MADRID. Villarreal overcame Real Madrid 3-2 thanks to S. Chukwueze who scored in the 40th and 80th minute.

The match was played at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Madrid on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 57,887 spectators.​ The referee was Javier Alberola Rojas with the assistance of Teodoro Sobrino Magán and Iván Hernández Ramos. The 4th official was Alberto Fuente Martín. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 18.4 degrees Celsius or 65.1 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 26%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Real Madrid was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Villarreal that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Real Madrid had a more offensive attitude with 56 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, Villarreal was capable to find the solution to win this contest.​

Real Madrid shot 18 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Villarreal shot 17 times, 8 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Real Madrid didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Villarreal received 3 yellow cards (Yéremy Pino, Alfonso Pedraza and Juan Foyth).

Standings

After playing this match, Real Madrid will stay with 59 points to remain in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Villarreal will have 47 points to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Real Madrid will play away against Cádiz on the 15th of April with a 5-1 head to head statistic in favor of Real Madrid (2 draws).

Villarreal will host Real Valladolid on the 15th of April with a 8-6 head to head record in favor of Villarreal (3 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 (7.4), Lucas Vázquez (6.2), Antonio Rüdiger (6.6), David Alaba (6.7), Nacho Fernández (5.8), Marco Asensio (7.4), Aurélien Tchouaméni (7.9), Dani Ceballos (7.4), Rodrygo (6.7), Karim Benzema (6.7) and Vinícius Júnior (8.4).

The home team had on the bench: Andriy Lunin, Eduardo Camavinga (6.1), Éder Militão (6.8), Álvaro Odriozola, Eden Hazard, Mariano Díaz, Federico Valverde (6.5), Daniel Carvajal, Jesús Vallejo, Luka Modrić (6.5), Luis López and Toni Kroos.

Substitutions

Real Madrid made 4 changes: David Alaba for Éder Militão (46′), Karim Benzema for Federico Valverde (59′), Aurélien Tchouameni for Luka Modrić (72′) and Dani Ceballos for Eduardo Camavinga (76′).

Best player: Vinícius Júnior​

The most impressive player for Real Madrid was Vinícius Júnior.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 28 passes (89% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 20. He performed 1 cross.

Villarreal – Formation

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

Enrique Setién Solar played with: Pepe Reina (6.4), Juan Foyth (6.5), Aïssa Mandi (6.4), Pau Torres (6.5), Alfonso Pedraza (6.4), Ramón Terrats (6.1), Dani Parejo (7.7), Alejandro Baena (6.8), Samuel Chukwueze (9.4), Giovani Lo Celso (8.0) and Yéremy Pino (6.3).

They had on the bench: Haissem Hassan, Carlo Adriano García, Filip Jörgensen, Manu Trigueros (6.2), Johan Mojica, Jorge Cuenca, Alberto Moreno (6.4), José Luis Morales (6.9) and Kiko Femenía.

Substitutions

Villarreal made 5 changes: Ramón Terrats for Manu Trigueros (33′), Giovani Lo Celso for Morales (67′), Yéremy Pino for Alberto Moreno (67′), Álex Baena for Johan Mojica (90′) and Samuel Chukwueze for Kiko Femenía (90′).

Best player: Samuel Chukwueze​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Villarreal was Samuel Chukwueze.

His rating is (9.4) with 2 goals, 25 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• Real Madrid – Villarreal – 2-3
• Espanyol – Athletic Club – 1-2
• Osasuna – Elche – 2-1
• Real Sociedad – Getafe – 2-0