Real Madrid star completed 107/109 passes vs Real Valladolid | OneFootball

A head-turning statistic, highlighting the excellence of a member of the midfield ranks at La Liga giants Real Madrid in the club’s latest outing, has come to the fore online.

Real, of course, were back in action on Saturday night.

Fresh off a dominant victory over RB Salzburg in the Champions League in midweek, Carlo Ancelotti’s troops turned attentions back towards matters in La Liga, in a meeting with Real Valladolid.

When all was said and done, Los Blancos made it a trio of successive victories across all competitions, thanking a Kylian Mbappé hat-trick for an eventual 3-0 triumph.

Whilst it was frontman Mbappé who in turn stole the headlines post-match, though, something of an unsung hero amid Real Madrid’s recent upturn in form also shone once more.

Dani Ceballos has enjoyed a new lease of life over recent weeks, afforded an increasingly prominent role in boss Ancelotti’s engine room ranks.

In from the off again on Saturday, the former Arsenal man controlled proceedings with consummate ease from his berth in the middle of the park.

So much so that, as revealed by statisticians SofaScore, Ceballos completed all but two of his pass attempts against Valladolid.

Conor Laird – GSFN