Villarreal 3-1 Rayo Vallecano: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 17 March 2019

Result

Villarreal 3-1 Rayo Vallecano

La Liga · Sunday 17 March 2019, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Villarreal 3-1 Rayo Vallecano: match report

Villarreal defeated Rayo Vallecano 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday 17 March 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.

Mario Suárez opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Karl Toko Ekambi (50'), Karl Toko Ekambi (52') and Gerard Moreno (88'). Rayo Vallecano scored through Mario Suárez (20').

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

Going into the game Villarreal were 17th on 26 points from 27 and Rayo Vallecano 19th on 23 points from 27. Villarreal went on to finish that season 14th with 44 points, and Rayo Vallecano 20th with 32.

Villarreal lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Rayo Vallecano in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Karl Toko Ekambi of Villarreal (8.0), ahead of Manu Morlanes (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Villarreal wins, 1 draw and 2 for Rayo Vallecano.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Mario SuárezRayo Vallecano · 0-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Ramiro Funes MoriVillarreal
  • 50'Goal · Karl Toko EkambiVillarreal · 1-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Emiliano VelázquezRayo Vallecano
  • 52'Goal · Karl Toko EkambiVillarreal · 2-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Alejandro GálvezRayo Vallecano
  • 79'Yellow card · Víctor RuizVillarreal
  • 82'Yellow card · Jordi AmatRayo Vallecano
  • 82'Yellow card · Álvaro GonzálezVillarreal
  • 88'Goal · Gerard MorenoVillarreal · 3-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Villarreal 6, draws 1, Rayo Vallecano 2.

Team news

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

Sergio Asenjo, Álvaro González, Ramiro Funes Mori, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Manu Morlanes, Santi Cazorla, Alfonso Pedraza, Samuel Chukwueze, Vicente Iborra de la Fuente, Karl Toko Ekambi

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

Stole Dimitrievski, Emiliano Velázquez, Alejandro Gálvez, Jordi Amat, Luis Advíncula, Giannelli Imbula, Mario Suárez, Álex Moreno, Bebé, Raúl de Tomás, Álvaro García