Real Madrid 1-2 Valencia: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 5 April 2025

Result

Real Madrid 1-2 Valencia

La Liga · Saturday 5 April 2025, 14:15 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Real Madrid 1-2 Valencia: match report

Real Madrid were beaten by Valencia 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 5 April 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Mouctar Diakhaby opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Real Madrid's goal came from Vinicius Junior (50'). Valencia scored through Mouctar Diakhaby (15') and Hugo Duro (90+5').

Discipline: Real Madrid received 1 yellow card; Valencia received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 63 points from 29 and Valencia 16th on 31 points from 29. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 84 points, and Valencia 11th with 46.

Real Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Valencia in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Giorgi Mamardashvili of Valencia (8.5), ahead of Federico Valverde (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Real Madrid wins, 1 draw and 2 for Valencia.

Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Valencia's W-D-W-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · César TárregaValencia
  • 10'Yellow card · Umar SadiqValencia
  • 13'Missed penalty · Vinicius JuniorReal Madrid
  • 15'Goal · Mouctar DiakhabyValencia · 0-1
  • 22'Yellow card · Carlo AncelottiReal Madrid
  • 46'Yellow card · Cristhian MosqueraValencia
  • 50'Goal · Vinicius JuniorReal Madrid · 1-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Max AaronsValencia
  • 90+5'Goal · Hugo DuroValencia · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Madrid 7, draws 1, Valencia 2.

Team news

Real Madrid line-up (4-4-2)

Francisco Javier González Pérez, Lucas Vázquez, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Antonio Rüdiger, Fran García, Brahim Díaz, Luka Modrić, Federico Valverde, Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappé, Vinicius Junior

Valencia line-up (5-4-1)

Giorgi Mamardashvili, Max Aarons, Cristhian Mosquera, César Tárrega, Mouctar Diakhaby, Jesús Vázquez, Diego López, Javi Guerra, Enzo Barrenechea, André Almeida, Umar Sadiq