Rayo Vallecano 2-2 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Friday 28 September 2018
Result
Rayo Vallecano 2-2 Espanyol
La Liga · Friday 28 September 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Rayo Vallecano 2-2 Espanyol: match report
Rayo Vallecano drew with Espanyol 2-2 in La Liga on Friday 28 September 2018. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Raúl de Tomás opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Rayo Vallecano's goals came from Raúl de Tomás (6') and Gaël Kakuta (47', penalty). Espanyol scored through Borja Iglesias (19') and Granero (45+1').
Discipline: Rayo Vallecano received 3 yellow cards; Espanyol received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rayo Vallecano were 19th on 4 points from 5 and Espanyol 6th on 10 points from 6. Rayo Vallecano went on to finish that season 20th with 32 points, and Espanyol 7th with 53.
Rayo Vallecano lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Espanyol in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Borja Iglesias of Espanyol (7.7), ahead of Mario Hermoso (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rayo Vallecano wins, 3 draws and 5 for Espanyol.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Raúl de Tomás
- 19'Goal · Borja Iglesias
- 45+1'Goal · Granero
- 47'Penalty goal · Gaël Kakuta
- 58'Yellow card · Bebé
- 64'Yellow card · Santi Comesaña
- 79'Yellow card · Granero
- 83'Yellow card · Marc Roca
- 87'Yellow card · Víctor Sánchez
- 88'Yellow card · Álvaro García
Head-to-head
Team news
Rayo Vallecano line-up (4-1-4-1)
Alberto Garcia, Luis Advíncula, Abdoulaye Ba, Jordi Amat, Álex Moreno, Santi Comesaña, Gaël Kakuta, Oscar Trejo, Giannelli Imbula, Bebé, Raúl de Tomás
Espanyol line-up (4-1-4-1)
Diego López, Javi López, Naldo, Mario Hermoso, Dídac Vilà, Marc Roca, Léo Baptistão, Víctor Sánchez, Granero, Sergio García, Borja Iglesias