Valencia 2-3 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 22 December 2013
Result
Valencia 2-3 Real Madrid
La Liga · Sunday 22 December 2013, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Valencia 2-3 Real Madrid: match report
Valencia lost to Real Madrid 2-3 in La Liga on Sunday 22 December 2013. The half-time score was 1-2.
Á. Di María opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Valencia's goals came from Pablo Piatti (34') and Jérémy Mathieu (62'). Real Madrid scored through Á. Di María (28'), Cristiano Ronaldo (40') and Jesé (82').
Discipline: Valencia received 2 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 11th on 20 points from 16 and Real Madrid 3rd on 38 points from 16. Valencia went on to finish that season 8th with 49 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 87.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Madrid in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Valencia win, 2 draws and 7 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read L-W-L-D-W and Real Madrid's D-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 28'Goal · Á. Di María
- 34'Goal · Pablo Piatti
- 40'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 41'Yellow card · Nacho Fernández
- 54'Yellow card · Pablo Piatti
- 58'Yellow card · Jérémy Mathieu
- 62'Goal · Jérémy Mathieu
- 64'Yellow card · Arbeloa
- 82'Goal · Jesé
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vicente Guaita, Víctor Ruiz, João Pereira, Juan Bernat, Jérémy Mathieu, Oriol Romeu, Sofiane Feghouli, Dani Parejo, Federico Cartabia, Pablo Piatti, Jonas
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego López, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Álvaro Arbeloa, Nacho Fernández, Xabi Alonso, Luka Modrić, Isco, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Ángel Di María