Athletic Bilbao vs Rayo Vallecano

14 April 2019 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Juan Martínez Munuera

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Iñaki Williams 2’, 50’
Raúl García 72’

Álex Moreno 45’
Raúl de Tomás 85’

Match summary

Athletic Bilbao beat Rayo Vallecano 3-2. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Iñaki Williams put Athletic Bilbao ahead in the 2nd minute, set up by Beñat and Álex Moreno equalised in the 45th minute. In the second half, Williams put Athletic Bilbao back in front in the 50th minute, set up by Iñigo Córdoba, Raúl García made it 3-1 in the 72nd minute, set up by Muniain, and Raúl de Tomás pulled one back to make it 3-2 in the 85th minute, set up by Adrián Embarba.

The chances backed that up: Athletic Bilbao created 3.01 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Rayo Vallecano's 0.73 from 8. Raúl García had a penalty saved for Athletic Bilbao. Rayo Vallecano had a player sent off.

Match stats

15 Shots 8

9 Shots on Target 4

3 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 1

2.60 xG 0.73

1.72 Non-penalty xG 0.73

12 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Athletic Bilbao Rayo Vallecano

Kick-off

Iñaki Williams
Assist: Beñat

1-0

2’

45’

Álex Moreno

1-1

Half-time1-1

Iñaki Williams
Assist: Iñigo Córdoba

2-1

50’

Raúl García
Assist: Muniain

3-1

72’

85’

Raúl de Tomás
Assist: Adrián Embarba

3-2

Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Athletic Bilbao

Iñaki Williams

Rayo Vallecano

Luis Advíncula
Abdoulaye Ba

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Athletic Bilbao 3.01 xGRayo Vallecano 0.73 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Rayo Vallecano attacking Athletic Bilbao attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Iago Herrerín	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
De Marcos	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Yeray Álvarez	DEF	90			1	0.55	0.00	0
Iñigo Martínez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yuri	DEF	64			0	0.00	0.00	0
Beñat	MID	90		1	1	0.04	0.07	2
Dani García	MID	61			0	0.00	0.00	0
Muniain	MID	90		1	2	0.72	0.09	2
Raúl García	MID	90	1		4	0.91	0.10	1
Iñigo Córdoba	MID	90		1	1	0.06	0.46	2
Iñaki Williams	FWD	90	2		3	0.51	0.74	2
Unai López	Sub	29			3	0.21	0.00	0
Íñigo Lekue	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.06	1
Kenan Kodro	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alberto García	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luis Advíncula	DEF	55			0	0.00	0.00	0
Abdoulaye Ba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordi Amat	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tito	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mario Suárez	MID	90			2	0.04	0.00	0
Álvaro Medrán	MID	72			0	0.00	0.02	1
Bebé	MID	90			3	0.03	0.00	0
José Pozo	MID	82			0	0.00	0.05	3
Álex Moreno	MID	76	1		2	0.08	0.00	0
Raúl de Tomás	FWD	90	1		1	0.58	0.00	0
Adrián Embarba	Sub	18		1	0	0.00	0.58	1
Álvaro García	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Franco Di Santo	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Athletic Bilbao win 59% Bet365 odds 1.60

Draw 24% Bet365 odds 4.00

Rayo Vallecano win 17% Bet365 odds 5.50

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Athletic Bilbao D W W W L

Rayo Vallecano L L D L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Rayo Vallecano 1-1 Athletic Bilbao, 24 Oct 18 Next meeting: Athletic Bilbao 1-2 Rayo Vallecano, 21 Sep 21 All Athletic Bilbao vs Rayo Vallecano meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.