Kroos, Casemiro, James Rodríguez, Lucas Vázquez, Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo
Valencia expected line-up (4-1-4-1)
Diego Alves, Shkodran Mustafi, Aymen Abdennour, Guilherme Siqueira, Antonio Barragán, Javi Fuego, André Gomes, Rodrigo, Dani Parejo, Paco Alcácer