Real Madrid win 2-0 at Valencia

Match report

Valencia were beaten 2-0 by Real Madrid at Estadio de Mestalla on Sunday, 8 February 2026 in La Liga matchday 23. A. Carreras (65') and K. Mbappe (90') scored for Real Madrid. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Valencia had 40% of the ball and 7 shots (0 on target) against Real Madrid’s 11 (6 on target). Aurélien Tchouaméni (Real Madrid) was the top-rated player with 7.9. The result leaves Valencia 19th in the La Liga table on 4 points and Real Madrid 4th on 15.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Valencia

19th · 4 points · P 7 W 1 D 1 L 5

Form

Real Madrid

4th · 15 points · P 7 W 5 D 0 L 2

Form

La Liga table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
3	Real Betis	7	+2	16
4	Real Madrid	7	+10	15
5	Sevilla	7	+1	13
18	Elche	7	-6	5
19	Valencia	7	-9	4
20	Malaga	7	-9	3

Full La Liga table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Sun, 8 Nov 2026, Valencia – Real Madrid

Full Valencia vs Real Madrid head-to-head

Match events

65'goalA. CarrerasAssist: D. Huijsen
69'yellow cardÁlvaro CarrerasYellow Card
72'substitutionU. NunezOff: T. Rendall
72'substitutionPepeluOff: G. Rodriguez
76'substitutionD. JimenezOff: T. Alexander-Arnold
76'substitutionG. GarciaOff: B. Diaz
81'substitutionF. UgrinicOff: J. Guerra
81'substitutionL. RiojaOff: L. Ramazani
82'substitutionL. BeltranOff: U. Sadiq
82'substitutionA. GulerOff: F. Mastantuono
88'yellow cardJosé CopeteYellow Card
90'goalK. MbappeAssist: B. Diaz
90+2'substitutionF. ValverdeOff: J. Cestero Sancho

Lineups

Valencia

Formation 4-4-2 · Coach Carlos Corberan

Starting XI

Substitutes

Real Madrid

Formation 4-4-2 · Coach Alvaro Arbeloa

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

40%Possession60%
0.44Expected goals (xG)0.96
7Total shots11
0Shots on target6
5Shots off target4
2Blocked shots1
4Shots inside the box7
3Shots outside the box4
5Corners8
1Offsides3
10Fouls13
1Yellow cards1
–Red cards–
4Goalkeeper saves0
359Passes558
283Accurate passes495
79%Pass accuracy89%
0.00Goals prevented0.00

Player statistics

Valencia

Valencia player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Stole DimitrievskiG	90	6.9		37 · 51%
3José CopeteD	90	6.2		36 · 86%			1/3
4Unai NúñezD	72	7.0	1 (0)	26 · 77%		3	7/11
14José Luis GayàD	90	6.3		30 · 80%		4	5/8
24Eray CömertD	90	6.7		40 · 82%		1	2/3
7Arnaut DanjumaM	90	6.5		19 · 74%	1	1	1/4
11Luis RiojaM	81	6.3		24 · 79%	1	1	2/6
18PepeluM	72	6.9	1 (0)	35 · 80%	1	1	5/8
23Filip UgrinićM	81	6.6		34 · 85%	1	1	3/6
9Hugo DuroF	90	6.5		10 · 90%			3/11
15Lucas BeltránF	82	6.6	2 (0)	24 · 88%	1	3	8/19
13Cristian RiveroG	–	–
5César TárregaD	–	–
12Thierry CorreiaD	18	6.3		10 · 70%		1	2/2
21Jesús VázquezD	–	–
2Guido RodríguezM	18	6.6	1 (0)	21 · 90%		2	4/5
8Javier GuerraM	9	6.7		6 · 83%
10André AlmeidaM	–	–
22Baptiste SantamariaM	–	–
6Umar SadiqF	8	6.5		3 · 67%	1		1/3
16Diego LópezF	–	–
17Largie RamazaniF	9	6.5		4 · 75%			0/1
19Dani RabaF	–	–

Real Madrid

Real Madrid player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Thibaut CourtoisG	90	6.3				21 · 62%
17Raúl AsencioD	90	7.3				55 · 95%		1	5/5
18Álvaro CarrerasD	90	7.9	1		1 (1)	51 · 86%		1	5/10
24Dean HuijsenD	90	7.9		1		66 · 91%	1	1	6/13
35David JiménezD	76	6.6			1 (1)	35 · 97%		1	1/2
6Eduardo CamavingaM	90	7.3			1 (0)	55 · 95%	1	4	6/12
8Federico ValverdeM	89	7.5			2 (1)	75 · 89%	1	2	3/5
14Aurélien TchouaméniMTop rated	90	7.9				67 · 91%	2	5	11/12
15Arda GülerM	82	6.9				57 · 91%		2	4/7
10Kylian MbappéF	90	6.9	1		4 (3)	35 · 77%	2		2/10
16Gonzalo GarcíaF	76	6.2				16 · 88%	1		2/9
13Andriy LuninG	–	–
43Sergio MestreG	–	–
2Daniel CarvajalD	–	–
4David AlabaD	–	–
12Trent Alexander-ArnoldD	14	6.9				14 · 71%
20Fran GarcíaD	–	–
22Antonio RüdigerD	–	–
19Dani CeballosM	–	–
21Brahim DíazM	14	6.6		1		7 · 86%	1		0/1
28Jorge CesteroM	1	–				1 · 0%
30Franco MastantuonoF	8	6.5			1 (0)	3 · 100%			1/4