MADRID. Athletic Club beats Rayo Vallecano 1-0 after N. Serrano scored just 1 goal (30′). Rayo Vallecano was vastly better in terms of ball possession (67%).
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 Adrián Cordero Vega with the collaboration of Antonio Luis Cerezo Parfenof and Rubén Porras Rico. The 4th official was Iván Muñoz Pérez. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.5 degrees Celsius or 45.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
- ! 67 Ball Possession 33
Shots
- 30 Total 10
- 3 On Target 4
- 27 Off Target 6
- 4 Shots blocked 0
- 134 Attack 86
- 88 Dangerous attack 37
- 113 Ball safe 87
- 0 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 7
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 8 Total 20
- 1 Yellow Cards 6
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Rayo Vallecano was in firm control of the ball 67% while Athletic Club was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Rayo Vallecano was more pushing with 88 dangerous attacks and 30 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Athletic Club found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Rayo Vallecano shot 30 times, 3 on target, 27 off target. Talking about the opposition, Athletic Club shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Rayo Vallecano received 1 yellow card (U. Lopez). On the opposite side, Athletic Club received 6 yellow cards (I. Williams, O. Zarraga, D. Garcia, U. Simon, I. Lekue and N. Williams).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Rayo Vallecano will stay with 31 points like Athletic Club to hold in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Athletic Club will have 31 points like Rayo Vallecano to remain in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Rayo Vallecano will play away against Celta de Vigo on the 5th of February with a 8-4 head to head stats in favor of Rayo Vallecano (5 draws).
Athletic Club will host Espanyol on the 7th of February with a 13-9 head to head statistic in favor of Espanyol (13 draws).
Rayo Vallecano – Formation
Rayo Vallecano started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Andoni Iraola Sagarna decided to play with the following team: Luca Zidane , Ivan Balliu , Esteban Saveljich , Alejandro Catena , Fran García , Ismaila Ciss , Santi Comesaña , Isi Palazón , Óscar Trejo , Álvaro García and Radamel Falcao .
The home team had on the bench: Sergi Guardiola , Bebé , S. Dimitrievski, Mario Suárez, Randy Nteka , I. Arboleda, Kévin Rodrigues, Y. Qasmi, Andrés Martín, Mario Hernández, N. Maraš and Unai López .
Substitutions
Rayo Vallecano made 4 changes: R. Falcao for S. Guardiola (69′), O. Trejo for U. Lopez (76′), P. Ciss for R. Nteka (76′) and I. Palazon for Bebe (86′).
Best player: Santi Comesaña
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Rayo Vallecano was Santi Comesaña.
His rating is with 65 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 16 duels out of 22. He performed 2 crosses.
Athletic Club – Formation
Athletic Club started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Marcelino García Toral played with: Unai Simón , Íñigo Lekue , Daniel Vivian , Iñigo Martínez , Mikel Balenziaga , Álex Berenguer , Oier Zarraga , Dani García , Nico Serrano , Iñaki Williams and Raúl García .
These were the players on the bench: Yuri Berchiche , Jokin Ezkieta, Capa, Mikel Vesga , Nico Williams , Unai Núñez, Juan Artola and Alex Petxarroman.
Substitutions
Athletic Club made 3 changes: N. Serrano for M. Vesga (62′), O. Zarraga for N. Williams (75′) and R. Garcia for Y. Berchiche (84′).
Best player: Daniel Vivian
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Athletic Club was Daniel Vivian even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 22 passes (59% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 11.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- Deportivo Alavés – FC Barcelona – 0-1
- Granada – Osasuna – 0-2
- Real Madrid – Elche – 2-2
- Real Sociedad – Getafe – 0-0
- Rayo Vallecano – Athletic Club – 0-1