Rayo Vallecano vs Valencia

10 September 2022 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Jesús Gil Manzano

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Isi Palazón 5’
Nico González 52’ (og)

Mouctar Diakhaby 90+3’

Match summary

Rayo Vallecano won 2-1 at home to Valencia. Rayo Vallecano led 1-0 at half-time.

Isi Palazón put Rayo Vallecano ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Óscar Trejo, González's own goal made it 2-0 from a corner in the 52nd minute, and Mouctar Diakhaby pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in stoppage time, set up by André Almeida.

There was little between the sides on chances: Rayo Vallecano created 2.06 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots, Valencia 2.18 from 17.

Match stats

14 Shots 17

6 Shots on Target 4

7 Corners 7

5 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.01 xG 2.18

2.01 Non-penalty xG 2.18

4 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Rayo Vallecano Valencia

Kick-off

Isi Palazón
Assist: Óscar Trejo

1-0

5’

Half-time1-0

Nico González
Own goal

2-0

52’

90+3’

Mouctar Diakhaby
Assist: André Almeida

2-1

Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Rayo Vallecano

Stole Dimitrievski
Iván Balliu
Santiago Comesaña
Isi Palazón
Óscar Trejo

Valencia

Thierry Correia
Yunus Musah

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 2.06 xGValencia 2.18 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Valencia 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
Iván Balliu	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.38	1
Florian Lejeune	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alejandro Catena	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.66	1
Fran García	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.05	1
Óscar Valentín	MID	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Santiago Comesaña	MID	72			0	0.00	0.00	0
Isi Palazón	MID	79	1		2	0.49	0.04	1
Óscar Trejo	MID	80		1	1	0.66	0.47	1
Álvaro García	MID	90			2	0.18	0.10	2
Sergio Camello	FWD	72			4	0.17	0.02	1
Falcao	Sub	18			1	0.38	0.00	0
Pathé Ciss	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Randy Nteka	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Unai López	Sub	10			1	0.10	0.00	0
José Pozo	Sub	1			1	0.05	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Giorgi Mamardashvili	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thierry Correia	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriel	DEF	90			2	0.34	0.10	1
Mouctar Diakhaby	DEF	90	1		1	0.71	0.07	2
José Gayá	DEF	67			1	0.05	0.02	1
Hugo Guillamón	MID	80			0	0.00	0.34	2
Nico González	MID	59			3	0.53	0.00	0
Samu Castillejo	MID	90			1	0.04	0.08	2
Yunus Musah	MID	90			0	0.00	0.41	1
Samuel Lino	MID	90			5	0.24	0.08	2
Hugo Duro	FWD	67			2	0.14	0.00	0
Marcos de Sousa	Sub	31			1	0.07	0.00	0
Justin Kluivert	Sub	23			1	0.07	0.04	1
Toni Lato	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.06	1
André Almeida	Sub	10		1	0	0.00	0.71	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Rayo Vallecano win 35% Avg odds 2.74

Draw 31% Avg odds 3.06

Valencia win 34% Avg odds 2.85

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

Form going into the game

Rayo Vallecano L D W L L

Valencia W W L L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Rayo Vallecano 1-1 Valencia, 11 Apr 22 Next meeting: Valencia 1-1 Rayo Vallecano, 03 Apr 23 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.