Atlético de Madrid 2-0 Rayo Vallecano: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 2 January 2022
Result
Atlético de Madrid 2-0 Rayo Vallecano
La Liga · Sunday 2 January 2022, 15:15 UTC · half-time 1-0
Atlético de Madrid 2-0 Rayo Vallecano: match report
Atlético de Madrid defeated Rayo Vallecano 2-0 in La Liga on Sunday 2 January 2022. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Ángel Correa opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from Ángel Correa (28') and Ángel Correa (53'). Rayo Vallecano did not score.
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 4 yellow cards; Rayo Vallecano received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 5th on 29 points from 18 and Rayo Vallecano 4th on 30 points from 18. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Rayo Vallecano 12th with 42.
Atlético de Madrid 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 Ángel Correa of Atlético de Madrid (8.7), ahead of Geoffrey Kondogbia (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Atlético de Madrid wins, 1 draw and 1 for Rayo Vallecano.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Olabe
- 26'Yellow card · Luis Suárez
- 28'Goal · Ángel Correa
- 53'Goal · Ángel Correa
- 63'Yellow card · José María Giménez
- 74'Yellow card · Rodrigo de Paul
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Martín Merquelanz
- João Félix
- Stefan Savić
- Antoine Griezmann
- Randy Nteka
- Koke
- Héctor Herrera
- Marcos Llorente
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Jan Oblak, Kieran Trippier, José María Giménez, Mario Hermoso, Renan Lodi, Yannick Carrasco, Rodrigo De Paul, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Thomas Lemar, Ángel Correa, Luis Suárez
Rayo Vallecano line-up (4-2-3-1)
Luca Zidane, Iván Balliu, Esteban Saveljich, Nikola Maras, Fran García, Santi Comesaña, Óscar Valentín, Isi Palazón, Unai López, Kévin Rodrigues, Sergi Guardiola