Diomande 62'
Real Madrid 4–2 Villarreal
Match summary
Real Madrid beat Villarreal 4–2 on 8 February 2014 in La Liga round 23. in front of 68,900 spectators. Gareth Bale 7', Karim Benzema 25', Jesé Rodríguez Ruiz 64' and Karim Benzema 76' scored for Real Madrid; Mario Gaspar 43' and Giovani dos Santos 69' replied for Villarreal.
It was Real Madrid's 26th win in 50 meetings between the clubs (26 wins, 17 draws, 7 defeats for Real Madrid). Real Madrid have won the last 5 meetings. Real Madrid went into the game with a recent run of W W W D W. Real Madrid finished that season 3rd in La Liga.
Match events
- 7'GoalGareth Bale
- 18'SubstitutionFábio Alexandre Silva Coentrão for Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior
- 25'GoalKarim Benzema
- 43'GoalMario Gaspar
- 46'SubstitutionÁlvaro Arbeloa Coca for Fábio Alexandre Silva Coentrão
- 55'Yellow cardJaume Costa
- 58'SubstitutionManu Trigueros for Edu Ramos
- 59'Yellow cardMario Gaspar
- 63'SubstitutionJoan Román for Moi Gómez
- 64'GoalJesé Rodríguez Ruiz
- 68'SubstitutionJérémy Perbet for Jonathan Pereira
- 68'SubstitutionXabier Alonso Olano for Ángel Fabián di María
- 69'GoalGiovani dos Santos
- 76'GoalKarim Benzema
Real Madrid v Villarreal: head-to-head
All 50 meetings- 50Meetings
- 26Real Madrid wins
- 17Draws
- 7Villarreal wins
Previous meetings
Mbappé 46', Mbappé 90+3' (pen)
Vinícius Jr. 47', Vinícius Jr. 69' (pen), Mbappé 81' · Georges Mikautadze 73'
In the news around this match
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- Benzema proud to match Ronaldo's Real Madrid scoring record
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- Bale scores in Real Madrid comeback appearance
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- Real Madrid boss Ancelotti hails his goalscoring trio
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- Jese happy to score in Real Madrid triumph
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- Real Madrid coach Ancelotti denies ignoring Isco
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