Valencia 1-1 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 3 January 2016
Result
Valencia 1-1 Real Madrid
La Liga · Sunday 3 January 2016, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Valencia 1-1 Real Madrid: match report
Valencia drew with Real Madrid 1-1 in La Liga on Sunday 3 January 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.
Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Valencia's goals came from Dani Parejo (45+1', penalty) and Paco Alcácer (83'). Real Madrid scored through Karim Benzema (16') and Gareth Bale (82').
Discipline: Valencia received 1 yellow card; Real Madrid received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Valencia were 11th on 22 points from 17 and Real Madrid 3rd on 34 points from 17. Valencia went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Real Madrid 3rd with 84.
Valencia lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Karim Benzema of Real Madrid (8.1), ahead of Rodrigo De Paul (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Valencia win, 4 draws and 5 for Real Madrid.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 45'Yellow card · Pepe
- 45+1'Penalty goal · Dani Parejo
- 57'Yellow card · Barragán
- 68'Red card · Mateo Kovacic
- 82'Goal · Gareth Bale
- 83'Goal · Paco Alcácer
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-3-3)
Jaume Doménech, Aderllan Santos, Lucas Orbán, Antonio Barragán, Aymen Abdennour, Dani Parejo, Danilo Barbosa, André Gomes, João Cancelo, Paco Alcácer, Rodrigo De Paul
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Keylor Navas, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Danilo, Toni Kroos, Mateo Kovacic, Luka Modrić, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale