Villarreal 1-1 Rayo Vallecano: result and report

La Liga · Wednesday 18 December 2024

Result

Villarreal 1-1 Rayo Vallecano

La Liga · Wednesday 18 December 2024, 20:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Villarreal 1-1 Rayo Vallecano: match report

Villarreal drew with Rayo Vallecano 1-1 in La Liga on Wednesday 18 December 2024. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Álvaro García opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Villarreal's goal came from Ayoze Pérez (45+1'). Rayo Vallecano scored through Álvaro García (20').

Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Rayo Vallecano received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 6th on 26 points from 16 and Rayo Vallecano 13th on 20 points from 16. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 70 points, and Rayo Vallecano 9th with 52.

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 Sergi Cardona of Villarreal (8.0), ahead of Sergio Camello (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Villarreal wins, 2 draws and 3 for Rayo Vallecano.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Álvaro GarcíaRayo Vallecano · 0-1
  • 27'Yellow card · Yéremy PinoVillarreal
  • 32'Red card · Willy KambwalaVillarreal
  • 45+1'Goal · Ayoze PérezVillarreal · 1-1
  • 45+5'Yellow card · Abdul MuminRayo Vallecano
  • 46'Yellow card · Florian LejeuneRayo Vallecano
  • 53'Yellow card · Oscar TrejoRayo Vallecano
  • 54'Yellow card · Pape GueyeVillarreal
  • 85'Yellow card · Thiago OjedaVillarreal
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Logan CostaVillarreal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Villarreal 5, draws 2, Rayo Vallecano 3.

Team news

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Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Luiz Júnior, Pau Navarro, Willy Kambwala, Logan Costa, Sergi Cardona, Yéremy Pino, Pape Gueye, Santi Comesaña, Denis Suárez, Thierno Barry, Ayoze Pérez

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

Augusto Batalla, Iván Balliu, Florian Lejeune, Abdul Mumin, Alfonso Espino, Óscar Valentín, Pedro Díaz, Jorge de Frutos, Oscar Trejo, Álvaro García, Sergio Camello