Real Madrid and Inter produced 10 set-piece shots during Madrid’s 2-1 Champions League win at the Estadio Bernabéu, with seven of those attempts coming in the second half.
Madrid had 22 dead balls: 15 goal kicks, four corners, two free kicks and one long throw. They won the first contact from two of their seven deliveries and generated four shots, three of them in the second phase. Those attempts produced 0.26 set-piece npxG from the team’s overall total of 2.96. Their set-piece sequences added 0.01
xT, compared with 0.90 from open play.
Inter recorded 21 dead balls, comprising 11 corners, six goal kicks and four free kicks. They won the first contact from seven of 14 deliveries and two of four aerial duels. Inter generated six set-piece shots—three in the first phase and three in the second—for 0.48 npxG from an overall total of 1.76. Their set-piece sequences produced 0.07 xT, compared with 2.28 from open play.
Madrid took all four of their set-piece shots while leading. Inter recorded all six of theirs while trailing, having taken three dead balls while the score was level and 18 after falling behind. Six of Inter’s deliveries entered the six-yard box, with four sent centrally, while Madrid directed five of their seven deliveries into central areas.
