Real Madrid beat Valencia 3-0 away in Spain's La Liga

Real Madrid, the Spanish capital's football club, beat Valencia 3-0 away from home in round 12 of La Liga, Spain's top football division. The win leaves Real second in the table with 30 points, while Valencia sit 19th out of 20 teams with nine points.

How the match unfolded

The scoring was opened in the 28th minute by Federico Valverde, who reacted first to a rebound and sent a precise shot from the edge of the penalty area into the bottom corner. Eight minutes later Guler doubled the lead, finishing from a teammate's pass.

Real kept control after the break. In the 75th minute Kylian Mbappe, set up by a precise pass from Guler, chipped the ball over the goalkeeper in a one-on-one to make it 3-0.

Valencia's chances of a comeback faded further in the 79th minute, when Jose Gaya was shown a straight red card for a serious foul, leaving the hosts with ten men. The score did not change again. According to the source, Valencia failed to make the most of their few scoring chances, and Real goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois made several saves that kept his side's clean sheet intact.

Other results and the table

In other round-12 matches, Sevilla and Alaves drew 0-0, Espanyol and Deportivo also drew 0-0, Osasuna and Athletic Bilbao drew 1-1, and Racing Santander won 2-1 away at Malaga. Atletico Madrid face Barcelona on Sunday, among other fixtures.

Barcelona top the table with 30 points from 11 matches, Real follow on the same points from 12 games, and Atletico have 28. With 12 goals, Mbappe is the league's second-highest scorer, behind Barcelona's Raphinha on 15.