Athletic Club 1-0 Rayo Vallecano: defeats 1-0 with a goal scored by N. Serrano
MADRID. Athletic Club defeats Rayo Vallecano 1-0 after N. Serrano scored just 1 goal (30').
MADRID. Athletic Club conquers Rayo Vallecano 1-0 after N. Serrano scored just 1 goal (30′). Rayo Vallecano was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (67%).
The match was played at the Estadio de Vallecas stadium in Madrid on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Adrián Cordero Vega with the assistance of Antonio Luis Cerezo Parfenof and Rubén Porras Rico. The 4th official was Iván Muñoz Pérez. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 7.5 degrees Celsius or 45.48 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 66%.
Match Statistics
Rayo Vallecano was in firm control of the ball 67% while Athletic Club was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Rayo Vallecano was more aggressive with 88 dangerous attacks and 30 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Athletic Club was able to find the solution to win this match.
Rayo Vallecano shot 30 times, 3 on target, 27 off target. On the other side, Athletic Club shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Rayo Vallecano received 1 yellow card (U. Lopez). On the other side, Athletic Club received 6 yellow cards (I. Williams, O. Zarraga, D. Garcia, U. Simon, I. Lekue and N. Williams).
After playing this match, Rayo Vallecano will stay with 31 points to stay in the 8th place. On the other side, Athletic Club will have 28 points to stay in the 10th place.
Match Events
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17'17'
I. Williams
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30'30'
N. Serrano
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62'62'
O. Zarraga
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63'63'
M. Vesga
N. Serrano
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69'69'
Dani García
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69'69'
Sergi Guardiola
Radamel Falcao
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76'76'
N. Williams
O. Zarraga
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76'76'
U. Lopez
O. Trejo
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76'76'
R. Nteka
P. Ciss
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82'82'
U. Simon
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84'84'
Y. Berchiche
R. Garcia
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86'86'
I. Lekue
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86'86'
Iñigo Lekue
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88'88'
N. Williams
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89'89'
U. Lopez
Next match
In the upcoming La Liga match, Rayo Vallecano will play away against Celta de Vigo on the 5th of February with a 7-2 head to head record in favor of Rayo Vallecano (2 draws).
Athletic Club will host Espanyol on the 7th of February with a 13-9 head to head record in favor of Espanyol (13 draws).
Rayo Vallecano: Formation and Lineups
Rayo Vallecano started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Andoni Iraola Sagarna chose to play with the following team: Luca Zidane , Ivan Balliu , Esteban Saveljich , Alejandro Catena , Fran García , Ismaila Ciss , Santi Comesaña , Isi Palazón , Óscar Trejo , Álvaro García and Radamel Falcao .
Substitutes
Rayo Vallecano made 4 changes: R. Falcao for S. Guardiola (69′), O. Trejo for U. Lopez (76′), P. Ciss for R. Nteka (76′) and I. Palazon for Bebe (86′).
Top player: Santi Comesaña
The player who no doubt impressed Rayo Vallecano the most was Santi Comesaña.
His rating is with 62 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 16 duels out of 22. He performed 2 crosses.
Athletic Club: Formation and Lineups
Athletic Club started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
On the opposite side, Marcelino García Toral played with: Unai Simón , Íñigo Lekue , Daniel Vivian , Iñigo Martínez , Mikel Balenziaga , Álex Berenguer , Oier Zarraga , Dani García , Nico Serrano , Iñaki Williams and Raúl García .
Substitutes
Athletic Club made 3 changes: N. Serrano for M. Vesga (63′), O. Zarraga for N. Williams (76′) and R. Garcia for Y. Berchiche (84′).
Top player: Daniel Vivian
Probably the most impressive player in Athletic Club was Daniel Vivian even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 22 passes (59% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 11.
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