MADRID. Real Madrid beats Sevilla 3-1. Real Madrid took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Madrid on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Alejandro José Hernández Hernández who had the assistance of José Enrique Naranjo Pérez and Diego Sánchez Rojo. The 4th official was Alexandre Alemán Pérez. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.1 degrees Celsius or 59.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 16 Total 9
- 5 On Target 2
- 11 Off Target 7
- 1 Shots blocked 2
- 128 Attack 81
- 49 Dangerous attack 30
- 37 Ball safe 38
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 3
Fouls
- 9 Total 12
- 1 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Real Madrid had a superior ball possession 56% while Sevilla was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Real Madrid was putting more pressure with 49 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Real Madrid won the match.
Real Madrid shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sevilla shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Real Madrid received 1 yellow card (A. Tchouameni). On the opposite side, Sevilla received 4 yellow cards (J. Jordan, G. Montiel, N. Gudelj and Papu Gomez).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Real Madrid will have 31 points to remain in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Sevilla will stay with 10 points like Almería and Celta de Vigo to soar in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Sevilla will host Rayo Vallecano on the 29th of October with a 11-1 head to head stats in favor of Sevilla (4 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
, Daniel Carvajal , Éder Militão , David Alaba , Ferland Mendy , Luka Modrić , Aurélien Tchouaméni , Toni Kroos , Federico Valverde , Rodrygo and Vinícius Júnior .The home team had on the bench: Álvaro Odriozola, Eduardo Camavinga
, Marco Asensio , Luis López, Lucas Vázquez , Jesús Vallejo, Nacho Fernández, Antonio Rüdiger , Andriy Lunin, Álvaro Rodríguez and Eden Hazard.Substitutions
Real Madrid made 5 changes: A. Tchouameni for E. Camavinga (65′), F. Mendy for A. Rudiger (77′), D. Carvajal for Lucas (77′), L. Modric for M. Asensio (77′) and D. Alaba for N. Fernandez (86′).
Best player: Federico Valverde
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Real Madrid was Federico Valverde.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 50 passes (90% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3.Sevilla – Formation
Also Sevilla adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya played with: Bono
, Gonzalo Montiel , Nemanja Gudelj , Marcão , Alex Telles , Ivan Rakitić , Joan Jordán , Óliver Torres , Jesús Navas , Isco and Erik Lamela .These were the players on the bench: Adnan Januzaj, Kasper Dolberg, Rafa Mir
, Youssef En-Nesyri, José Ángel Carmona , Papu Gómez , Marko Dmitrović, Alberto Flores, Suso and Thomas Delaney .Substitutions
Sevilla made 4 changes: J. Navas for J. A. Carmona (67′), O. Torres for Papu Gomez (69′), Isco for T. Delaney (76′) and I. Rakitic for R. Mir (76′).
Best player: Jesús Navas
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sevilla was Jesús Navas.
His rating is
with 22 passes (63% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 3 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- Real Valladolid – Real Sociedad – 1-0
- Rayo Vallecano – Cádiz – 5-1
- Valencia – Mallorca – 1-2
- Real Madrid – Sevilla – 3-1