Rayo Vallecano vs Real Sociedad

20 January 2019 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Medié Jiménez

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Santiago Comesaña 22’
Adrián Embarba 28’

Héctor Moreno 39’
Willian José 82’

Match summary

Rayo Vallecano and Real Sociedad drew 2-2. Rayo Vallecano led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Santiago Comesaña put Rayo Vallecano ahead in the 22nd minute, Adrián Embarba made it 2-0 in the 28th minute, set up by Óscar Trejo, and Héctor Moreno pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 39th minute, set up by Asier Illarramendi. In the second half, Willian José equalised in the 82nd minute.

Real Sociedad had the better of the chances, with 1.83 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Rayo Vallecano's 0.77 from 11.

Match stats

11 Shots 10

4 Shots on Target 4

2 Corners 9

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

0.77 xG 1.83

0.77 Non-penalty xG 1.83

2 Deep Completions 13

Key events

Rayo Vallecano Real Sociedad

Kick-off

Santiago Comesaña

1-0

22’

Adrián Embarba
Assist: Óscar Trejo

2-0

28’

39’

Héctor Moreno
Assist: Asier Illarramendi

2-1

Half-time2-1

82’

Willian José

2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Rayo Vallecano

Stole Dimitrievski
Emiliano Velázquez

Real Sociedad

Diego Llorente

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.

Rayo Vallecano 0.77 xGReal Sociedad 1.83 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Real Sociedad attacking Rayo Vallecano 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
Stole Dimitrievski	GK	90			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
Emiliano Velázquez	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Luis Advíncula	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Álex Moreno	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Santiago Comesaña	MID	90	1		2	0.09	0.00	0
Óscar Trejo	MID	87		1	2	0.06	0.47	2
Giannelli Imbula	MID	79			0	0.00	0.02	1
Raúl de Tomás	FWD	90			3	0.24	0.04	1
Adrián Embarba	FWD	64	1		1	0.34	0.00	0
Bebé	Sub	26			1	0.02	0.03	1
Álvaro Medrán	Sub	11			1	0.01	0.01	1
José Pozo	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Gerónimo Rulli	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aritz Elustondo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Héctor Moreno	DEF	90	1		1	0.43	0.00	0
Diego Llorente	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Theo Hernández	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.08	1
Asier Illarramendi	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.92	3
Adnan Januzaj	MID	90			0	0.00	0.12	1
Igor Zubeldia	MID	90			1	0.12	0.00	0
Luca Sangalli	MID	75			1	0.08	0.00	0
Mikel Oyarzabal	MID	90			4	0.71	0.00	0
Willian José	FWD	84	1		1	0.44	0.08	1
Sandro Ramírez	Sub	15			1	0.02	0.17	2
Juanmi	Sub	6			1	0.03	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Rayo Vallecano win 33% Bet365 odds 2.87

Draw 29% Bet365 odds 3.30

Real Sociedad win 38% Bet365 odds 2.50

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

Form going into the game

Rayo Vallecano L L W W W

Real Sociedad L L L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Real Sociedad 2-2 Rayo Vallecano, 25 Sep 18 Next meeting: Real Sociedad 1-0 Rayo Vallecano, 22 Aug 21 All Rayo Vallecano vs Real Sociedad 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.