Real Madrid 4-1 Villarreal: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 17 December 2023

Result

Real Madrid 4-1 Villarreal

La Liga · Sunday 17 December 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Real Madrid 4-1 Villarreal: match report

Real Madrid beat Villarreal 4-1 in La Liga on Sunday 17 December 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Jude Bellingham opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Jude Bellingham (25'), Rodrygo (37'), Brahim Díaz (64') and Luka Modric (68'). Villarreal scored through José Luis Morales (54').

Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Villarreal received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 39 points from 16 and Villarreal 14th on 16 points from 16. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Villarreal 8th with 53.

Real Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Luka Modrić of Real Madrid (9.2), ahead of Lucas Vázquez (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Madrid wins, 5 draws and 2 for Villarreal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Jude BellinghamReal Madrid · 1-0
  • 37'Goal · RodrygoReal Madrid · 2-0
  • 54'Goal · José Luis MoralesVillarreal · 2-1
  • 64'Goal · Brahim DíazReal Madrid · 3-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Adrià AltimiraVillarreal
  • 67'Yellow card · Jude BellinghamReal Madrid
  • 68'Goal · Luka ModricReal Madrid · 4-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Ilias AkhomachVillarreal
  • 83'Yellow card · Aurélien TchouaméniReal Madrid
  • 85'Yellow card · Étienne CapoueVillarreal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Madrid 3, draws 5, Villarreal 2.

Team news

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

Andriy Lunin, Lucas Vázquez, Antonio Rüdiger, David Alaba, Ferland Mendy, Federico Valverde, Luka Modrić, Toni Kroos, Jude Bellingham, Brahim Díaz, Rodrygo

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Filip Jørgensen, Adrià Altimira, Raúl Albiol, Aïssa Mandi, Alfonso Pedraza, Ilias Akhomach, Étienne Capoue, Dani Parejo, Álex Baena, Gerard Moreno, José Luis Morales