Rayo Vallecano 2-2 Espanyol: result and report

La Liga · Friday 28 September 2018

Result

Rayo Vallecano 2-2 Espanyol

La Liga · Friday 28 September 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Rayo Vallecano 2-2 Espanyol: match report

Rayo Vallecano drew with Espanyol 2-2 in La Liga on Friday 28 September 2018. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Raúl de Tomás opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Rayo Vallecano's goals came from Raúl de Tomás (6') and Gaël Kakuta (47', penalty). Espanyol scored through Borja Iglesias (19') and Granero (45+1').

Discipline: Rayo Vallecano received 3 yellow cards; Espanyol received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rayo Vallecano were 19th on 4 points from 5 and Espanyol 6th on 10 points from 6. Rayo Vallecano went on to finish that season 20th with 32 points, and Espanyol 7th with 53.

Rayo Vallecano lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Espanyol in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Borja Iglesias of Espanyol (7.7), ahead of Mario Hermoso (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rayo Vallecano wins, 3 draws and 5 for Espanyol.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Raúl de TomásRayo Vallecano · 1-0
  • 19'Goal · Borja IglesiasEspanyol · 1-1
  • 45+1'Goal · GraneroEspanyol · 1-2
  • 47'Penalty goal · Gaël KakutaRayo Vallecano · 2-2
  • 58'Yellow card · BebéRayo Vallecano
  • 64'Yellow card · Santi ComesañaRayo Vallecano
  • 79'Yellow card · GraneroEspanyol
  • 83'Yellow card · Marc RocaEspanyol
  • 87'Yellow card · Víctor SánchezEspanyol
  • 88'Yellow card · Álvaro GarcíaRayo Vallecano

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rayo Vallecano 2, draws 3, Espanyol 5.

Team news

Rayo Vallecano line-up (4-1-4-1)

Alberto Garcia, Luis Advíncula, Abdoulaye Ba, Jordi Amat, Álex Moreno, Santi Comesaña, Gaël Kakuta, Oscar Trejo, Giannelli Imbula, Bebé, Raúl de Tomás

Espanyol line-up (4-1-4-1)

Diego López, Javi López, Naldo, Mario Hermoso, Dídac Vilà, Marc Roca, Léo Baptistão, Víctor Sánchez, Granero, Sergio García, Borja Iglesias