Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano

25 August 2018 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee González González

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Antoine Griezmann 63’

Match summary

Atletico Madrid saw off Rayo Vallecano 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Antoine Griezmann put Atletico Madrid ahead from a corner in the 63rd minute, set up by Stefan Savic.

Rayo Vallecano can feel hard done by, creating 1.48 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Atletico Madrid's 1.04 from 9.

Match stats

Atletico Madrid Rayo Vallecano
9 Shots 13
2 Shots on Target 3
8 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.98 xG 1.48
0.98 Non-penalty xG 1.48
6 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Atletico Madrid Rayo Vallecano
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Antoine Griezmann
Assist: Stefan Savic1-0 (Atletico Madrid)
63’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Atletico Madrid
  • Koke
Rayo Vallecano
  • Álvaro García

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 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.04 1.48 63’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), 1-0 63’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.04 1.48 63’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), 1-0 Griezmann 63’
Atletico Madrid 1.04 xGRayo Vallecano 1.48 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Rayo Vallecano attacking Atletico Madrid attacking 
63’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.69 xG, goal 87’ José Pozo (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.62 xG, saved 90’ Sergio Moreno (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 86’ Adrián Embarba (Rayo Vallecano), direct free kick, 0.13 xG, saved 63’ Stefan Savic (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 6’ Saúl Ñíguez (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 59’ Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 7’ Adrián Embarba (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 37’ Thomas Lemar (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 83’ Luis Advíncula (Rayo Vallecano), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 23’ Álex Moreno (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 23’ Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 53’ Lucas Hernández (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 8’ Adrián Embarba (Rayo Vallecano), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 69’ Álvaro Medrán (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 4’ Adrián Embarba (Rayo Vallecano), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 45’ Saúl Ñíguez (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Saúl Ñíguez (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 6’ Lucas Hernández (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 60’ Óscar Trejo (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Óscar Trejo (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 61’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 63’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.69 xG, goal 87’ José Pozo (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.62 xG, saved 90’ Sergio Moreno (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 86’ Adrián Embarba (Rayo Vallecano), direct free kick, 0.13 xG, saved 63’ Stefan Savic (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 6’ Saúl Ñíguez (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 59’ Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 7’ Adrián Embarba (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 37’ Thomas Lemar (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 83’ Luis Advíncula (Rayo Vallecano), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 23’ Álex Moreno (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 23’ Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 53’ Lucas Hernández (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 8’ Adrián Embarba (Rayo Vallecano), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 69’ Álvaro Medrán (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 4’ Adrián Embarba (Rayo Vallecano), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 45’ Saúl Ñíguez (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Saúl Ñíguez (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 6’ Lucas Hernández (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 60’ Óscar Trejo (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Óscar Trejo (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 61’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jan Oblak GK900 0.000.000
Juanfran DEF350 0.000.000
Stefan Savic DEF9011 0.090.712
Diego Godín DEF900 0.000.000
Lucas Hernández DEF902 0.060.000
Ángel Correa MID680 0.000.071
Saúl Ñíguez MID903 0.120.021
Rodri MID900 0.000.000
Thomas Lemar MID901 0.070.122
Diego Costa FWD900 0.000.000
Antoine Griezmann FWD7912 0.710.021
Thomas Partey Sub550 0.000.021
Koke Sub220 0.000.000
Gelson Martins Sub110 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Atletico Madrid win 82% Bet365 odds 1.16
Draw 14% Bet365 odds 7.00
Rayo Vallecano win 4% Bet365 odds 21.00

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

Form going into the game

Atletico Madrid D
Rayo Vallecano L

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Rayo Vallecano 0-1 Atletico Madrid, 16 Feb 19  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.