MADRID. Rayo Vallecano conquers Deportivo Alavés with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by I. Palazón (43′) and a goal from J. de (82′).

The match was played at the Estadio de Vallecas stadium in Madrid on Friday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. In front of 12,116 spectators.​ The referee was Víctor García Verdura with the help of Joan Méndez Mateo and Julián Villaseñor Julián. The 4th official was Pol Gòdia Solé. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 20.4 degrees Celsius or 68.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Rayo Vallecano was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Deportivo Alavés that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Rayo Vallecano was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rayo Vallecano won the match​.

Rayo Vallecano shot 20 times, 11 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Deportivo Alavés shot 9 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Rayo Vallecano received 2 yellow cards (Aridane Hernández and Raúl de Tomás). On the opposite side, Deportivo Alavés received 4 yellow cards (Luis García Plaza, Ianis Hagi, Rubén Duarte and Álex Sola).

Standings

After this match, Rayo Vallecano will have 9 points to hold in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Deportivo Alavés will stay with 6 points like Real Sociedad, Osasuna and Valencia to sit in the 12th place.

Next matches

Rayo Vallecano – Formation

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

The manager Francisco Javier Rodríguez Vílchez decided to play with the following team: Stole Dimitrievski (6.7), Iván Balliu (7.1), Aridane Hernández (7.1), Florian Lejeune (7.3), Alfonso Espino (7.1), Óscar Valentín (7.3), Unai López (7.0), Isi Palazón (7.5), Kike Pérez (6.8), Álvaro García (8.5) and Sergio Camello (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Óscar Trejo (6.6), Dani Cárdenas, Pathé Ciss (6.7), Raúl de Tomás (6.8), Andrei Ratiu, Pep Chavarría, Martín Pascual, José Pozo, Bebé (6.3), Abdul Mumin, Jorge de Frutos (7.5) and Diego Mendez.

Substitutions

Rayo Vallecano made 5 changes: Kike Pérez for Ismaila Ciss (65′), Sergio Camello for Raúl de Tomás (77′), Isi Palazón for Jorge de Frutos (77′), Unai López for Óscar Trejo (87′) and Álvaro García for Bebé (88′).

Best player: Álvaro García​

The player that probably impressed the most for Rayo Vallecano was Álvaro García even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.5) with 24 passes (79% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 7 crosses.

Deportivo Alavés – Formation

Also Deportivo Alavés adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Luis García Plaza played with: Antonio Sivera (9.1), Andoni Gorosabel (6.3), Abdelkabir Abqar (7.3), Rafa Marín (6.4), Rubén Duarte (7.3), Ander Guevara (6.7), Antonio Blanco (7.5), Álex Sola (7.0), Jon Guridi (7.0), Luis Rioja (6.8) and Kike García (7.1).

They had on the bench: Xeber Alkain, Aleksandar Sedlar, Jon Karrikaburu (6.4), Ianis Hagi (7.0), Nahuel Tenaglia, Nikola Maraš, Abderrahman Rebbach (6.4), Carlos Benavídez, Javi López (6.8), Jesús Owono, Samuel Omorodion (6.3) and Adrián Rodríguez.

Substitutions

Deportivo Alavés made 5 changes: Jon Guridi for Ianis Hagi (64′), Kike García for Samuel Omorodion (68′), Rubén Duarte for Javi López (69′), Luis Rioja for Jon Karrikaburu (83′) and Álex Sola for Abderrahman Rebbach (64′).

Best player: Antonio Sivera​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Deportivo Alavés was the goalkeeper: Antonio Sivera. His rating is 9.08. He performed 9 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Rayo Vallecano – Deportivo Alavés – 2-0