The situation
Real Madrid is good at long distances. Ancelotti’s team cements its leadership, among other pillars, in its aim from outside the area. The Whites have scored five goals from outside the area in this League . A figure that is not exceeded by any other team in the five major European championships. That statistic is only disputed by Tottenham, who also has five goals from outside the area in the Premier. Of course, the Spurs have played one more game (in England they have seven games) than Madrid. In fact, except for Atlético, all the rivals have received a goal from the Whites in the League . The scorers are also distributed. Alaba scored against Almería (from a direct free kick), Modric against Celta, Benzema against Espanyol (also from a free kick), Vinicius against Betis and Valverde against Mallorca. The Madrid team, on the other hand, has yet to score from outside the area in the Champions League and neither did it in the Super Cup against Eintracht. With just six league games played, the defending champion is about to equal his numbers from last season in this statistic.
The details
Madrid took the title with 80 goals in favor. Only six of them were from outside the area: three from Marco Asensio (to Mallorca, Granada and Alavés), one from Vinicius to Sevilla, and one from Modric and another from Camavinga to Real Sociedad. The shots from outside the area are a luck that Madrid has been leaving forgotten in recent campaigns. From 2005-2006 (the first season for which there is data recorded by Opta) until 2017-2018, Madrid reached ten goals from outside the area in the League every year without problems. The maximum was reached precisely with Ancelotti in 2013-14, with 22 distant goals . Half were the work of Cristiano Ronaldo (six goals) and Bale (five). In the last five years it has not been able to reach double digits . The 2018-19, in fact, stayed at five.