Rayo Vallecano 2-3 Gimnàstic Tarragona: result and report
La Liga 2 · Saturday 6 January 2018
Result
Rayo Vallecano 2-3 Gimnàstic Tarragona
La Liga 2 · Saturday 6 January 2018, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
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Rayo Vallecano 2-3 Gimnàstic Tarragona: match report
Rayo Vallecano lost to Gimnàstic Tarragona 2-3 in La Liga 2 on Saturday 6 January 2018. The half-time score was 1-2.
Maikel Mesa opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Rayo Vallecano's goals came from Adrián Embarba (23') and Óscar Trejo (89', penalty). Gimnàstic Tarragona scored through Maikel Mesa (4'), Manu Barreiro (33') and Manu Barreiro (90+4').
Discipline: Rayo Vallecano received 2 yellow cards; Gimnàstic Tarragona received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rayo Vallecano were 4th on 35 points from 20 and Gimnàstic Tarragona 18th on 21 points from 19. Rayo Vallecano went on to finish that season 2nd with 76 points, and Gimnàstic Tarragona 14th with 52.
Rayo Vallecano lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Gimnàstic Tarragona in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Manu Barreiro of Gimnàstic Tarragona (8.4), ahead of Xavi Molina (8.2).
Going into the match Rayo Vallecano's last five read W-W-D-W-D and Gimnàstic Tarragona's L-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Maikel Mesa
- 18'Yellow card · Otar Kakabadze
- 23'Goal · Adrián Embarba
- 29'Yellow card · Emiliano Velázquez
- 33'Goal · Manu Barreiro
- 36'Yellow card · Juan Muñiz
- 37'Missed penalty · Raúl de Tomás
- 62'Yellow card · Raúl de Tomás
- 83'Yellow card · Stole Dimitrievski
- 87'Yellow card · Javier Matilla
- 88'Yellow card · Maikel Mesa
- 89'Penalty goal · Óscar Trejo
- 90'Yellow card · Abraham Minero
- 90+4'Goal · Manu Barreiro
Team news
Rayo Vallecano line-up (4-3-1-2)
Alberto Garcia, Álex Moreno, Baiano, Abdoulaye Ba, Emiliano Velázquez, Oscar Trejo, Unai López, Santi Comesaña, Fran Beltrán, Adrián Embarba, Raúl de Tomás
Gimnàstic Tarragona line-up (4-2-3-1)
Stole Dimitrievski, Otar Kakabadze, Xavi Molina, Daisuke Suzuki, Abraham Minero, Jon Gaztañaga, Juan Muñiz, Maikel Mesa, Tete Morente, Eddy İsrafilov, Manu Barreiro