Espanyol 3-2 Rayo Vallecano: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 21 October 2012
Result
Espanyol 3-2 Rayo Vallecano
La Liga · Sunday 21 October 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Espanyol 3-2 Rayo Vallecano: match report
Espanyol beat Rayo Vallecano 3-2 in La Liga on Sunday 21 October 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.
Léo Baptistão opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Espanyol's goals came from Joan Verdú (37'), Joan Verdú (48') and Cristhian Stuani (90+2'). Rayo Vallecano scored through Léo Baptistão (12') and Léo Baptistão (63').
Discipline: Espanyol received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Rayo Vallecano received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Espanyol were 20th on 2 points from 7 and Rayo Vallecano 12th on 10 points from 7. Espanyol went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Rayo Vallecano 7th with 51.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rayo Vallecano in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Espanyol wins, 0 draws and 0 for Rayo Vallecano.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read D-L-L-D-L and Rayo Vallecano's W-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Léo Baptistão
- 12'Yellow card · Joan Verdú
- 14'Yellow card · Alejandro Gálvez
- 15'Yellow card · Juan Forlin
- 15'Yellow card · Juan Forlin
- 15'Yellow card · Rubén
- 37'Goal · Joan Verdú
- 43'Yellow card · Diego Colotto
- 48'Goal · Joan Verdú
- 63'Goal · Léo Baptistão
- 68'Red card · Labaka
- 74'Yellow card · Rodri
- 74'Yellow card · Rodrí
- 81'Second yellow · Diego Colotto
- 90+2'Goal · Cristhian Stuani
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Cristian Álvarez, Raúl Rodríguez, Juan Forlin, Héctor Moreno, Javi López, Joan Capdevila, Diego Colotto, Joan Verdú, Mubarak Wakaso, Samuele Longo, Víctor Sánchez
Rayo Vallecano line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rubén, Tito, José Manuel Casado, Mikel Labaka Zurriarain, Alejandro Gálvez, Alejandro Domínguez, Javi Fuego, Mohammed Abu, Jose Carlos, Piti, Léo Baptistão