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 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.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Sergio García
- 17'Yellow card · Salva Sevilla
- 29'Yellow card · E. Bailly
- 34'Yellow card · Raúl Baena
- 40'Yellow card · Emiliano Insúa
- 45'Goal · Léo Baptistão
- 67'Yellow card · Álvaro González
- 72'Yellow card · Cristhian Stuani
- 76'Goal · Lucas Vázquez
- 79'Yellow card · Lucas Vázquez
- 81'Second yellow · Cristhian Stuani
- 90'Yellow card · Quini
- 90+5'Goal · Sergio García
Head-to-head
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