Valencia 2-1 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 4 January 2015
Result
Valencia 2-1 Real Madrid
La Liga · Sunday 4 January 2015, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Valencia 2-1 Real Madrid: match report
Valencia won against Real Madrid 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 4 January 2015. The half-time score was 0-1.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Valencia's goals came from Barragán (52') and Nicolás Otamendi (65'). Real Madrid scored through Cristiano Ronaldo (14', penalty).
Discipline: Valencia received 6 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 5th on 31 points from 16 and Real Madrid 3rd on 37 points from 15. Valencia went on to finish that season 4th with 75 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 90.
Valencia lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Valencia wins, 3 draws and 7 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-W-D-L-L and Real Madrid's W-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 14'Penalty goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 15'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 23'Yellow card · José Gayà
- 29'Yellow card · Enzo Pérez
- 33'Yellow card · Nurgzay Khayrulin
- 39'Yellow card · Isco
- 42'Yellow card · Paco Alcácer
- 43'Yellow card · Dani Parejo
- 52'Goal · Barragán
- 59'Yellow card · Lucas Orbán
- 63'Yellow card · Daniel Carvajal
- 65'Goal · Nicolás Otamendi
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia expected line-up (4-3-3)
Diego Alves, Nicolás Otamendi, José Gayà, Shkodran Mustafi, Antonio Barragán, André Gomes, Javi Fuego, Sofiane Feghouli, Rodrigo, Álvaro Negredo
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Iker Casillas, Daniel Carvajal, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Isco, Toni Kroos, James Rodríguez, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo