La Liga Gameweek 18 Sun, Jan 4 2026 · 15:15 Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Real Madrid
5–1 Full time · HT 1–0 xG 2.47 – 0.98
Real Betis
  • Gonzalo García 20’, 50’, 82’
  • Raúl Asencio 56’
  • Fran García 90+3’
  • 66’ C. Hernández
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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.

García hat-trick sinks Real Betis

Real Madrid entered as favourites and won 5–1 through goals from García and Asencio. Real Betis replied through a Hernández goal. Real Madrid finished with the higher xG (2.47 vs 0.98).

Real Madrid ✓58%
Draw24%
Real Betis18%

Model vs reality

Real Madrid goals
5
Model 1.80 · xG 2.47
Real Betis goals
1
Model 0.91 · xG 0.98
Total goals
6
Model 2.72 · xG 3.45
Score 5–1
1%
Most likely 1–1 (11%)
Over 2.5
Yes
Model 51%
Both scored
Yes
Model 51%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchGonzalo GarcíaReal Madrid · 3 goals
9.5
  • RefereeAlejandro Hernandez
  • VenueEstadio Santiago Bernabéu
  • Table before kick-offReal Madrid 2nd · Real Betis 6th

Timeline

  1. Ángel OrtizYellow card · Tripping
    19’
  2. Gonzalo García 1–0Assist Rodrygo
    20’
  3. Half time · 1–0
  4. ⇄ Héctor BellerínFor Ángel Ortiz
    46’
  5. ⇄ G. Lo CelsoFor Nelson Alexander Deossa Suarez
    46’
  6. Gonzalo García 2–0Assist F. Valverde
    50’
  7. ViníciusYellow card · Roughing
    53’
  8. Raúl Asencio 3–0Assist Rodrygo
    56’
  9. C. Hernández 3–1Assist Aitor Ruibal
    66’
  10. ⇄ Sergi AltimiraFor Marc Roca
    67’
  11. ⇄ Rodrigo RiquelmeFor Aitor Ruibal
    67’
  12. ⇄ Franco MastantuonoFor Vinícius
    77’
  13. ⇄ A. GülerFor Rodrygo
    77’
  14. ⇄ Dani CeballosFor A. Tchouaméni
    81’
  15. Gonzalo García 4–1Assist A. Güler
    82’
  16. ⇄ Pablo GarcíaFor Antony
    88’
  17. ⇄ Fran GarcíaFor Gonzalo García
    89’
  18. ⇄ F. MendyFor A. Rüdiger
    89’
  19. Fran García 5–1Assist F. Valverde
    90+3’
  20. Full time · 5–1

Team stats

Real Madrid18 shots · 11 in box, 7 outside
Real Betis13 shots · 8 in box, 5 outside
Real MadridReal Betis
61% Possession 39%
2.47 Expected goals (xG) 0.98
2.27 Expected points (xPts) 0.56
18 Shots 13
8 Shots on target 5
5 Shots off target 6
5 Blocked shots 2
11 Shots inside the box 8
7 Shots outside the box 5
624 Passes 402
92% Pass accuracy 86%
4 Corners 8
4 Goalkeeper saves 4
10 Fouls 12
2 Offsides 0
1 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
7.42 Team rating 6.39

Line-ups

Real Madrid 4-4-2

16.7 T. Courtois(G)
186.9 Álvaro Fernández 226.9 A. Rüdiger ↓89’ 177.3 Raúl Asencio 87.0 F. Valverde AA
57.3 J. Bellingham 147.6 A. Tchouaméni ↓81’ 67.2 E. Camavinga 118.3 Rodrygo AA↓77’
77.3 Vinícius ↓77’ 169.5★ Gonzalo García ↓89’
  • 1T. Courtois (G)6.7
  • 18Álvaro Fernández6.9
  • 22A. Rüdiger↓89’6.9
  • 17Raúl Asencio7.3
  • 8F. ValverdeA×27.0
  • 5J. Bellingham7.3
  • 14A. Tchouaméni↓81’7.6
  • 6E. Camavinga7.2
  • 11RodrygoA×2↓77’8.3
  • 7Vinícius↓77’7.3
  • 16Gonzalo García ★↓89’9.5

Substitutes used

  • 23F. Mendy↑89’
  • 20Fran García↑89’
  • 15A. GülerA↑77’7.2
  • 19Dani Ceballos↑81’6.6
  • 30Franco Mastantuono↑77’6.7

Unused: A. Lunin, Sergio Mestre, Dani Carvajal, D. Alaba, David Jiménez, Thiago Pitarch

