Rayo Vallecano vs Sevilla

19 August 2018 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Mateu Lahoz

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 0–3

Adrián Embarba 85’ (pen)

Franco Vázquez 15’
André Silva 31’, 45+1’, 79’

Match summary

Sevilla won comfortably, 4-1 away at Rayo Vallecano. Sevilla led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Franco Vázquez put Sevilla ahead in the 15th minute, set up by Jesús Navas, André Silva made it 0-2 in the 31st minute, set up by Sergio Escudero, and Silva made it 0-3 from a corner in first-half stoppage time, set up by Gabriel Mercado. In the second half, Silva made it 0-4 in the 79th minute, set up by Franco Vázquez and Adrián Embarba pulled one back to make it 1-4 from the penalty spot in the 85th minute.

The chances backed that up: Sevilla created 3.36 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Rayo Vallecano's 2.39 from 13.

Match stats

13 Shots 17

2 Shots on Target 8

2 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

2.39 xG 3.35

1.65 Non-penalty xG 3.35

5 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Rayo Vallecano Sevilla

Kick-off

15’

Franco Vázquez
Assist: Jesús Navas

0-1

31’

André Silva
Assist: Sergio Escudero

0-2

45+1’

André Silva
Assist: Gabriel Mercado

0-3

Half-time0-3

79’

André Silva
Assist: Franco Vázquez

0-4

Adrián Embarba
Penalty

1-4

85’

Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Rayo Vallecano

José Pozo

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 2.39 xGSevilla 3.36 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Sevilla attacking Rayo Vallecano attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alberto García	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Tito	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.07	1
Abdoulaye Ba	DEF	90		1	0.67	0.00	0
Chechu Dorado	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Álex Moreno	DEF	90		2	0.04	0.00	0
Jordi Amat	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Gaël Kakuta	MID	90		2	0.14	0.10	2
José Pozo	MID	78		0	0.00	0.05	1
Álvaro Medrán	MID	70		0	0.00	0.00	0
Adrián Embarba	MID	90	1	5	0.91	0.13	1
Óscar Trejo	FWD	90		2	0.12	0.74	4
Javi Guerra	Sub	20		1	0.51	0.00	0
Luis Advíncula	Sub	12		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Tomás Vaclik	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriel Mercado	DEF	90		1	1	0.09	0.36	1
Simon Kjaer	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergi Gómez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jesús Navas	MID	90		1	3	0.21	0.93	3
Sergio Escudero	MID	63		1	1	0.03	0.48	1
Roque Mesa	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Éver Banega	MID	72			1	0.04	0.07	2
Franco Vázquez	MID	90	1	1	1	0.14	0.92	2
Pablo Sarabia	MID	79			3	0.83	0.26	3
André Silva	FWD	90	3		6	1.96	0.06	1
Aleix Vidal	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ibrahim Amadou	Sub	18			1	0.06	0.00	0
Luis Muriel	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.09	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Rayo Vallecano win 29% Bet365 odds 3.25

Draw 26% Bet365 odds 3.60

Sevilla win 45% Bet365 odds 2.14

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

Previous and next meeting

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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.