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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Léo BaptistãoRayo Vallecano · 0-1
  • 12'Yellow card · Joan VerdúEspanyol
  • 14'Yellow card · Alejandro GálvezRayo Vallecano
  • 15'Yellow card · Juan ForlinEspanyol
  • 15'Yellow card · Juan ForlinEspanyol
  • 15'Yellow card · RubénRayo Vallecano
  • 37'Goal · Joan VerdúEspanyol · 1-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Diego ColottoEspanyol
  • 48'Goal · Joan VerdúEspanyol · 2-1
  • 63'Goal · Léo BaptistãoRayo Vallecano · 2-2
  • 68'Red card · LabakaRayo Vallecano
  • 74'Yellow card · RodriRayo Vallecano
  • 74'Yellow card · RodríRayo Vallecano
  • 81'Second yellow · Diego ColottoEspanyol
  • 90+2'Goal · Cristhian StuaniEspanyol · 3-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Espanyol 2, draws 0, Rayo Vallecano 0.

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