Real Betis 4-2-3-1

16.3 Álvaro Vallés(G)
125.5 R. Rodríguez 46.2 Natan 56.0 Marc Bartra 406.3 Ángel Ortiz ↓46’
216.3 Marc Roca ↓67’ 186.5 Nelson Alexander Deossa Suarez ↓46’
246.6 Aitor Ruibal A↓67’ 86.9 Pablo Fornals 76.2 Antony ↓88’
198.0 C. Hernández
  • 1Álvaro Vallés (G)6.3
  • 12R. Rodríguez5.5
  • 4Natan6.2
  • 5Marc Bartra6.0
  • 40Ángel Ortiz↓46’6.3
  • 21Marc Roca↓67’6.3
  • 18Nelson Alexander Deossa Suarez↓46’6.5
  • 24Aitor RuibalA↓67’6.6
  • 8Pablo Fornals6.9
  • 7Antony↓88’6.2
  • 19C. Hernández8.0

Substitutes used

  • 2Héctor Bellerín↑46’5.6
  • 20G. Lo Celso↑46’6.2
  • 6Sergi Altimira↑67’6.5
  • 52Pablo García↑88’
  • 17Rodrigo Riquelme↑67’6.3

Unused: Adrián, Pau López, Valentín Gómez, J. Firpo, Diego Llorente, L. Ávila

Player stats

Top rated
Gonzalo GarcíaReal Madrid9.5
2nd
RodrygoReal Madrid8.3
3rd
C. HernándezReal Betis8.0

Real Madrid

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
T. Courtois G 90 0 0 4 sv 0 86% 43 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.7
Álvaro Fernández D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 91% 66 1 2 1/1 1/1 6.9
A. Rüdiger D 89 0 0 0 (0) 1 95% 64 1 0 0/0 0/0 6.9
Raúl Asencio D 90 1 0 1 (1) 0 96% 48 0 0 0/0 1/0 7.3
F. Valverde M 90 0 2 2 (1) 2 89% 55 1 1 1/2 0/0 7.0
J. Bellingham M 90 0 0 0 (0) 3 89% 81 4 1 4/4 2/1 7.3
A. Tchouaméni M 81 0 0 2 (1) 0 97% 77 4 1 0/0 0/1 7.6
E. Camavinga M 90 0 0 2 (1) 0 98% 62 4 0 0/2 1/2 7.2
Rodrygo F 77 0 2 3 (1) 3 91% 32 0 0 4/6 0/5 8.3
Vinícius F 77 0 0 0 (0) 1 82% 33 0 0 5/8 3/2 7.3
Gonzalo García F 89 3 0 3 (3) 0 85% 20 1 0 0/1 2/0 9.5
F. Mendy D 1 0 0 0 (0) 0 50% 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 —
Fran García D 1 1 0 0 (0) 0 — 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 —
A. Güler M 13 0 1 0 (0) 1 100% 15 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.2
Dani Ceballos M 9 0 0 0 (0) 0 93% 15 0 0 1/2 0/0 6.6
Franco Mastantuono M 13 0 0 0 (0) 1 91% 11 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.7

Real Betis

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
Álvaro Vallés G 90 0 0 4 sv 0 71% 17 0 0 0/0 0/1 6.3
R. Rodríguez D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 97% 35 1 2 0/0 2/0 5.5
Natan D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 93% 40 2 1 0/0 1/0 6.2
Marc Bartra D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 94% 36 0 1 1/1 1/0 6.0
Ángel Ortiz F 46 0 0 0 (0) 1 95% 21 2 0 0/0 1/1 6.3
Marc Roca M 67 0 0 1 (1) 0 87% 30 1 0 0/0 3/0 6.3
Nelson Alexander Deossa Suarez M 46 0 0 3 (0) 0 71% 14 1 1 1/2 1/3 6.5
Aitor Ruibal D 67 0 1 1 (1) 2 80% 20 2 2 0/4 0/0 6.6
Pablo Fornals M 90 0 0 0 (0) 2 86% 50 2 1 1/1 0/1 6.9
Antony F 88 0 0 2 (1) 2 78% 46 0 0 1/3 1/2 6.2
C. Hernández F 90 1 0 1 (1) 1 63% 27 2 2 2/2 1/1 8.0
Héctor Bellerín D 44 0 0 0 (0) 0 93% 15 0 0 0/0 0/0 5.6
G. Lo Celso M 44 0 0 1 (0) 1 85% 33 1 0 0/0 0/0 6.2
Sergi Altimira M 23 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 9 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.5
Pablo García F 2 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 1 0 1 0/0 0/0 —
Rodrigo Riquelme M 23 0 0 2 (1) 1 100% 8 0 0 0/0 0/1 6.3

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.