Vinicius Junior excels as Real Madrid tame Osasuna 4-2: Stats
What's the story
Vinicius Junior has scored for Real Madrid in four successive matches across competitions to help his side beat Osasuna 4-2. Matchday 29 of La Liga 2023-24 season, saw leaders Real claim a massive win to extend their lead atop. In addition to Vinicius's goals, Dani Carvajal and Brahim Diaz were on the scoresheet for Los Blancos. Federico Valverde contributed with three assists. Here's more.
Vinicius
15-plus goals involvement for Vinicius in La Liga this season
Playing his 20th La Liga match this season, Brazilian forward Vinicius has raced to 12 goals. He also owns four assists. He now has 16 goals involvement in La Liga 2023-24. Vinicius has 24 goals involvement in all competitions this season (G18 A6). In 170 La Liga matches, Vinicius has 46 goals. He has 77 goals in all competitions, including 18 this season.
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Valverde joins an elite list
Valverde became the second player after Luka Modric to manage three assists in a single La Liga match for Real since the 2016-17 season. The likes of James Rodriguez, Mesut Ozil and Angel Di Maria attained the record before that for Real.
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Match stats and points table
Real clocked 17 attempts out of which nine were on target. Osasuna had four shots on target from nine attempts. Real had 64% ball possession and an 87% pass accuracy. After 29 matches, Real have raced to 72 points (W22 D6 L1). Real have scored 64 goals, in addition to conceding 20. Osasuna are 11th, suffering their 13th defeat this season.
Match
How did the match pan out?
Vinicius put Real ahead after just four minutes but Ante Budimir leveled for Osasuna. Carvajal handed Real the lead, finishing into the top left corner. Diaz then met Federico Valverde's through ball to score a third. Vinicius scored once more before Iker Munoz fired through the legs of Real goalie Andriy Lunin for Osasuna's second.