Rayo Vallecano 1-5 Villarreal: result and report

La Liga · Thursday 12 May 2022

Result

Rayo Vallecano 1-5 Villarreal

La Liga · Thursday 12 May 2022, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-4

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Rayo Vallecano 1-5 Villarreal: match report

Rayo Vallecano lost to Villarreal 1-5 in La Liga on Thursday 12 May 2022. The half-time score was 1-4.

Alfonso Pedraza opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Rayo Vallecano's goal came from Sergi Guardiola (21'). Villarreal scored through Alfonso Pedraza (3'), Juan Foyth (27'), Paco Alcácer (38'), Pau Torres (45+1') and Alfonso Pedraza (89').

Discipline: Rayo Vallecano received 5 yellow cards; Villarreal received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rayo Vallecano were 12th on 42 points from 35 and Villarreal 7th on 53 points from 35. Rayo Vallecano went on to finish that season 12th with 42 points, and Villarreal 7th with 59.

Rayo Vallecano lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Villarreal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alfonso Pedraza of Villarreal (9.5), ahead of Pau Torres (8.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rayo Vallecano wins, 1 draw and 7 for Villarreal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Alfonso PedrazaVillarreal · 0-1
  • 21'Goal · Sergi GuardiolaRayo Vallecano · 1-1
  • 27'Goal · Juan FoythVillarreal · 1-2
  • 30'Yellow card · Nikola MarasRayo Vallecano
  • 31'Yellow card · Unai Emery EtxegoienVillarreal
  • 38'Goal · Paco AlcácerVillarreal · 1-3
  • 45+1'Goal · Pau TorresVillarreal · 1-4
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Santi ComesañaRayo Vallecano
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Álvaro GarcíaRayo Vallecano
  • 61'Yellow card · Gerónimo RulliVillarreal
  • 76'Yellow card · Unai LópezRayo Vallecano
  • 77'Yellow card · Mamadou SyllaRayo Vallecano
  • 83'Yellow card · Raúl AlbiolVillarreal
  • 89'Goal · Alfonso PedrazaVillarreal · 1-5

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rayo Vallecano 2, draws 1, Villarreal 7.

Team news

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

Stole Dimitrievski, Iván Balliu, Nikola Maras, Alejandro Catena, Fran García, Unai López, Óscar Valentín, Bebé, Santi Comesaña, Álvaro García, Sergi Guardiola

Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Gerónimo Rulli, Juan Foyth, Raúl Albiol, Pau Torres, Alfonso Pedraza, Dani Parejo, Étienne Capoue, Manu Trigueros, Giovani Lo Celso, Paco Alcácer, Samuel Chukwueze