Valencia 1-0 Real Madrid: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 21 May 2023

Result

Valencia 1-0 Real Madrid

La Liga · Sunday 21 May 2023, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Valencia 1-0 Real Madrid: match report

Valencia defeated Real Madrid 1-0 in La Liga on Sunday 21 May 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Diego López of Valencia in the 33rd minute.

Discipline: Valencia received 5 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Valencia were 16th on 37 points from 34 and Real Madrid 3rd on 71 points from 34. Valencia went on to finish that season 14th with 42 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 78.

Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Giorgi Mamardashvili of Valencia (8.1), level with Marco Asensio (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Valencia wins, 1 draw and 7 for Real Madrid.

Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-D-L-W-W and Real Madrid's W-L-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Thierry CorreiaValencia
  • 33'Goal · Diego LópezValencia · 1-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Justin KluivertValencia
  • 70'Yellow card · Eray CömertValencia
  • 86'Yellow card · Luka ModricReal Madrid
  • 86'Yellow card · RodrygoReal Madrid
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Giorgi MamardashviliValencia
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Yunus MusahValencia
  • 90+7'Red card · Vinicius JuniorReal Madrid

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Valencia 2, draws 1, Real Madrid 7.

Team news

Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)

Giorgi Mamardashvili, Thierry Correia, Eray Cömert, Cenk Özkacar, José Gayà, Javi Guerra, Nico González, Diego López, André Almeida, Justin Kluivert, Edinson Cavani

Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)

Thibaut Courtois, Lucas Vázquez, Éder Militão, Antonio Rüdiger, Ferland Mendy, Dani Ceballos, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Eduardo Camavinga, Marco Asensio, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior