Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano

31 January 2024 · La Liga · 2023/24 · Referee César Soto Grado

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Reinildo 35’
  • Memphis Depay 90’
  • Álvaro García 42’

Match summary

Atletico Madrid saw off Rayo Vallecano 2-1, with a late winner. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Reinildo put Atletico Madrid ahead with a header in the 35th minute, set up by Rodrigo Riquelme, Álvaro García equalised in the 42nd minute, set up by Pep Chavarría, and Memphis Depay won it in the 90th minute, set up by Antoine Griezmann.

The chances backed that up: Atletico Madrid created 1.30 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Rayo Vallecano's 0.43 from 10.

Match stats

Atletico Madrid Rayo Vallecano
8 Shots 10
3 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 6
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.30 xG 0.43
1.30 Non-penalty xG 0.43
3 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Atletico Madrid Rayo Vallecano
Kick-off
Reinildo
Assist: Rodrigo Riquelme1-0 (Atletico Madrid)
35’
42’
Álvaro García
Assist: Pep Chavarría1-1 (Rayo Vallecano)
Half-time1-1
Memphis Depay
Assist: Antoine Griezmann2-1 (Atletico Madrid)
90’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Rayo Vallecano
  • Pep Chavarría
  • Kike Pérez
  • Isi Palazón

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.30 0.43 35’ Reinildo (Atletico Madrid), 1-0 35’ 42’ Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano), 1-1 42’ 90’ Memphis Depay (Atletico Madrid), 2-1 90’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.30 0.43 35’ Reinildo (Atletico Madrid), 1-0 Reinildo 35’ 42’ Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano), 1-1 García 42’ 90’ Memphis Depay (Atletico Madrid), 2-1 Depay 90’
Atletico Madrid 1.30 xGRayo Vallecano 0.43 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Rayo Vallecano attacking Atletico Madrid attacking 
90’ Memphis Depay (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 35’ Reinildo (Atletico Madrid), set piece, 0.29 xG, goal 24’ Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.27 xG, saved 90+6’ Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 26’ Memphis Depay (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 20’ Memphis Depay (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 13’ Óscar Valentín (Rayo Vallecano), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 42’ Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 78’ Jorge De Frutos (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 59’ Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 62’ Andrei Ratiu (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 13’ Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 64’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 65’ Pep Chavarría (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 23’ Isi Palazón (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 73’ Pep Chavarría (Rayo Vallecano), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 41’ Pablo Barrios Rivas (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ Pep Chavarría (Rayo Vallecano), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90’ Memphis Depay (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 35’ Reinildo (Atletico Madrid), set piece, 0.29 xG, goal 24’ Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.27 xG, saved 90+6’ Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 26’ Memphis Depay (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 20’ Memphis Depay (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 13’ Óscar Valentín (Rayo Vallecano), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 42’ Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 78’ Jorge De Frutos (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 59’ Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 62’ Andrei Ratiu (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 13’ Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 64’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 65’ Pep Chavarría (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 23’ Isi Palazón (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 73’ Pep Chavarría (Rayo Vallecano), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 41’ Pablo Barrios Rivas (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ Pep Chavarría (Rayo Vallecano), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jan Oblak GK900 0.000.000
Axel Witsel DEF900 0.000.000
Reinildo DEF9011 0.290.000
Mario Hermoso DEF900 0.000.000
Marcos Llorente MID620 0.000.362
Rodrigo Riquelme MID6210 0.000.291
Pablo Barrios Rivas MID901 0.020.000
Saúl Ñíguez MID730 0.000.000
Arthur Vermeeren MID500 0.000.000
Memphis Depay FWD9013 0.580.111
Ángel Correa FWD621 0.270.000
Nahuel Molina Sub400 0.000.000
Rodrigo de Paul Sub280 0.000.041
Samuel Lino Sub281 0.110.000
Antoine Griezmann Sub2811 0.040.421
Koke Sub170 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Atletico Madrid win 59% Avg odds 1.61
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.88
Rayo Vallecano win 16% Avg odds 6.02

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

Form going into the game

Atletico Madrid DWLWW
Rayo Vallecano LLWLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Rayo Vallecano 0-7 Atletico Madrid, 28 Aug 23 Next meeting: Rayo Vallecano 1-1 Atletico Madrid, 22 Sep 24  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.