Sevilla
Rayo Vallecano
Match summary
Sevilla came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Rayo Vallecano, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Rayo Vallecano led 1-0 at half-time.
Álvaro García put Rayo Vallecano ahead in the 4th minute, Jon Guridi equalised from the penalty spot in the 52nd minute, and Peque won it from the penalty spot in stoppage time.
There was little between the sides on chances: Sevilla created 2.02 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots, Rayo Vallecano 1.93 from 6. Sevilla had a player sent off.
Sevilla secured a two-one victory against Rayo Vallecano in La Liga matchday one, despite trailing at the interval. The home side registered thirteen shots to their opponents six, with four attempts on target compared to three for the visitors. Sevilla also dominated territory and pressure metrics, recording one hundred and twenty-three attacks and forty-four dangerous attacks, while Rayo Vallecano managed eighty-two attacks and twenty-five dangerous attacks. Both sides achieved an identical count of eighteen fouls and four yellow cards, though Sevilla finished the fixture with ten men following a red card. The expected goals statistics concluded at two point zero two for Sevilla versus one point nine three for Rayo Vallecano.
The scoring opened in the fourth minute when Álvaro García converted a left-footed shot for Rayo Vallecano to establish a one-nil half-time lead. Following a VAR review in the thirty-eighth minute and several tactical substitutions at the start of the second period, Sevilla equalised in the fifty-second minute through a penalty goal scored by Jon Guridi. The hosts suffered a numerical disadvantage in the eighty-eighth minute when Kike Salas received a red card for a foul. In the ninety-seventh minute, Peque scored a penalty goal to secure the two-one win for Sevilla. The match concluded with late yellow cards for dissent shown to Lucien Agoumé and Alemão.
