Valencia 4-1 Rayo Vallecano: result and report
La Liga · Wednesday 11 April 2012
Result
Valencia 4-1 Rayo Vallecano
La Liga · Wednesday 11 April 2012, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Valencia 4-1 Rayo Vallecano: match report
Valencia beat Rayo Vallecano 4-1 in La Liga on Wednesday 11 April 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Jonas opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Valencia's goals came from Jonas (41'), Jordi Alba (70'), Jonas (77', penalty) and Pablo Hernández (88'). Rayo Vallecano scored through Diego Costa (72').
Discipline: Valencia received 2 yellow cards; Rayo Vallecano received 7 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 4th on 49 points from 31 and Rayo Vallecano 12th on 40 points from 31. Valencia went on to finish that season 3rd with 61 points, and Rayo Vallecano 15th with 43.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rayo Vallecano in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Valencia win, 0 draws and 0 for Rayo Vallecano.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read D-D-L-L-W and Rayo Vallecano's W-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 25'Yellow card · Ricardo Costa
- 37'Yellow card · A. Bangoura
- 41'Goal · Jonas
- 62'Yellow card · Jorge Pulido
- 66'Yellow card · Diego Costa
- 67'Yellow card · Jordi Alba
- 70'Goal · Jordi Alba
- 72'Goal · Diego Costa
- 73'Yellow card · Movilla
- 74'Yellow card · Raúl Tamudo
- 76'Yellow card · Alejandro Arribas
- 77'Penalty goal · Jonas
- 88'Goal · Pablo Hernández
- 90+4'Yellow card · Michu
Head-to-head
Team news
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Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vicente Guaita, Adil Rami, Jordi Alba, Ricardo Costa, Jérémy Mathieu, Sofiane Feghouli, Pablo Hernández, Tino Costa, Jonas, Mehmet Topal, Antonio Barragán
Rayo Vallecano line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joel Robles, Tito, José Manuel Casado, Mikel Labaka Zurriarain, Alejandro Arribas, Jorge Pulido, Movilla, Lass Bangoura, Pape Maly Diamanka, Diego Costa, Miguel Pérez Cuesta