Granada manages to draw 2-2 with Rayo Vallecano after recovering a 0-2 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

GRANADA. Granada bounces back against Rayo Vallecano with a goal on the A. Catena 6' and a goal on the S. Guardiola 17'.

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April 4, 2022

GRANADA. Granada finds the way to recover against Rayo Vallecano with a goal on the A. Catena 6′ and a goal on the S. Guardiola 17′. Granada was vastly better in terms of ball possession (64%)

The match was played at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes stadium in Granada on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Alejandro José Hernández Hernández with the help of José Enrique Naranjo Pérez and Diego Sánchez Rojo. The 4th official was Rubén Ruipérez Marín. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.1 degrees Celsius or 43.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.

Match Statistics

Granada

2 - 2

Rayo Vallecano

! 64 Ball Possession 36

Shots

17 Total 10
10 On Target 4
7 Off Target 6
2 Shots blocked 1

129 Attack 107
63 Dangerous attack 39
105 Ball safe 103

1 Penalties 0
5 Corners 4

Fouls

14 Total 14
4 Yellow Cards 6
0 Double Yellow 1
0 Red Card 1

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Granada was in firm control of the ball 64% while Rayo Vallecano was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Granada was more aggressive with 63 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 10 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Granada to win the match.

Granada shot 17 times, 10 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Rayo Vallecano shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Granada received 4 yellow cards (N. Petrovic, L. Milla, A. Collado and M. Arezo). Talking about the opposition, Rayo Vallecano received 4 yellow cards (S. Comesana, S. Guardiola, A. Catena and M. Hernandez).

Also, Rayo Vallecano didn’t finish the match with 11 players after S. Comesana (Rayo Vallecano) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (51′).

Match Timeline

17'

23'

45'

46'

49'

51'

57'

Myrto Uzuni - sub ->Quini

61'

Unai López- sub ->R. Nteka

67'

73'

Pathé Ciss- sub ->A. Garcia

73'

Matías Arezo- sub ->L. Suarez

78'

86'

Matías Arezo- Yellow

88'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this encounter, Granada will have 29 points to hold in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Rayo Vallecano will have 33 points to sit in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Granada will host Real Madrid on the 21st of November with a 17-1 head to head record in favor of Real Madrid (0 draws).

Rayo Vallecano will play away agasint FC Barcelona on the 24th of April with a 13-1 head to head record in favor of FC Barcelona (0 draws).

Granada – Formation

Granada

Luís Maximiano 1.Portugal

6.5

Sergio Escudero 3.Spain

6.9

88'

Germán Sánchez 6.Spain

7.0

Quini 17.Spain

6.4

61'

Domingos Duarte 22.Portugal

7.1

Antonio Puertas 10.Spain

6.7

Luis Milla 5.Spain

8.2

23'

90'

Njegoš Petrović 18.Serbia

6.1

46'

Álex Collado 35.Spain

6.4

46'

45'

Jorge Molina 23.Spain

7.1

67'

Luis Javier Suárez 9.Colombia

6.8

78'

Substitutes

Cheikh Kané Sarr 31.Senegal

Víctor Díaz 16.Spain

Raúl Torrente 28.Spain

Yan Eteki 8.Cameroon

6.8

46'

Isma Ruiz 26.Spain

Alberto Soro 7.Spain

6.4

88'

Carlos Bacca 20.Colombia

Matías Arezo 14.Uruguay

6.3

78'

88'

Myrto Uzuni 24.Albania

6.6

61'

D. Machís 11.Venezuela

8.3

46'

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

The manager Ruben Torrecilla Gonzalez decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Granada made 5 changes: A. Collado for D. Machis (46′), N. Petrovic for Y. Eteki (46′), Quini for M. Uzuni (61′), L. Suarez for M. Arezo (78′) and S. Escudero for A. Soro (88′).

Rayo Vallecano – Formation

Rayo Vallecano

Stole Dimitrievski 13.Macedonia

7.7

Iván Balliu 20.Albania

7.1

Fran García 33.Spain

6.4

Alejandro Catena 5.Spain

7.7

90'

Mario Suárez 4.Spain

6.2

Álvaro García 18.Spain

7.2

73'

Óscar Valentín 23.Spain

6.9

86'

Santi Comesaña 6.Spain

6.6

51'

Randy Nteka 9.France

6.2

61'

Isi Palazón 7.Spain

7.1

86'

Sergi Guardiola 16.Spain

7.6

73'

57'

17'

Substitutes

Luca Zidane 1.France

Mario Hernández 32.Spain

6.1

86'

90'

Kévin Rodrigues 19.Portugal

Nikola Maras 2.Serbia

6.1

86'

Unai López 12.Spain

6.4

61'

Pathé Ciss 21.Senegal

7.0

73'

Mamadou Sylla 11.Senegal

6.9

73'

Bebé 10.Cape Verde

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

Andoni Iraola Sagarna played with: .

Rayo Vallecano could not rely on the presence of P. Ciss (injured) and M. Hernandez (injured).

Substitutions

Rayo Vallecano made 5 changes: R. Nteka for U. Lopez (61′), A. Garcia for P. Ciss (73′), S. Guardiola for M. Sylla (73′), O. Valentin for M. Hernandez (86′) and I. Palazon for N. Maras (86′).