La Liga Gameweek 3 Sun, Aug 30 2026 · 16:00 Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Real Madrid
4–0 Full time · HT 3–0 xG 2.62 – 0.71
Malaga
  • J. Bellingham 19’
  • Alfonso Herrero 26’ (OG)
  • K. Mbappé 30’
  • A. Güler 90’
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Match story · our forecast vs the result iModel is our forecast, published before the match and locked at kick-off: expected goals for each side and the probability of every outcome.

xG after the match measures the quality of the chances each side actually created. It is known only after the final whistle, so it is not a forecast.

Real Madrid cruise past Malaga

Real Madrid entered as clear favourites and won 4–0 through goals from Bellingham, Mbappé, Güler and an own goal. Real Madrid finished with the higher xG (2.62 vs 0.71).

Real Madrid ✓77%
Draw14%
Malaga9%

Model vs reality

Real Madrid goals
4
Model 2.72 · xG 2.62
Malaga goals
0
Model 0.82 · xG 0.71
Total goals
4
Model 3.54 · xG 3.33
Score 4–0
7%
Most likely 2–0 (11%)
Over 2.5
Yes
Model 69%
Both scored
No
Model 52%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchK. MbappéReal Madrid · 1 goal
9.2
  • RefereeJuan Martinez Munuera
  • CoachesJosé Mourinho · Juan Funes
  • VenueEstadio Santiago Bernabéu
  • Table before kick-offReal Madrid 4th · Malaga 18th
  • Weather at kick-off33°C · Clear · wind 14 km/h Heat stress

Timeline

  1. J. Bellingham 1–0
    19’
  2. Alfonso Herrero (own goal) 2–0
    26’
  3. K. Mbappé 3–0Assist T. Alexander-Arnold
    30’
  4. Half time · 3–0
  5. ⇄ Pablo MartínezFor Rafa Rodríguez
    46’
  6. ⇄ José SalinasFor Puga
    60’
  7. ⇄ Juan CruzFor Joaquín Muñoz
    61’
  8. ⇄ Y. DiomandeFor Brahim Díaz
    65’
  9. ChupeYellow card · Foul
    66’
  10. ⇄ H. AbaidaFor Einar Galilea
    74’
  11. ⇄ Bernardo SilvaFor F. Valverde
    77’
  12. VAR H. AbaidaPenalty cancelled
    86’
  13. ⇄ A. GülerFor J. Bellingham
    87’
  14. ⇄ Ramón EnríquezFor Izan Merino
    87’
  15. A. Güler 4–0Assist Vinícius
    90’
  16. Ramón EnríquezYellow card · Foul
    90+3’
  17. Full time · 4–0

Team stats

Real Madrid19 shots · 14 in box, 5 outside
Malaga14 shots · 6 in box, 8 outside
Real MadridMalaga
56% Possession 44%
2.62 Expected goals (xG) 0.71
2.49 Expected points (xPts) 0.37
19 Shots 14
8 Shots on target 1
4 Shots off target 7
7 Blocked shots 6
14 Shots inside the box 6
5 Shots outside the box 8
599 Passes 464
92% Pass accuracy 88%
9 Corners 6
1 Goalkeeper saves 4
6 Fouls 9
2 Offsides 1
0 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
7.48 Team rating 6.50

Line-ups

Real Madrid 4-2-3-1

16.9 T. Courtois(G)
177.2 Marc Cucurella 47.2 D. Huijsen 227.3 A. Rüdiger 127.9 T. Alexander-Arnold A
66.9 E. Camavinga 87.2 F. Valverde ↓77’
77.5 Vinícius A 58.3 J. Bellingham ↓87’ 216.7 Brahim Díaz ↓65’
109.2★ K. Mbappé
  • 1T. Courtois (G)6.9
  • 17Marc Cucurella7.2
  • 4D. Huijsen7.2
  • 22A. Rüdiger7.3
  • 12T. Alexander-ArnoldA7.9
  • 6E. Camavinga6.9
  • 8F. Valverde↓77’7.2
  • 7ViníciusA7.5
  • 5J. Bellingham↓87’8.3
  • 21Brahim Díaz↓65’6.7
  • 10K. Mbappé ★9.2

Substitutes used

  • 20Bernardo Silva↑77’6.3
  • 15A. Güler↑87’7.7
  • 25Y. Diomande↑65’7.0

Unused: A. Lunin, Javier Navarro, D. Dumfries, I. Konaté, Álvaro Fernández, Mario Rivas, Jorge Cestero, Carlos Espí, Alexis Ciria

