Real Madrid 4-0 Malaga: three goals by the half-hour mark
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- xG 2.62 v 0.71: Madrid created the better chances
- Malaga: 1 shot on target from 14 attempts
- Madrid led for 71 of the 90 minutes
Settled before the interval
Real Madrid beat Malaga 4-0 at the Bernabéu and moved from fourth to first in La Liga. The match was effectively settled before half-time: it was 3-0 at the interval, and Madrid were ahead for 71 of the 90 minutes. Malaga never found a way back into it.
Madrid's goals came from volume
Madrid scored four from an xG of 2.62, though one of those was an own goal by Malaga keeper Alfonso Herrero. With xG per shot at 0.14, the output came from volume rather than a handful of clear chances, which suggests plenty of attempts were blocked or low in quality.
Malaga offered little in attack
Malaga managed one shot on target from 14 attempts. More of their efforts came from outside the box than inside it, and a low xG per shot suggests many were speculative. David Larrubia won nine duels, the most on either side, but that industry rarely turned into a threat on goal.
Bellingham's opener set the course
Jude Bellingham's opener was worth +0.4 FN xPts, and the goals that followed added far less in expected points. Malaga had a penalty cancelled by VAR in the 86th minute, and substitute Arda Güler then made it four in the 90th, set up by Vinícius Júnior.
Player of the match
Trent Alexander-Arnold 8.8Dominant
One assist, three key passes and four interceptions touched both ends of the pitch.
Trent Alexander-Arnold finished with three key passes, four interceptions and 88 accurate passes from 96. His assist for Kylian Mbappé in the 30th minute made it 3-0, and he played all 90 minutes as the main supplier from the back. He earned the top FN Score of the match.
Game state
1-02-03-04-0
Real Madrid ahead 71 min · level 19 min · Malaga ahead 0 min
- Arda Güler — off the bench 7 min · 1G 0A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
19'
Jude Bellingham
Goal
+0.4
26'
Alfonso Herrero
Own goal
−0.1
30'
Kylian Mbappé
Goal · assist Trent Alexander-Arnold
0.0
90'
Arda Güler
Goal · assist Vinícius Júnior
0.0
Real Madrid
Expected (last two seasons) 2.5Own moments +0.4Opponent moments +0.2Time effect −0.1→ League points won 3
Malaga
Expected (last two seasons) 0.3Own moments −0.1Opponent moments −0.3Time effect +0.1→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
Real MadridMalaga
2.62Expected goals (xG)0.71
Timeline
- 19'
Goal
Jude Bellingham league goal #2
- 26'
Goal
Alfonso Herrero (OG)
- 30'
Goal
Kylian Mbappé league goal #4 assist Trent Alexander-Arnold
- 46'
Sub
Rafa Rodriguez → Pablo Martínez
- 60'
Sub
Carlos Puga → Jose Salinas
- 61'
Sub
Joaquín Muñoz → Juan Cruz
- 65'
Sub
Brahim Díaz → Yan Diomande
- 66'
Yellow
Chupete
- 74'
Sub
Einar Galilea → Haitam Abaida
- 77'
Sub
Federico Valverde → Bernardo Silva
- 86'
VAR
Haitam Abaida
- 87'
Sub
Jude Bellingham → Arda Güler
- 87'
Sub
Izan Merino → Ramón Enríquez
- 90'
Goal
Arda Güler league goal #1 assist Vinícius Júnior
- 90+3'
Yellow
Ramón Enríquez
Category leaders
- Key passesVinícius Júnior4
- Duels wonDavid Larrubia9/17
- DribblesKylian Mbappé7/8
- Defensive actionsDean Huijsen5
- ShotsJude Bellingham5 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonJude Bellingham3
#La Liga#Real Madrid#Malaga#Kylian Mbappé#Jude Bellingham#Trent Alexander-Arnold
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.