MADRID. Rayo Vallecano beat Villarreal to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Rayo Vallecano to strike first with a goal of Raúl de Tomás at the 56′. Then Isi Palazón scored again for Rayo Vallecano in the 63′ minute. Eventually, Giovani Lo Celso reduced the distance for Villarreal (83′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Villarreal was decisively better in terms of ball possession (69%).
The match was played at the Estadio de Vallecas stadium in Madrid on Sunday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Javier Iglesias Villanueva with the support of Jorge Bueno Mateo and Antonio Luis Cerezo Parfenof. The 4th official was Francisco García Riesgo. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.9 degrees Celsius or 58.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.
Match Statistics
- ! 31 Ball Possession 69
Shots
- 19 Total 7
- 6 On Target 2
- 13 Off Target 5
- 1 Shots blocked 2
- 76 Attack 128
- 40 Dangerous attack 51
- 75 Ball safe 102
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 6
- 9 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 9 Total 9
- 3 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Villarreal was in firm control of the ball 69% while Rayo Vallecano was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Villarreal had a more offensive attitude with 51 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 2 were on target. Even so, Rayo Vallecano found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Rayo Vallecano shot 19 times, 6 on target, 13 off target. Regarding the opposition, Villarreal shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Rayo Vallecano received 3 yellow cards (Óscar Valentín, Raúl de Tomás and Alejandro Catena). Regarding the opposition, Villarreal received 5 yellow cards (Dani Parejo, Alfonso Pedraza, Giovani Lo Celso, Nicolas Jackson and Nicolas Jackson).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Rayo Vallecano will have 49 points like Girona and Sevilla to remain in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Villarreal will stay with 63 points to remain in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Rayo Vallecano will play away with Mallorca on the 4th of June with a 7-6 head to head record in favor of Mallorca (1 draw).
Villarreal will host Atlético Madrid on the 4th of June with a 11-11 head to head stats.
Rayo Vallecano – Formation
Rayo Vallecano
90'
72'
63'
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 , Ivan Balliu , Abdul Mumin , Alejandro Catena , Fran García , Santi Comesaña , Óscar Valentín , Isi Palazón , Álvaro García , Josep Chavarría and Raúl de Tomás .
The home team had on the bench: Mario Suárez, Ismaila Ciss , Salvi , José Pozo, Andrés Martín, Mario Hernández, Unai López , Sergio Camello , Radamel Falcao , Miguel Ángel Morro, Esteban Saveljich and Florian Lejeune.
Substitutions
Rayo Vallecano made 5 changes: Pep Chavarría for Unai López (72′), Raúl de Tomás for Sergio Camello (72′), Isi Palazón for Salvi (79′), Santi Comesaña for Pathé Ciss (85′) and Álvaro García for Radamel Falcao (85′).
Best player: Isi Palazón
The most impressive player for Rayo Vallecano was Isi Palazón.
His rating is with 1 goal, 21 passes (71% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 13. He performed 9 crosses.
Villarreal – Formation
Villarreal
Also Villarreal adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Enrique Setién Solar played with: Pepe Reina , Juan Foyth , Aïssa Mandi , Pau Torres , Alfonso Pedraza , Dani Parejo , Ramón Terrats , Samuel Chukwueze , Alejandro Baena , Yéremy Pino and Nicolas Jackson .
They had on the bench: Alberto Moreno, Johan Mojica, Jorge Pascual, Manu Trigueros, Étienne Capoue , Giovani Lo Celso , Kiko Femenía, Haissem Hassan, Gerard Moreno , Iker Álvarez and Jorge Cuenca.
Substitutions
Villarreal made 3 changes: Samuel Chukwueze for Gerard Moreno (62′), Ramón Terrats for Giovani Lo Celso (62′) and Álex Baena for Étienne Capoue (71′).
Best player: Giovani Lo Celso
The most impressive player for Villarreal was Giovani Lo Celso.
His rating is with 1 goal, 21 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 62′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- Athletic Club – Elche – 0-1
- Atlético Madrid – Real Sociedad – 2-1
- FC Barcelona – Mallorca – 3-0
- Getafe – Osasuna – 2-1
- Cádiz – Celta de Vigo – 1-0
- Rayo Vallecano – Villarreal – 2-1
- Almería – Real Valladolid – 0-0
- Girona – Real Betis – 1-2
- Valencia – Espanyol – 2-2
