MADRID. Real Madrid was able to turn the tables against Sevilla to win 2-1. It was Sevilla to strike first with a goal of R. Mir at the 12′. Then it was a goal in the 32′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Vinicius Junior gave the win to Real Madrid in the 87′ minute with a goal.

The match was played at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Madrid on Sunday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was José María Sánchez Martínez with the help of Raúl Cabañero Martínez and José Gallego García. The 4th official was Jorge Díaz Escudero. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8 degrees Celsius or 46.36 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Real Madrid was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Sevilla that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Real Madrid was was more aggressive with 33 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Real Madrid won the match​.

Real Madrid shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sevilla shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards (T. Kroos, D. Carvajal and Casemiro). On the opposite side, Sevilla received 3 yellow cards (M. Acuna, G. Montiel and L. Ocampos).

Standings

After playing this match, Real Madrid will have 33 points to sit in the 1st place. On the other side, Sevilla will stay with 28 points to hold in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Real Madrid will play away against Real Sociedad on the 4th of December with a 18-4 head to head statistic in favor of Real Madrid (5 draws).

Sevilla will host Villarreal on the 4th of December with a 15-9 head to head in favor of Sevilla (10 draws).

Real Madrid – Formation

Real Madrid adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Carlo Ancelotti decided to play with the following team: Thibaut Courtois (6.9), Daniel Carvajal (6.4), Éder Militão (7.7), David Alaba (8.0), Ferland Mendy (6.9), Luka Modrić (6.3), Casemiro (7.3), Toni Kroos (7.2), Marco Asensio (6.5), Karim Benzema (7.5) and Vinícius Júnior (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Nacho Fernández, Marcelo, Isco, Federico Valverde (6.2), Lucas Vázquez, Mariano Díaz, Luka Jović, Antonio Blanco, Andriy Lunin, Luis López, Jesús Vallejo and Eduardo Camavinga (6.7).

Substitutions

Real Madrid made 4 changes: M. Asensio for F. Valverde (73′), L. Modric for E. Camavinga (73′), Vinicius Junior for N. Fernandez (90′) and D. Carvajal for Lucas (90′).

Best player: David Alaba​

The player that probably impressed the most for Real Madrid was David Alaba even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.0) with 63 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4.

Sevilla – Formation

Also Sevilla adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Julen Lopetegui Argote played with: Bono (5.7), Gonzalo Montiel (6.5), Jules Koundé (7.0), Diego Carlos (6.4), Marcos Acuña (7.4), Joan Jordán (7.0), Fernando (6.4), Ivan Rakitić (6.8), Lucas Ocampos (7.1), Rafa Mir (6.4) and Alejandro Gómez (7.1).

They had on the bench: Marko Dmitrović, Iván Romero, Óscar Rodríguez (6.3), Óliver Torres (6.4), Karim Rekik, Thomas Delaney (6.2), Oussama Idrissi, Nemanja Gudelj, Javier Díaz, Ludwig Augustinsson and Munir El Haddadi.

Substitutions

Sevilla made 5 changes: I. Rakitic for T. Delaney (71′), Papu Gomez for O. Torres (81′), J. Jordan for O. Rodriguez (82′), G. Montiel for M. El Haddadi (90′) and L. Ocampos for O. Idrissi (90′).

Best player: Marcos Acuña​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sevilla was Marcos Acuña.

His rating is (7.4) with 46 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 11 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga.​

• Real Betis – Levante – 3-1
• Cádiz – Atlético Madrid – 1-4
• Espanyol – Real Sociedad – 1-0
• Real Madrid – Sevilla – 2-1