Real Madrid 2-1 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Thursday 16 July 2020
Result
Real Madrid 2-1 Villarreal
La Liga · Thursday 16 July 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Madrid 2-1 Villarreal: match report
Real Madrid beat Villarreal 2-1 in La Liga on Thursday 16 July 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Karim Benzema (29') and Karim Benzema (77', penalty). Villarreal scored through Vicente Iborra (83').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Villarreal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 1st on 83 points from 36 and Villarreal 5th on 57 points from 36. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Villarreal 5th with 60.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Villarreal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Karim Benzema of Real Madrid (8.6), ahead of Luka Modrić (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Madrid wins, 5 draws and 2 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Villarreal's L-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Soufiane Chakla
- 29'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 54'Yellow card · Daniel Carvajal
- 62'Yellow card · Luka Modric
- 67'Yellow card · Xavi Quintillà
- 77'Penalty goal · Karim Benzema
- 83'Goal · Vicente Iborra
- 86'Yellow card · Isco
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Thibaut Courtois, Daniel Carvajal, Raphaël Varane, Sergio Ramos, Ferland Mendy, Luka Modrić, Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Rodrygo, Karim Benzema, Eden Hazard
Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Soufiane Chakla, Pau Torres, Xavi Quintillà, Manu Morlanes, Frank Anguissa, Rubén Peña, Samuel Chukwueze, Moi Gómez, Gerard Moreno