Rayo Vallecano vs Villarreal

22 February 2025 · La Liga · 2024/25 · Referee Víctor García Verdura

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Ayoze Pérez 66’

Match summary

Villarreal won 1-0 away at Rayo Vallecano. It was goalless at half-time.

Ayoze Pérez put Villarreal ahead with a header in the 66th minute, set up by Álex Baena.

There was little between the sides on chances: Rayo Vallecano created 0.51 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots, Villarreal 0.79 from 10. Rayo Vallecano had a player sent off.

Match stats

Rayo Vallecano Villarreal
10 Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 5
3 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 4
1 Red Cards 0
0.51 xG 0.79
0.51 Non-penalty xG 0.79
3 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Rayo Vallecano Villarreal
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
66’
Ayoze Pérez
Assist: Álex Baena0-1 (Villarreal)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Rayo Vallecano
  • Jorge De Frutos
  • Andrei Ratiu
Villarreal
  • Diego Conde
  • Yeremi Pino
  • Thierno Barry
  • Daniel Parejo

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 0.79 66’ Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal), 0-1 66’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.51 0.79 66’ Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal), 0-1 Pérez 66’
Rayo Vallecano 0.51 xGVillarreal 0.79 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Villarreal attacking Rayo Vallecano attacking 
66’ Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.35 xG, goal 61’ Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 25’ Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 6’ Thierno Barry (Villarreal), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 86’ Sergi Guardiola (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+4’ Alfonso (Villarreal), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 86’ Gerard Gumbau (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 90’ Sergi Guardiola (Rayo Vallecano), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 8’ Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 17’ Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 34’ Jorge De Frutos (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 57’ Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 24’ Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 4’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 64’ Nicolas Pepe (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 70’ Randy Nteka (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 1’ Isi Palazón (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 84’ Sergi Cardona (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 75’ Abdul Mumin (Rayo Vallecano), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 30’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 66’ Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.35 xG, goal 61’ Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 25’ Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 90+4’ Alfonso (Villarreal), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 6’ Thierno Barry (Villarreal), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 86’ Sergi Guardiola (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 86’ Gerard Gumbau (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 90’ Sergi Guardiola (Rayo Vallecano), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 8’ Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 17’ Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 34’ Jorge De Frutos (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 57’ Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 24’ Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 4’ Yeremi Pino (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 64’ Nicolas Pepe (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 70’ Randy Nteka (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 1’ Isi Palazón (Rayo Vallecano), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 84’ Sergi Cardona (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 75’ Abdul Mumin (Rayo Vallecano), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 30’ Álex Baena (Villarreal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Augusto Batalla GK900 0.000.000
Andrei Ratiu DEF900 0.000.000
Florian Lejeune DEF900 0.000.000
Abdul Mumin DEF901 0.020.000
Pep Chavarría DEF900 0.000.082
Pedro Díaz MID900 0.000.000
Pathé Ciss MID770 0.000.000
Jorge De Frutos MID411 0.050.000
Isi Palazón MID131 0.020.000
Álvaro García MID903 0.200.021
Randy Nteka FWD771 0.030.000
Adrián Embarba Sub770 0.000.193
Sergi Guardiola Sub132 0.140.000
Gerard Gumbau Sub131 0.060.061
Óscar Trejo Sub10 0.000.000
Etienne Eto'o Pineda Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Rayo Vallecano win 34% Avg odds 2.79
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.26
Villarreal win 36% Avg odds 2.65

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

Form going into the game

Rayo Vallecano DWWWL
Villarreal WDWWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Villarreal 1-1 Rayo Vallecano, 18 Dec 24 Next meeting: Villarreal 4-0 Rayo Vallecano, 01 Nov 25  All Rayo Vallecano vs Villarreal 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.