CáDIZ. Cádiz overcomes Rayo Vallecano 1-0 after S. Guardiola scored just 1 goal (74′). Rayo Vallecano lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).

Alejandro Catena received a red card (90′)​. This double yellow card was one of the reason why Rayo Vallecano lost the match.

The match was played at the Estadio Nuevo Mirandilla stadium in Cádiz on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. In front of 16,703 spectators.​ The referee was Alejandro Muñíz Ruiz with the assistance of Ignacio Alonso López and Fabián Blanco Rodríguez. The 4th official was Alberto Gómez Lameiro. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.9 degrees Celsius or 55.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Rayo Vallecano had a strong ball possession 58% while Cádiz was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rayo Vallecano was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Cádiz found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Cádiz shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Rayo Vallecano shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Cádiz received 3 yellow cards (Rubén Alcaraz, Alfonso Espino and Gonzalo Escalante). Regarding the opposition, Rayo Vallecano received 3 yellow cards (Raúl de Tomás, Alejandro Catena and R. Falcao).

Also, Rayo Vallecano didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Alejandro Catena (Rayo Vallecano) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (90′).

Standings

After this match, Cádiz will have 25 points like Sevilla and Almería to hold in the 16th place. On the other side, Rayo Vallecano will stay with 34 points to remain in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Cádiz will play away with Real Sociedad on the 3rd of March with a 8-0 head to head in favor of Real Sociedad (3 draws).

Rayo Vallecano will host Athletic Club on the 5th of March with a 9-4 head to head in favor of Athletic Club (4 draws).

Cádiz – Formation

Cádiz adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Sergio González Soriano decided to play with the following team: Jeremías Ledesma (7.3), Isaac Carcelén (6.8), Luis Hernández (7.0), Fali (7.2), Alfonso Espino (8.0), Theo Bongonda (6.4), Gonzalo Escalante (7.2), Rubén Alcaraz (7.3), Rubén Sobrino (7.1), Sergi Guardiola (7.3) and Roger Martí (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: David Gil, Raúl Parra, Jorge Meré, Mamadou Mbaye, Santiago Arzamendia, Iván Alejo (6.3), Fede San Emeterio (6.6), Álex Fernández (6.1), Youba Diarra, Anthony Lozano (6.7) and Chris Ramos (7.0).

Cádiz could not rely on the presence of Álex Fernández (injured).

Substitutions

Cádiz made 5 changes: Rubén Alcaraz for Fede (67′), Roger Martí for Anthony Lozano (67′), Théo Bongonda for Iván Alejo (74′), Rubén Sobrino for Álex (78′) and Sergi Guardiola for Chris Ramos (78′).

Best player: Alfonso Espino​

The most impressive player for Cádiz was Alfonso Espino even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.0) with 29 passes (55% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.

Rayo Vallecano – Formation

Also Rayo Vallecano adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Andoni Iraola Sagarna played with: Stole Dimitrievski (6.7), Ivan Balliu (6.5), Florian Lejeune (6.8), Alejandro Catena (6.5), Fran García (6.4), Isi Palazón (6.9), Óscar Valentín (6.8), Santi Comesaña (6.6), Álvaro García (6.8), Sergio Camello (6.2) and Raúl de Tomás (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Diego López, Josep Chavarría, Abdul Mumin, Mario Hernández, Mario Suárez, Esteban Saveljich, Salvi, Ismaila Ciss (6.7), Unai López (7.5), Óscar Trejo (6.4), Radamel Falcao (6.6) and Andrés Martín (6.8).

Rayo Vallecano could not rely on the presence of Unai López (injured) and R. Falcao (injured).

Substitutions

Rayo Vallecano made 5 changes: Santi Comesaña for Unai López (52′), Raúl de Tomás for Oscar Trejo (68′), Óscar Valentín for Pathé Ciss (68′), Sergio Camello for Radamel Falcao (78′) and Isi Palazón for Andrés Martín (78′).

Best player: Unai López​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Rayo Vallecano was Unai López.

His rating is (7.5) with 35 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 52′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga.​

• Cádiz – Rayo Vallecano – 1-0
• Espanyol – Mallorca – 2-1
• Real Madrid – Atlético Madrid – 1-1
• Valencia – Real Sociedad – 1-0