Villarreal 2-0 Rayo Vallecano: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 12 December 2021
Result
Villarreal 2-0 Rayo Vallecano
La Liga · Sunday 12 December 2021, 13:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Villarreal 2-0 Rayo Vallecano: match report
Villarreal defeated Rayo Vallecano 2-0 in La Liga on Sunday 12 December 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.
Aïssa Mandi opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Villarreal's goals came from Aïssa Mandi (32') and Gerard Moreno (36', penalty). Rayo Vallecano did not score.
Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card; Rayo Vallecano received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 14th on 16 points from 15 and Rayo Vallecano 6th on 27 points from 16. Villarreal went on to finish that season 7th with 59 points, and Rayo Vallecano 12th with 42.
Villarreal 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 Gerónimo Rulli of Villarreal (8.8), ahead of Aïssa Mandi (8.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Villarreal wins, 1 draw and 2 for Rayo Vallecano.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read L-L-D-W-L and Rayo Vallecano's W-D-W-L-D.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Pau Torres
- 32'Goal · Aïssa Mandi
- 36'Penalty goal · Gerard Moreno
- 37'Yellow card · Alejandro Catena
- 37'Yellow card · Isi Palazón
- 61'Yellow card · Fran García
Head-to-head
Team news
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Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Gerónimo Rulli, Mario Gaspar, Aïssa Mandi, Pau Torres, Alfonso Pedraza, Yéremy Pino, Dani Parejo, Vicente Iborra de la Fuente, Manu Trigueros, Gerard Moreno, Boulaye Dia
Rayo Vallecano line-up (4-2-3-1)
Stole Dimitrievski, Iván Balliu, Esteban Saveljich, Alejandro Catena, Fran García, Santi Comesaña, Óscar Valentín, Isi Palazón, Oscar Trejo, Álvaro García, Sergi Guardiola