Real Madrid 5–1 Real Betis
- García 20'
- García 50'
- Asencio 56'
- García 82'
- García 90+3'
- Hernández 66'
4 January 2026
The match in data
Real Madrid beat Real Betis 5–1 on 4 January 2026, on matchday 18 of the 2025-26 La Liga.
Player of the match: Gonzalo García (Real Madrid), rated 78, thanks above all to 0.95 xG and 3 goals. García produced 1.8 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Real Betis, the highest-rated player was Cucho Hernández, with 71.
Gonzalo García scored a hat-trick.
Gonzalo García
Real Madrid · 88'
Produced 1.75× and cost 0.25× their position's average
- 0.95 xG 3.8×
- 3 goals 4.0×
- 3 shots on target 3.5×
- 1 failed dribble 0.7×
- 4 duels lost 0.6×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzalo García ★ | Forward | 88 | 78 |
| Federico Valverde | Midfielder | 90 | 69 |
| Aurélien Tchouaméni | Midfielder | 81 | 66 |
| Antonio Rüdiger | Defender | 89 | 65 |
| Jude Bellingham | Midfielder | 90 | 61 |
| Rodrygo | Forward | 77 | 52 |
| Raúl Asencio | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Eduardo Camavinga | Midfielder | 90 | 45 |
| Álvaro Carreras | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Vinicius Junior | Forward | 77 | 43 |
| Thibaut Courtois | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Arda Güler | Midfielder | 13 | no rating |
| Franco Mastantuono | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Dani Ceballos | Midfielder | 9 | no rating |
| Fran García | Defender | 2 | no rating |
| Ferland Mendy | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cucho Hernández | Forward | 90 | 71 |
| Natan | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Pablo Fornals | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| Aitor Ruibal | Forward | 67 | 54 |
| Rodrigo Riquelme | Forward | 23 | 51 |
| Giovani Lo Celso | Midfielder | 44 | 45 |
| Ricardo Rodríguez | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Antony | Forward | 88 | 42 |
| Ángel Ortiz | Defender | 46 | 41 |
| Marc Roca | Midfielder | 67 | 39 |
| Marc Bartra | Defender | 90 | 28 |
| Nelson Deossa | Midfielder | 46 | 25 |
| Héctor Bellerín | Defender | 44 | 24 |
| Sergi Altimira | Midfielder | 23 | 22 |
| Álvaro Valles | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Pablo García | Forward | 2 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.