Mbappé 18' (pen), Mbappé 30', Bellingham 43', Carreras 82'
2025/26 · La Liga · Matchday 23
Valencia 0–2 Real Madrid
Match summary
Real Madrid beat Valencia 2–0 at Mestalla Stadium on 8 February 2026 in La Liga matchday 23 in front of 47,515 spectators. Carreras 65' and Mbappé 90+1' scored for Real Madrid.
It was Real Madrid's 33rd win in 59 meetings between the clubs (33 wins, 13 draws, 13 defeats for Real Madrid). Real Madrid have won the last 2 meetings. Real Madrid went into the game with a recent run of W W W L W. Real Madrid finished that season 2nd, Valencia 12th in La Liga.
Line-ups
- Valencia · Substitutes
- 2Guido Rodríguez↑ 72'
- 12Thierry Correia↑ 72'
- 8Javi Guerra↑ 81'
- 17Largie Ramazani↑ 81'
- 6Umar Sadiq↑ 82'
- 5César Tárrega
- 13Cristian Rivero
- 16Diego López
- 21Jesús Vázquez
- 22Baptiste Santamaria
- 10André Almeida
- 19Dani Raba
- Real Madrid · Substitutes
- 12Trent Alexander-Arnold↑ 76'
- 21Brahim Díaz↑ 76'
- 30Franco Mastantuono↑ 82'
- 28Jorge Cestero↑ 90'
- 43Sergio Mestre
- 20Fran García
- 22Antonio Rüdiger
- 13Andriy Lunin
- 19Dani Ceballos
- 2Dani Carvajal
- 4David Alaba
Match events
- 65'GoalCarreras
- 69'Yellow cardCarreras
- 73'SubstitutionGuido Rodríguez for Pepelu
- 73'SubstitutionThierry Correia for Unai Núñez
- 76'SubstitutionAlexander-Arnold for David Jimenez
- 76'SubstitutionBrahim for Gonzalo
- 81'SubstitutionLargie Ramazani for Luis Rioja
- 81'SubstitutionJavi Guerra for Filip Ugrinic
- 82'SubstitutionUmar Sadiq for Lucas Beltrán
- 82'SubstitutionMastantuono for Arda Güler
- 88'Yellow cardJosé Copete
- 90+1'GoalMbappé
- 90+2'SubstitutionJorge Cestero for Valverde
Real Madrid v Valencia: head-to-head
All 59 meetings- 59Meetings
- 33Real Madrid wins
- 13Draws
- 13Valencia wins
Previous meetings
Vinícius Jr. 50' · Mouctar Diakhaby 15', Hugo Duro 90+5'
Hugo Duro 27' · Luka Modric 85', Bellingham 90+5'
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