Rayo Vallecano 2-3 Gimnàstic Tarragona: result and report

La Liga 2 · Saturday 6 January 2018

Result

Rayo Vallecano 2-3 Gimnàstic Tarragona

La Liga 2 · Saturday 6 January 2018, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Rayo Vallecano 2-3 Gimnàstic Tarragona: match report

Rayo Vallecano lost to Gimnàstic Tarragona 2-3 in La Liga 2 on Saturday 6 January 2018. The half-time score was 1-2.

Maikel Mesa opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Rayo Vallecano's goals came from Adrián Embarba (23') and Óscar Trejo (89', penalty). Gimnàstic Tarragona scored through Maikel Mesa (4'), Manu Barreiro (33') and Manu Barreiro (90+4').

Discipline: Rayo Vallecano received 2 yellow cards; Gimnàstic Tarragona received 6 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rayo Vallecano were 4th on 35 points from 20 and Gimnàstic Tarragona 18th on 21 points from 19. Rayo Vallecano went on to finish that season 2nd with 76 points, and Gimnàstic Tarragona 14th with 52.

Rayo Vallecano lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Gimnàstic Tarragona in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Manu Barreiro of Gimnàstic Tarragona (8.4), ahead of Xavi Molina (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Rayo Vallecano wins, 2 draws and 2 for Gimnàstic Tarragona.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Maikel MesaGimnàstic Tarragona · 0-1
  • 18'Yellow card · Otar KakabadzeGimnàstic Tarragona
  • 23'Goal · Adrián EmbarbaRayo Vallecano · 1-1
  • 29'Yellow card · Emiliano VelázquezRayo Vallecano
  • 33'Goal · Manu BarreiroGimnàstic Tarragona · 1-2
  • 36'Yellow card · Juan MuñizGimnàstic Tarragona
  • 37'Missed penalty · Raúl de TomásRayo Vallecano
  • 62'Yellow card · Raúl de TomásRayo Vallecano
  • 83'Yellow card · Stole DimitrievskiGimnàstic Tarragona
  • 87'Yellow card · Javier MatillaGimnàstic Tarragona
  • 88'Yellow card · Maikel MesaGimnàstic Tarragona
  • 89'Penalty goal · Óscar TrejoRayo Vallecano · 2-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Abraham MineroGimnàstic Tarragona
  • 90+4'Goal · Manu BarreiroGimnàstic Tarragona · 2-3

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Rayo Vallecano 4, draws 2, Gimnàstic Tarragona 2.

Team news

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

Alberto Garcia, Álex Moreno, Baiano, Abdoulaye Ba, Emiliano Velázquez, Oscar Trejo, Unai López, Santi Comesaña, Fran Beltrán, Adrián Embarba, Raúl de Tomás

Gimnàstic Tarragona line-up (4-2-3-1)

Stole Dimitrievski, Otar Kakabadze, Xavi Molina, Daisuke Suzuki, Abraham Minero, Jon Gaztañaga, Juan Muñiz, Maikel Mesa, Tete Morente, Eddy İsrafilov, Manu Barreiro