Coach: José Mourinho

Malaga 4-4-2

17.2 Alfonso Herrero(G)
316.0 Rafita 46.2 Einar Galilea ↓74’ 156.3 Ángel Recio 36.3 Puga ↓60’
116.5 Joaquín Muñoz ↓61’ 236.5 Izan Merino ↓87’ 146.2 Rafa Rodríguez ↓46’ 107.0 David Larrubia
86.7 Carlos Dotor 96.6 Chupe
  • 1Alfonso Herrero (G)7.2
  • 31Rafita6.0
  • 4Einar Galilea↓74’6.2
  • 15Ángel Recio6.3
  • 3Puga↓60’6.3
  • 11Joaquín Muñoz↓61’6.5
  • 23Izan Merino↓87’6.5
  • 14Rafa Rodríguez↓46’6.2
  • 10David Larrubia7.0
  • 8Carlos Dotor6.7
  • 9Chupe6.6

Substitutes used

  • 12José Salinas↑60’6.2
  • 18Pablo Martínez↑46’6.3
  • 6Ramón Enríquez↑87’
  • 7H. Abaida↑74’6.6
  • 19Juan Cruz↑61’6.2

Unused: Carlos López, Álex Pastor, Joseph Otunenche, Eneko Jauregi, Julen Lobete, Juan Fernandéz

Coach: Juan Funes

Player stats

Top rated
K. MbappéReal Madrid9.2
2nd
J. BellinghamReal Madrid8.3
3rd
T. Alexander-ArnoldReal Madrid7.9

Real Madrid

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
T. Courtois G 90 0 0 1 sv 0 89% 35 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.9
Marc Cucurella D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 88% 52 3 1 0/1 0/0 7.2
D. Huijsen D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 92% 53 3 2 0/0 2/0 7.2
A. Rüdiger D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 96% 82 0 0 0/0 1/1 7.3
T. Alexander-Arnold D 90 0 1 2 (1) 3 92% 96 0 4 0/0 0/0 7.9
E. Camavinga M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 90% 71 2 2 1/1 1/0 6.9
F. Valverde M 77 0 0 0 (0) 1 89% 56 0 1 0/0 0/0 7.2
Vinícius F 90 0 1 0 (0) 4 81% 32 0 0 4/7 0/3 7.5
J. Bellingham M 87 1 0 5 (2) 1 95% 38 2 0 1/2 0/3 8.3
Brahim Díaz M 65 0 0 0 (0) 1 100% 27 0 0 1/4 0/1 6.7
K. Mbappé F 90 1 0 4 (4) 0 91% 33 0 0 7/8 1/1 9.2
Bernardo Silva M 13 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 9 1 0 0/0 1/0 6.3
A. Güler M 3 1 0 1 (1) 0 100% 1 1 0 1/1 0/0 7.7
Y. Diomande F 25 0 0 0 (0) 1 93% 14 0 0 1/1 0/0 7.0

Malaga

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
Alfonso Herrero G 90 0 0 4 sv 0 86% 21 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.2
Rafita D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 93% 56 1 2 3/5 3/0 6.0
Einar Galilea D 74 0 0 0 (0) 0 97% 34 0 2 0/0 0/1 6.2
Ángel Recio D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 83% 40 2 1 0/0 0/1 6.3
Puga D 60 0 0 0 (0) 0 76% 29 3 0 1/1 2/0 6.3
Joaquín Muñoz F 61 0 0 1 (0) 1 94% 17 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.5
Izan Merino D 87 0 0 0 (0) 2 89% 54 1 1 0/0 2/0 6.5
Rafa Rodríguez M 46 0 0 3 (0) 0 83% 29 1 0 0/0 1/1 6.2
David Larrubia M 90 0 0 1 (1) 4 84% 31 3 0 5/9 0/1 7.0
Carlos Dotor M 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 89% 62 2 0 0/0 0/0 6.7
Chupe F 90 0 0 2 (0) 2 80% 20 0 0 0/0 1/2 6.6
José Salinas D 30 0 0 0 (0) 0 92% 12 0 1 0/0 0/0 6.2
Pablo Martínez M 44 0 0 0 (0) 0 91% 32 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
Ramón Enríquez M 3 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 7 0 0 0/0 0/0 —
H. Abaida M 16 0 0 0 (0) 1 83% 6 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.6
Juan Cruz M 29 0 0 1 (0) 0 86% 14 1 0 0/0 0/0 6.2

Match data from eScored. Ratings are the data provider's 0–10 match ratings; 7.2 and above is a strong game, 8+ is rare.