Real Madrid ground out a victory over Sevilla to end a three-game winless run in La Liga.
The only goal came when Vinicius Jr’s shot hit goalkeeper Yassine Bounou and went in for an own goal.
Sevilla had only two shots on target – overhead kicks by Luuk de Jong and Lucas Ocampos – while Suso went close.
Karim Benzema had several chances to score for the defending champions and Toni Kroos curled an effort just wide from the edge of the area.
Real move up to third in La Liga with the victory, four points behind leaders Real Sociedad.
Their season is likely to hinge on Wednesday’s Champions League game against Borussia Monchengladbach. A defeat would mean they would be eliminated in the group stages.
Line-ups
Sevilla
- 13Bono
- 16Navas
- 12Koundé
- 20Santos SilvaSubstituted forIdrissiat 80′minutes
- 17Vidal
- 8JordánSubstituted forGudeljat 64′minutesBooked at 76mins
- 25Reges
- 10RakiticSubstituted forEn-Nesyriat 64′minutes
- 5Ocampos
- 9de JongSubstituted forFernández Saezat 64′minutes
- 11El HaddadiSubstituted forTorresat 45′minutes
Substitutes
- 3Gómez
- 4Rekik
- 6Gudelj
- 7Fernández Saez
- 14Rodríguez
- 15En-Nesyri
- 21Torres
- 22Vázquez
- 23Idrissi
- 24Fernández
- 31Díaz
- 33Pastor
Real Madrid
- 1Courtois
- 17Vázquez
- 5Varane
- 6Nacho
- 23Mendy
- 10ModricBooked at 60mins
- 14Casemiro
- 8KroosBooked at 44mins
- 25RodrygoSubstituted forAsensioat 66′minutes
- 9Benzema
- 20Vinícius JúniorBooked at 89mins
Substitutes
- 3Militão
- 11Asensio
- 12Marcelo
- 13Lunin
- 19Odriozola
- 21Ødegaard
- 22Isco
- 26Altube
- 30Arribas Calvo
- Referee:
- José María Sánchez Martínez
Live Text
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Match ends, Sevilla 0, Real Madrid 1.
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Second Half ends, Sevilla 0, Real Madrid 1.
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Attempt missed. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior.
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Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Jesús Navas (Sevilla) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid).
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Attempt missed. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez following a corner.
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Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Jules Koundé.
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Attempt saved. Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Óliver Torres with a cross.
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Corner, Sevilla. Conceded by Ferland Mendy.
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Attempt blocked. Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jules Koundé.
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Suso (Sevilla) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid).
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Corner, Sevilla. Conceded by Toni Kroos.
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Attempt blocked. Suso (Sevilla) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jules Koundé.
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Suso (Sevilla) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid).
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Substitution, Sevilla. Oussama Idrissi replaces Diego Carlos.
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Attempt missed. Suso (Sevilla) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jesús Navas.
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Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
