Athletic Club 1-2 Rayo Vallecano: result and report

La Liga · Tuesday 21 September 2021

Result

Athletic Club 1-2 Rayo Vallecano

La Liga · Tuesday 21 September 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Athletic Club 1-2 Rayo Vallecano: match report

Athletic Club lost to Rayo Vallecano 1-2 in La Liga on Tuesday 21 September 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.

Álvaro García opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Athletic Club's goal came from an own goal by Pathé Ciss (33'). Rayo Vallecano scored through Álvaro García (5') and R. Falcao (90+6').

Discipline: Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards; Rayo Vallecano received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Athletic Club were 5th on 9 points from 5 and Rayo Vallecano 10th on 7 points from 5. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 8th with 55 points, and Rayo Vallecano 12th with 42.

Athletic Club lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rayo Vallecano in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alejandro Catena of Rayo Vallecano (7.5), level with Bebé (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Athletic Club wins, 2 draws and 2 for Rayo Vallecano.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Álvaro GarcíaRayo Vallecano · 0-1
  • 7'Yellow card · Alejandro CatenaRayo Vallecano
  • 16'Yellow card · Unai NúñezAthletic Club
  • 33'Own goal · Pathé CissAthletic Club · 1-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Sergi GuardiolaRayo Vallecano
  • 56'Yellow card · Iker MuniainAthletic Club
  • 83'Yellow card · Nikola MarasRayo Vallecano
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Iñigo MartínezAthletic Club
  • 90+6'Goal · R. FalcaoRayo Vallecano · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Athletic Club 6, draws 2, Rayo Vallecano 2.

Team news

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Athletic Club line-up (4-4-2)

Unai Simón, Óscar de Marcos, Unai Núñez, Iñigo Martínez, Iñigo Lekue, Nico Williams, Oier Zarraga, Mikel Vesga, Muniain, Asier Villalibre, Raúl García

Rayo Vallecano line-up (4-2-3-1)

Stole Dimitrievski, Iván Balliu, Nikola Maras, Alejandro Catena, Fran García, Santi Comesaña, Pathé Ciss, Isi Palazón, Unai López, Álvaro García, Sergi Guardiola