Real Madrid 2-0 Sevilla: Bellingham & Mbappe score against 10-man visitors

Kylian Mbappe equalled Cristiano Ronaldo's Real Madrid record for goals in a calendar year as he netted in a 2-0 win over 10-man Sevilla.

Match Report

Madrid moved to within one point of LaLiga leaders Barcelona, who play their final game of 2025 on Sunday, by seeing off Matias Jesus Almeyda's team at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Mbappe scored Los Blancos' second goal, converting an 86th-minute penalty to net his 59th and final goal of the year. That came after he had hit the woodwork with a header.

Rodrygo, who also hit the frame of the goal, won the spot-kick, with the Brazilian having previously set Jude Bellingham up for Madrid's opener in the first half.

Sevilla were reduced to 10 in the 68th minute, as Marcao received his marching orders after a foul on Bellingham.

Mbappe looked set to get the chance to double his tally and set a new Madrid record in the closing stages when Oso was penalised for a challenge on Bellingham, only for VAR to spot that the Sevilla substitute had won the ball.

Data Debrief: Mbappe's magnificent year

Mbappe's first few months at Madrid were tough, but ever since the start of this year, he has scaled dizzying heights.

His 59 goals drew level with the Madrid record set by Ronaldo in 2013. In fact, only one player (Lionel Messi, 79 in 2012 for Barcelona) has netted more goals in one year for a club in Europe's top five leagues, across all competitions.

Mbappe has averaged a goal every 83 minutes in 2025, and he had a remarkable nine shots in this game, with four of those hitting the target and one of them striking the woodwork. 

On another day, history could well have been Mbappe's, but now he will instead focus on carrying his extraordinary form into 2026.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

3' Huijsen is dispossessed, then blocks Romero's shot

6' Fran García pokes at goal, blocked by rushing keeper

8' Real Madrid scramble as Romero chips just wide when through on goal

17' Güler finds Mbappé, who shoots wide

25' Real Madrid take corner, Huijsen heads over

39' GOAL! Bellingham heads home to open the scoring! Real Madrid 1-0 Sevilla

41' Yellow Card! Marcão booked

41' Yellow Card! Rodrygo booked

47' Mbappé shoots straight at keeper who gathers

48' Alexis Sanchez attempts overhead kick but sends it over the bar

54' Mbappé curls one with his right foot but it sails just wide

59' Unlucky! Mbappé header hits the woodwork

66' Sanchez unleashes fierce shot but Courtois makes diving save

68' Second Yellow Card! Teixeira sent off

80' Rodrygo shot tipped onto bar

84' Vinicius comes off as Real Madrid make change

87' Penalty Goal! Real Madrid 2-0 Sevilla

Line-ups

Real Madrid XI: Courtois, Rudiger, Mbappe, Fran García, Tchouameni, Vinicius, Rodrygo, Bellingham, Güler, Raúl Asencio, Dean Huijsen

Subs: Alaba, F Mendy, Ceballos, Lunin, Camavinga, David Jiménez, Gonzalo García, Sergio Mestre, Franco Mastantuono, Jorge Cestero, Thiago Pitarch

Sevilla XI: Sanchez, Gudelj, Odysseas Vlachodimos, Sow, Teixeira, Gabriel Suazo, Batista Mendy, Agoume, Juanlu Sánchez, Isaac Romero, José Ángel Carmona

Subs: Nyland, Fábio Cardoso, Jordan, Januzaj, Alfon González, Peque Fernández, Ramón Martínez, Kike Salas, Oso, Manu Bueno, Andrés Castrín, Miguel Ángel Sierra