Espanyol 1-1 Rayo Vallecano: result and report

La Liga · Monday 7 March 2016

Result

Espanyol 1-1 Rayo Vallecano

La Liga · Monday 7 March 2016, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Espanyol · Rayo Vallecano · La Liga predictions

Espanyol 1-1 Rayo Vallecano: match report

Espanyol drew with Rayo Vallecano 1-1 in La Liga on Monday 7 March 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Abraham opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Espanyol's goals came from Abraham (12') and Hernán Pérez (77'). Rayo Vallecano scored through Bebé (67').

Discipline: Espanyol received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Rayo Vallecano received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Espanyol were 15th on 30 points from 27 and Rayo Vallecano 20th on 23 points from 27. Espanyol went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Rayo Vallecano 18th with 37.

Espanyol lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rayo Vallecano in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Hernán Pérez of Espanyol (7.7), ahead of Javi López (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Espanyol wins, 2 draws and 2 for Rayo Vallecano.

Going into the match Espanyol's last five read L-W-W-L-L and Rayo Vallecano's L-D-D-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · AbrahamEspanyol · 1-0
  • 15'Yellow card · José CrespoRayo Vallecano
  • 24'Yellow card · Víctor SánchezEspanyol
  • 31'Yellow card · Adrián EmbarbaRayo Vallecano
  • 67'Goal · BebéRayo Vallecano · 1-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Raúl BaenaRayo Vallecano
  • 77'Goal · Hernán PérezEspanyol · 2-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Javi LópezEspanyol
  • 89'Second yellow · Víctor SánchezEspanyol
  • 89'Yellow card · Javi GuerraRayo Vallecano
  • 89'Yellow card · Pape DiopEspanyol
  • 89'Yellow card · Javi GuerraRayo Vallecano
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Álvaro GonzálezEspanyol

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Espanyol 5, draws 2, Rayo Vallecano 2.

Team news

Espanyol line-up (4-3-3)

Pau López, Rubén Duarte Sánchez, Javi López, Álvaro González, Óscar Duarte, Víctor Sánchez, Abraham González, Pape Diop, Gerard Moreno, Burgui, Marco Asensio

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

Yoel Rodríguez, Tito, Nacho Martínez, José Ángel Crespo, Diego Llorente, Raúl Baena, Roberto Trashorras, Adrián Embarba, Bebé, Joni Montiel, Manucho Gonçalves