MADRID. Rayo Vallecano conquered Valencia to win 2-1. A goal from M. Diakhaby was decisive in the 90min. It was Rayo Vallecano to strike first with an early goal of I. Palazon at the 5′. Then Nico scored again for Rayo Vallecano in the 52′ minute with an own goal. Eventually, M. Diakhaby reduced the distance for Valencia (90′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Estadio de Vallecas stadium in Madrid on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Jesús Gil Manzano assisted by Ángel Nevado Rodríguez and Javier Martínez Nicolás. The 4th official was Alonso De Ena Wolf. The weather was clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.5 degrees Celsius or 88.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 28%.
Match Statistics
- 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
- 15 Total 16
- 7 On Target 4
- 8 Off Target 12
- 2 Shots blocked 3
- 121 Attack 78
- 64 Dangerous attack 39
- 68 Ball safe 94
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 7
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 22 Total 11
- 5 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Rayo Vallecano was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Valencia that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Rayo Vallecano was putting more pressure with 64 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rayo Vallecano won the match.
Rayo Vallecano shot 15 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Valencia shot 16 times, 4 on target, 12 off target.
Cards
Rayo Vallecano received 5 yellow cards (I. Balliu, I. Palazon, S. Dimitrievski, S. Comesana and O. Trejo). Talking about the opposition, Valencia received 2 yellow cards (Y. Musah and T. Correia).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Rayo Vallecano will have 7 points like Athletic Club, Girona, Real Sociedad and Celta de Vigo to sit in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Valencia will stay with 6 points to remain in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, Rayo Vallecano will play away with Athletic Club on the 17th of September with a 8-4 head to head record in favor of Athletic Club (4 draws).
Valencia will host Celta de Vigo on the 17th of September with a 14-8 head to head stats in favor of Valencia (4 draws).
Rayo Vallecano – Formation
Rayo Vallecano
62'
77'
5'
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 , Florian Lejeune , Alejandro Catena , Fran García , Santi Comesaña , Óscar Valentín , Isi Palazón , Óscar Trejo , Álvaro García and Sergio Camello .
The home team had on the bench: Unai López , Randy Nteka , Josep Chavarría, Ismaila Ciss , Miguel Ángel Morro, Mario Suárez, Esteban Saveljich, Bebé, Radamel Falcao , José Pozo , Abdul Mumin and Mario Hernández.
Rayo Vallecano could not rely on the presence of J. Pozo (injured).
Substitutions
Rayo Vallecano made 5 changes: S. Camello for P. Ciss (69′), S. Comesana for R. Falcao (69′), I. Palazon for R. Nteka (77′), O. Trejo for U. Lopez (77′) and O. Valentin for J. Pozo (87′).
Best player: Óscar Trejo
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rayo Vallecano was Óscar Trejo even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 18 passes (61% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 19. He performed 3 crosses.
Valencia – Formation
Valencia
Also Valencia adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Ivan Gennaro Gattuso played with: Giorgi Mamardashvili , Thierry Correia , Gabriel Paulista , Mouctar Diakhaby , José Luis Gayà , Hugo Guillamón , Nicolás González , Samu Castillejo , Yunus Musah , Samuel Lino and Hugo Duro .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Eray Cömert, Marcos André , Dimitri Foulquier, Cristhian Mosquera, Emilio Bernad, Cristian Rivero, Francisco Perez, Jesús Vázquez, Cenk Özkaçar, Justin Kluivert , Toni Lato and André Almeida .
Substitutions
Valencia made 4 changes: Nico for Marcos Andre (56′), J. Gaya for T. Lato (64′), H. Duro for J. Kluivert (64′) and H. Guillamon for A. Almeida (77′).
Best player: Mouctar Diakhaby
The player that probably impressed the most for Valencia was Mouctar Diakhaby.
His rating is with 1 goal, 45 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 6.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
- Atlético Madrid – Celta de Vigo – 4-1
- Cádiz – FC Barcelona – 0-4
- Rayo Vallecano – Valencia – 2-1
- Espanyol – Sevilla – 2-3
