Rayo Vallecano 1-3 Espanyol: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 20 December 2014

Result

Rayo Vallecano 1-3 Espanyol

La Liga · Saturday 20 December 2014, 21:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Rayo Vallecano · Espanyol · La Liga predictions

Rayo Vallecano 1-3 Espanyol: match report

Rayo Vallecano lost to Espanyol 1-3 in La Liga on Saturday 20 December 2014. The half-time score was 1-1.

Sergio García opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Rayo Vallecano's goal came from Léo Baptistão (45'). Espanyol scored through Sergio García (9'), Lucas Vázquez (76') and Sergio García (90+5').

Discipline: Rayo Vallecano received 3 yellow cards; Espanyol received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Rayo Vallecano were 10th on 18 points from 15 and Espanyol 13th on 16 points from 15. Rayo Vallecano went on to finish that season 11th with 48 points, and Espanyol 12th with 47.

Rayo Vallecano lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rayo Vallecano win, 1 draw and 4 for Espanyol.

Going into the match Rayo Vallecano's last five read L-L-W-W-L and Espanyol's D-L-W-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Sergio GarcíaEspanyol · 0-1
  • 17'Yellow card · Salva SevillaEspanyol
  • 29'Yellow card · E. BaillyEspanyol
  • 34'Yellow card · Raúl BaenaRayo Vallecano
  • 40'Yellow card · Emiliano InsúaRayo Vallecano
  • 45'Goal · Léo BaptistãoRayo Vallecano · 1-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Álvaro GonzálezEspanyol
  • 72'Yellow card · Cristhian StuaniEspanyol
  • 76'Goal · Lucas VázquezEspanyol · 1-2
  • 79'Yellow card · Lucas VázquezEspanyol
  • 81'Second yellow · Cristhian StuaniEspanyol
  • 90'Yellow card · QuiniRayo Vallecano
  • 90+5'Goal · Sergio GarcíaEspanyol · 1-3

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Rayo Vallecano 1, draws 1, Espanyol 4.

Team news

Rayo Vallecano expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Cristian Álvarez, Tito, Abdoulaye Ba, Antonio Amaya, Roberto Trashorras, Raúl Baena, Gaël Kakuta, Alberto Bueno Calvo, Léo Baptistão, Zé Castro

Espanyol expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Kiko Casilla, Diego Colotto, Álvaro González, Lucas Vázquez, Juan Rafael Fuentes, José Alberto Cañas, Víctor Sánchez, Sergio García, Felipe Caicedo