Real Madrid star overtakes Barcelona’s Pedri in win over Sevilla

Real Madrid star Federico Valverde on Sunday overtook Barcelona counterpart Pedri when it comes to goal contributions this La Liga season.

This comes owing to his efforts in Real’s meeting with Sevilla.

Carlo Ancelotti’s troops marked their return to action a short time ago, welcoming Sevilla to Spain’s capital for the club’s final outing of the calendar year.

When all was said and done, Los Blancos emerged dominant victors, by four goals to two.

The aforementioned Fede Valverde, meanwhile, was amongst the goals on the evening, putting the hosts two in front courtesy of a thunderous long-range strike during the first-half.

And, as alluded to above, owing to as much, the Uruguayan leapfrogged a member of the engine room ranks at arch rivals Barcelona when it comes to goals and assists.

As per statisticians StatMuse, Valverde has now directly contributed to seven goals in Spain’s top-flight in 2024/25, one more than Pedri:

Conor Laird – GSFN

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