Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano

24 April 2025 · La Liga · 2024/25 · Referee Pablo González Fuertes

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

Alexander Sørloth 3’
Conor Gallagher 45’
Julián Álvarez 77’

Match summary

Atletico Madrid won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Rayo Vallecano. Atletico Madrid led 2-0 at half-time.

Alexander Sørloth put Atletico Madrid ahead with a header in the 3rd minute, set up by Giuliano Simeone, Conor Gallagher made it 2-0 with a header in the 45th minute, set up by Rodrigo de Paul, and Julián Álvarez made it 3-0 in the 77th minute, set up by Antoine Griezmann.

The chances backed that up: Atletico Madrid created 3.35 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Rayo Vallecano's 1.13 from 12.

Match stats

10 Shots 12

5 Shots on Target 5

6 Corners 3

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

3.35 xG 1.13

3.35 Non-penalty xG 1.13

9 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Atletico Madrid Rayo Vallecano

Kick-off

Alexander Sørloth
Assist: Giuliano Simeone

1-0

3’

Conor Gallagher
Assist: Rodrigo de Paul

2-0

45’

Half-time2-0

Julián Álvarez
Assist: Antoine Griezmann

3-0

77’

Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Rayo Vallecano

Augusto Batalla
Andrei Ratiu

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.

Atletico Madrid 3.35 xGRayo Vallecano 1.13 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Rayo Vallecano attacking Atletico Madrid 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
Jan Oblak	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcos Llorente	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Clement Lenglet	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Robin Le Normand	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Javi Galán	DEF	83			1	0.03	1.06	2
Giuliano Simeone	MID	69		1	0	0.00	0.63	1
Pablo Barrios Rivas	MID	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Rodrigo de Paul	MID	83		1	0	0.00	0.37	2
Conor Gallagher	MID	83	1		2	0.75	0.00	0
Julián Álvarez	FWD	90	1		1	0.44	0.43	2
Alexander Sørloth	FWD	63	1		4	2.02	0.00	0
Antoine Griezmann	Sub	27		1	1	0.10	0.83	2
Nahuel Molina	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Samuel Lino	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Koke	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
César Azpilicueta	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Augusto Batalla	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrei Ratiu	DEF	90	2	0.24	0.20	2
Florian Lejeune	DEF	90	1	0.01	0.00	0
Pathé Ciss	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Alfonso Espino	DEF	70	0	0.00	0.23	1
Unai López	MID	70	1	0.01	0.00	0
Óscar Valentín	MID	70	0	0.00	0.00	0
Isi Palazón	MID	90	3	0.68	0.05	2
Pedro Díaz	MID	90	1	0.01	0.04	3
Álvaro García	MID	85	2	0.14	0.56	1
Randy Nteka	FWD	78	0	0.00	0.00	0
Gerard Gumbau	Sub	20	2	0.05	0.01	1
Pep Chavarría	Sub	20	0	0.00	0.00	0
Jorge De Frutos	Sub	20	0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergi Guardiola	Sub	12	0	0.00	0.00	0
Adrián Embarba	Sub	5	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Atletico Madrid win 64% Avg odds 1.50

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.29

Rayo Vallecano win 14% Avg odds 6.83

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Atletico Madrid L D W W L

Rayo Vallecano D W L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Rayo Vallecano 1-1 Atletico Madrid, 22 Sep 24 Next meeting: Atletico Madrid 3-2 Rayo Vallecano, 24 Sep 25 All Atletico Madrid 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.