MADRID. Rayo Vallecano and Athletic Club didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday..

The match was played at the Estadio de Vallecas stadium in Madrid on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Mario Melero López with the support of José Luis Martínez Serrato and Joan Méndez Mateo. The 4th official was Alexandre Alemán Pérez. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.9 degrees Celsius or 42.58 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Rayo Vallecano was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Athletic Club that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Rayo Vallecano had a more offensive attitude with 53 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Rayo Vallecano to win the match​.

Rayo Vallecano shot 18 times, 2 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Athletic Club shot 16 times, 3 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Rayo Vallecano received 1 yellow card (Abdul Mumin). Talking about the opposition, Athletic Club didn’t receive any yellow card.

Also, Athletic Club didn’t end the match with 11 players after Oihan Sancet (Athletic Club) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (90′).

Standings

After playing this match, Rayo Vallecano will have 35 points to hold in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Athletic Club will have 33 points like Osasuna to hold in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Rayo Vallecano will play away against Celta de Vigo on the 11th of March with a 8-5 head to head record in favor of Rayo Vallecano (6 draws).

Athletic Club will host FC Barcelona on the 12th of March with a 32-6 head to head record in favor of FC Barcelona (9 draws).

Rayo Vallecano – Formation

Rayo Vallecano adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Andoni Iraola Sagarna decided to play with the following team: Stole Dimitrievski (7.3), Ivan Balliu (6.4), Abdul Mumin (6.1), Florian Lejeune (7.2), Fran García (6.2), Óscar Valentín (6.7), Santi Comesaña (7.2), Isi Palazón (7.4), Óscar Trejo (7.4), Álvaro García (7.0) and Sergio Camello (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Raúl de Tomás (7.3), Diego López, Unai López (6.6), Ismaila Ciss (6.5), Esteban Saveljich, Mario Suárez, Mario Hernández, Andrés Martín, Salvi, José Pozo, Josep Chavarría and Radamel Falcao.

Substitutions

Rayo Vallecano made 4 changes: Sergio Camello for Raúl de Tomás (66′), Óscar Trejo for Unai López (80′), Óscar Valentín for Pathé Ciss (80′) and Isi Palazón for Salvi (87′).

Best player: Óscar Trejo​

The most impressive player for Rayo Vallecano was Óscar Trejo.

His rating is (7.4) with 41 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 15.

Athletic Club – Formation

Also Athletic Club adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Ernesto Valverde Tejedor played with: Julen Agirrezabala (6.9), Íñigo Lekue (7.2), Daniel Vivian (7.1), Iñigo Martínez (6.9), Yuri Berchiche (7.1), Oier Zarraga (6.8), Dani García (7.3), Nico Williams (7.3), Oihan Sancet (5.9), Álex Berenguer (7.1) and Gorka Guruzeta (7.2).

These were the players on the bench: Mikel Balenziaga, Unai Vencedor, Iker Muniain, Óscar de Marcos (6.2), Mikel Vesga, Ander Capa, Malcom Ares, Aitor Paredes, Iñaki Williams (6.2), Raúl García (6.8) and Ander Iru.

Athletic Club could not rely on the presence of Óscar de Marcos (injured) and Mikel Vesga (injured).

Substitutions

Athletic Club made 5 changes: Álex Berenguer for Williams (72′), Gorka Guruzeta for Raúl García (71′), Iñigo Lekue for De Marcos (76′), Oier Zarraga for Unai Vencedor (83′) and Dani García for Mikel Vesga (83′).

Best player: Nico Williams​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Athletic Club was Nico Williams.

His rating is (7.3) with 26 passes (76% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 8 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• FC Barcelona – Valencia – 1-0
• Real Betis – Real Madrid – 0-0
• Rayo Vallecano – Athletic Club – 0-0
• Real Valladolid – Espanyol – 2-1