VALENCIA. Valencia and Rayo Vallecano draw 1-1. C. Soler scored the first goal (19′) for Valencia. I. Palazon equalized (64′). Rayo Vallecano was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%)

The match was played at the Estadio de Mestalla stadium in Valencia on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Alejandro José Hernández Hernández assisted by José Enrique Naranjo Pérez and Diego Sánchez Rojo. The 4th official was José Antonio Sánchez Villalobos. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8 degrees Celsius or 46.47 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Rayo Vallecano had a superior ball possession 58% while Valencia was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rayo Vallecano was putting more pressure with 51 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Rayo Vallecano to win the match​.

Valencia shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Rayo Vallecano shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Valencia received 6 yellow cards (C. Soler, M. Diakhaby, O. Alderete, J. Gaya, D. Foulquier and D. Wass). On the opposite side, Rayo Vallecano received 5 yellow cards (E. Saveljich, S. Comesana, I. Palazon, A. Catena and O. Valentin).

Standings

After playing this match, Valencia will have 19 points like Osasuna to remain in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Rayo Vallecano will have 24 points like Real Betis to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Valencia will play away with Celta de Vigo on the 5th of December with a 12-8 head to head stats in favor of Valencia (4 draws).

Rayo Vallecano will host Espanyol on the 5th of December with a 7-6 head to head record in favor of Espanyol (4 draws).

Valencia – Formation

Valencia started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager José Bordalás Jiménez decided to play with the following team: Jasper Cillessen (7.1), Dimitri Foulquier (6.9), Mouctar Diakhaby (7.0), Omar Alderete (7.5), José Luis Gayà (6.2), Carlos Soler (7.4), Daniel Wass (6.6), Hugo Guillamón (7.2), Hélder Costa (7.1), Gonçalo Guedes (6.7) and Hugo Duro (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Jaume Doménech, Yunus Musah (6.1), Jason, Maximiliano Gómez (7.0), Giorgi Mamardashvili, Uroš Račić, Manu Vallejo, Cristiano Piccini, Marcos de Sousa (6.6), Denis Cheryshev (6.8) and Koba Koindredi (6.2).

Substitutions

Valencia made 5 changes: G. Guedes for M. Gomez (62′), D. Wass for Y. Musah (82′), H. Costa for D. Cheryshev (82′), H. Duro for Marcos Andre (88′) and H. Guillamon for K. Koindredi (88′).

Best player: Omar Alderete​

The player that probably impressed the most for Valencia was Omar Alderete.

His rating is (7.5) with 32 passes (56% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12.

Rayo Vallecano – Formation

Rayo Vallecano started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Andoni Iraola Sagarna played with: Stole Dimitrievski (6.8), Ivan Balliu (6.8), Esteban Saveljich (6.6), Alejandro Catena (7.0), Fran García (7.1), Santi Comesaña (7.0), Óscar Valentín (7.0), Isi Palazón (7.5), Unai López (6.6), Álvaro García (6.5) and Sergi Guardiola (6.4).

They had on the bench: José Pozo (7.4), Yacine Qasmi, Mario Hernández, Luca Zidane, Andrés Martín (6.3), Kévin Rodrigues, Sergio Moreno, Mauricio Arboleda, Nikola Maraš and Bebé (6.4).

Rayo Vallecano could not rely on the presence of K. Rodrigues (injured).

Substitutions

Rayo Vallecano made 4 changes: U. Lopez for J. Pozo (59′), S. Guardiola for Bebe (79′), I. Palazon for A. Martin (79′) and O. Valentin for K. Rodrigues (90′).

Best player: Isi Palazón​

The most impressive player for Rayo Vallecano was Isi Palazón.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 36 passes (66% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 16. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Deportivo Alavés – Celta de Vigo – 1-2
• Mallorca – Getafe – 0-0
• Valencia – Rayo Vallecano – 1-1