Rayo Vallecano 2-1 Villarreal: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 28 May 2023

Result

Rayo Vallecano 2-1 Villarreal

La Liga · Sunday 28 May 2023, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Rayo Vallecano · Villarreal · La Liga predictions

Rayo Vallecano 2-1 Villarreal: match report

Rayo Vallecano defeated Villarreal 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 28 May 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Raúl de Tomás opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Rayo Vallecano's goals came from Raúl de Tomás (56') and Isi Palazón (63'). Villarreal scored through Giovani Lo Celso (83').

Discipline: Rayo Vallecano received 3 yellow cards; Villarreal received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rayo Vallecano were 12th on 46 points from 36 and Villarreal 5th on 63 points from 36. Rayo Vallecano went on to finish that season 12th with 49 points, and Villarreal 5th with 64.

Rayo Vallecano lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Villarreal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Isi Palazón of Rayo Vallecano (8.4), ahead of Santi Comesaña (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Rayo Vallecano wins, 1 draw and 6 for Villarreal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Yellow card · Dani ParejoVillarreal
  • 56'Goal · Raúl de TomásRayo Vallecano · 1-0
  • 59'Yellow card · Alfonso PedrazaVillarreal
  • 63'Goal · Isi PalazónRayo Vallecano · 2-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Óscar ValentínRayo Vallecano
  • 68'Yellow card · Raúl de TomásRayo Vallecano
  • 70'Yellow card · Giovani Lo CelsoVillarreal
  • 83'Goal · Giovani Lo CelsoVillarreal · 2-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Alejandro CatenaRayo Vallecano
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Nicolas JacksonVillarreal
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Nicolas JacksonVillarreal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rayo Vallecano 3, draws 1, Villarreal 6.

Team news

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

Stole Dimitrievski, Iván Balliu, Abdul Mumin, Alejandro Catena, Fran García, Santi Comesaña, Óscar Valentín, Isi Palazón, Álvaro García, Pep Chavarría, Raúl de Tomás

Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Pepe Reina, Juan Foyth, Aïssa Mandi, Pau Torres, Alfonso Pedraza, Dani Parejo, Ramón Terrats, Samuel Chukwueze, Álex Baena, Yéremy Pino, Nicolas Jackson