MADRID. Real Madrid liquidates Girona 4-0 with goals of Vinicius Junior  (6′), Jude Bellingham  (35′), Jude Bellingham  (54′) and Rodrygo (61′).

Joselu squandered a penalty (90′) for Real Madrid.​

The match was played at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Madrid on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. In front of 76,585 spectators.​ The referee was Juan Martínez Munuera with the assistance of Diego Barbero Sevilla and Miguel Martínez Munuera. The 4th official was Alberto Fuente Martín. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 8.99 degrees Celsius or 48.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Real Madrid was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Girona that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Girona was more pushing with 58 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 0 were on target. Anyway, Real Madrid succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.​

Real Madrid shot 16 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Girona shot 5 times, 0 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Real Madrid received 1 yellow card (Ferland Mendy). On the opposite side, Girona received 2 yellow cards (Yan Couto and Juanpe).

Standings

After playing this match, Real Madrid has 61 points to remain in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Girona will stays with 56 points to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Real Madrid will play away with Rayo Vallecano on the 18th of February with a 14-2 head to head statistic in favor of Real Madrid (1 draw).

Girona will play away against Athletic Club on the 18th of February with a 3-3 head to head statistic.

Real Madrid – Formation

Real Madrid started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

The manager Carlo Ancelotti decided to play with the following team: Andriy Lunin (7.0), Lucas Vázquez (7.7), Aurélien Tchouaméni (7.3), Daniel Carvajal (7.7), Ferland Mendy (6.4), Federico Valverde (7.5), Toni Kroos (7.9), Eduardo Camavinga (7.7), Jude Bellingham  (9.2), Rodrygo (7.3) and Vinicius Junior  (9.2).

The home team had on the bench: Luka Modric  (7.0), Joselu (6.3), Dani Ceballos, Fran García (6.7), Brahim Díaz (6.8), Arda Güler  (7.3), Kepa Arrizabalaga, Diego Piñeiro and Jacobo Ramón Naveros.

Real Madrid could not rely on the presence of Brahim Díaz (injured).

Substitutions

Real Madrid made 5 changes: Rodrygo for Joselu (70′), Toni Kroos for Luka Modric  (70′), Jude Bellingham  for Brahim Díaz (57′), Ferland Mendy for Fran García (77′) and Vinicius Junior  for Arda Güler  (77′).

Player of the match: Jude Bellingham ​

The player that probably impressed the most for Real Madrid was Jude Bellingham .

His rating is 9.2 with 2 goals, 34 passes (94% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

Girona – Formation

Girona started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Miguel Ángel Sánchez Muñoz played with: Paulo Gazzaniga (6.0), Yan Couto (6.0), Eric García (6.4), Juanpe (6.4), Miguel Gutiérrez (6.6), Iván Martín (6.8), Aleix García (7.0), Viktor Tsygankov (6.8), Portu (6.4), Sávio (6.4) and Artem Dovbyk (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Juan Carlos, Arnau Martínez, Cristhian Stuani (6.4), Borja García, Valery Fernández (6.4), Pablo Torre (6.8), Jhon Solis (6.7), Toni Fuidias, Antal Yaakobishvili and Ricard Artero.

Substitutions

Girona made 4 changes: Portu for Pablo Torre (46′), Viktor Tsygankov for Valery Fernández (70′), Artem Dovbyk for Cristhian Stuani (70′) and Iván Martín for Jhon Solis (70′).

Player of the match: Aleix García​

The most impressive player for Girona was Aleix García.

His rating is 7.0 with 88 passes (98% accurate) and 1 key pass. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Deportivo Alavés – Villarreal – 1-1
• Real Sociedad – Osasuna – 0-1
• Real Madrid – Girona – 4-0
• Las Palmas – Valencia – 2-0