Sporting Gijón 1-0 Rayo Vallecano: result and report

La Liga 2 · Saturday 24 March 2018

Result

Sporting Gijón 1-0 Rayo Vallecano

La Liga 2 · Saturday 24 March 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sporting Gijón 1-0 Rayo Vallecano: match report

Sporting Gijón defeated Rayo Vallecano 1-0 in La Liga 2 on Saturday 24 March 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal was an own goal by Gorka Elustondo in the 68th minute, credited to Sporting Gijón.

Discipline: Sporting Gijón received 1 yellow card; Rayo Vallecano received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sporting Gijón were 4th on 52 points from 31 and Rayo Vallecano 1st on 57 points from 31. Sporting Gijón went on to finish that season 5th with 71 points, and Rayo Vallecano 2nd with 76.

Sporting Gijón lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rayo Vallecano in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Abdoulaye Ba of Rayo Vallecano (8.1), ahead of Diego Mariño (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sporting Gijón wins, 3 draws and 0 for Rayo Vallecano.

Going into the match Sporting Gijón's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Rayo Vallecano's W-W-D-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 68'Own goal · Gorka ElustondoSporting Gijón · 1-0
  • 82'Yellow card · Unai LópezRayo Vallecano
  • 86'Yellow card · Álex BergantiñosSporting Gijón
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Raúl de TomásRayo Vallecano

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Sporting Gijón 2, draws 3, Rayo Vallecano 0.

Team news

Sporting Gijón line-up (4-4-2)

Diego Mariño, Roberto Canella, Alberto Guitián, Álex Pérez, Jordi Calavera, Álex Bergantiños, Sergio Álvarez, Carlos Carmona, Jony, Michael Santos, Rubén García

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

Alberto Garcia, Chechu Dorado, Álex Moreno, Baiano, Abdoulaye Ba, Bebé, Gorka Elustondo, Oscar Trejo, Adrián Embarba, Unai López, Raúl de Tomás