Villarreal 2-1 Rayo Vallecano: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 6 December 2015
Result
Villarreal 2-1 Rayo Vallecano
La Liga · Sunday 6 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Villarreal 2-1 Rayo Vallecano: match report
Villarreal beat Rayo Vallecano 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 6 December 2015. The half-time score was 0-1.
Jozabed Sánchez opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Villarreal's goals came from Cédric Bakambu (69') and Cédric Bakambu (86'). Rayo Vallecano scored through Jozabed Sánchez (41').
Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card; Rayo Vallecano received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 6th on 20 points from 13 and Rayo Vallecano 18th on 12 points from 13. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Rayo Vallecano 18th with 37.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rayo Vallecano in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Villarreal wins, 0 draws and 1 for Rayo Vallecano.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read L-D-L-D-D and Rayo Vallecano's L-D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 33'Yellow card · Raúl Baena
- 35'Yellow card · Jonathan dos Santos
- 41'Goal · Jozabed Sánchez
- 60'Yellow card · Zé Castro
- 69'Goal · Cédric Bakambu
- 80'Yellow card · N. Fedor
- 86'Goal · Cédric Bakambu
- 88'Yellow card · Quini
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal expected line-up (4-3-3)
Alphonse Areola, Víctor Ruiz, Mario Gaspar, Jaume Costa, Jonathan dos Santos, Manu Trigueros, Samu Castillejo, Roberto Soldado Rillo
Rayo Vallecano expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Toño, Diego Llorente, Razvan Rat, Nacho Martínez, Roberto Trashorras, Jozabed Sánchez, Raúl Baena, Bebé, Adrián Embarba, Javi Guerra, Zé Castro