Rayo Vallecano vs Valencia

19 December 2023 · La Liga · 2023/24 · Referee Javier Alberola Rojas

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Sergi Canos 61’

Match summary

Valencia beat Rayo Vallecano 1-0 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.

Sergi Canos put Valencia ahead in the 61st minute, set up by Diego López.

There was little between the sides on chances: Rayo Vallecano created 0.51 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots, Valencia 0.33 from 8. Valencia had a player sent off.

Match stats

Rayo Vallecano Valencia
7 Shots 8
1 Shots on Target 3
8 Corners 1
1 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 1
0.51 xG 0.33
0.51 Non-penalty xG 0.33
9 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Rayo Vallecano Valencia
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
61’
Sergi Canos
Assist: Diego López0-1 (Valencia)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Rayo Vallecano
  • Randy Nteka
  • Kike Pérez
Valencia
  • Thierry Correia
  • Mouctar Diakhaby
  • Jesús Vázquez
  • Hugo Guillamón
  • Selim Amallah
  • Fran Pérez

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.51 0.33 61’ Sergi Canos (Valencia), 0-1 61’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.51 0.33 61’ Sergi Canos (Valencia), 0-1 Canos 61’
Rayo Vallecano 0.51 xGValencia 0.33 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Valencia attacking Rayo Vallecano attacking 
11’ Isi Palazón (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.25 xG, saved 31’ Diego López (Valencia), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 90+3’ Raúl de Tomás (Rayo Vallecano), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, off target 75’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 23’ Florian Lejeune (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 32’ Selim Amallah (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Isi Palazón (Rayo Vallecano), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 61’ Sergi Canos (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 68’ Jorge De Frutos (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 41’ Diego López (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 45’ Selim Amallah (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Andrei Ratiu (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 5’ Pepelu (Valencia), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 60’ Sergi Canos (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 7’ Raúl de Tomás (Rayo Vallecano), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 11’ Isi Palazón (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.25 xG, saved 31’ Diego López (Valencia), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 90+3’ Raúl de Tomás (Rayo Vallecano), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, off target 75’ Hugo Duro (Valencia), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 23’ Florian Lejeune (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 32’ Selim Amallah (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Isi Palazón (Rayo Vallecano), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 61’ Sergi Canos (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 68’ Jorge De Frutos (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 45’ Selim Amallah (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Andrei Ratiu (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 41’ Diego López (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 5’ Pepelu (Valencia), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 60’ Sergi Canos (Valencia), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 7’ Raúl de Tomás (Rayo Vallecano), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Stole Dimitrievski GK900 0.000.000
Andrei Ratiu DEF801 0.020.000
Florian Lejeune DEF901 0.050.000
Abdul Mumin DEF900 0.000.000
Pep Chavarría DEF900 0.000.000
Isi Palazón MID812 0.300.062
Pathé Ciss MID900 0.000.000
Unai López MID690 0.000.262
Jorge De Frutos MID691 0.040.000
Raúl de Tomás FWD902 0.100.000
Sergio Camello FWD620 0.000.000
Randy Nteka Sub280 0.000.000
Bebé Sub210 0.000.000
Kike Pérez Sub210 0.000.000
Falcao Sub100 0.000.000
Álvaro García Sub90 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Rayo Vallecano win 42% Avg odds 2.30
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.19
Valencia win 28% Avg odds 3.41

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

Form going into the game

Rayo Vallecano LDLDL
Valencia LDLLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Valencia 1-1 Rayo Vallecano, 03 Apr 23 Next meeting: Valencia 0-0 Rayo Vallecano, 12 May 24  All Rayo Vallecano vs Valencia 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.