Rayo Vallecano 0-2 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Monday 24 September 2012
Result
Rayo Vallecano 0-2 Real Madrid
La Liga · Monday 24 September 2012, 17:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Rayo Vallecano 0-2 Real Madrid: match report
Rayo Vallecano lost to Real Madrid 0-2 in La Liga on Monday 24 September 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.
Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Rayo Vallecano did not score. Real Madrid scored through Karim Benzema (13') and Cristiano Ronaldo (70', penalty).
Discipline: Rayo Vallecano received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rayo Vallecano were 7th on 7 points from 4 and Real Madrid 16th on 4 points from 4. Rayo Vallecano went on to finish that season 7th with 51 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 82.
Rayo Vallecano lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Real Madrid in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rayo Vallecano wins, 0 draws and 2 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Rayo Vallecano's last five read L-D-W-W and Real Madrid's L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Michael Essien
- 13'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 19'Yellow card · Arbeloa
- 42'Yellow card · Alejandro Domínguez
- 42'Yellow card · Alejandro Domínguez
- 60'Yellow card · Casado
- 61'Yellow card · Xabi Alonso
- 69'Yellow card · Jordi Amat
- 70'Penalty goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 90+2'Second yellow · Casado
Head-to-head
Team news
Rayo Vallecano line-up (4-3-2-1)
Rubén, Tito, José Manuel Casado, Mikel Labaka Zurriarain, Jordi Amat, Alejandro Domínguez, Javi Fuego, Lass Bangoura, Jose Carlos, Léo Baptistão, Andrija Delibasic
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iker Casillas, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Álvaro Arbeloa, Michael Essien, Luka Modrić, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Ángel Di María, Xabi Alonso