Valencia 2-1 Rayo Vallecano: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 17 January 2016
Result
Valencia 2-1 Rayo Vallecano
La Liga · Sunday 17 January 2016, 11:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Valencia 2-1 Rayo Vallecano: match report
Valencia won against Rayo Vallecano 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 17 January 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.
Jozabed Sánchez opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Valencia's goals came from Álvaro Negredo (55') and Paco Alcácer (88'). Rayo Vallecano scored through Jozabed Sánchez (15') and Diego Llorente (69').
Discipline: Valencia received 1 yellow card; Rayo Vallecano received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 10th on 23 points from 19 and Rayo Vallecano 20th on 13 points from 19. Valencia went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Rayo Vallecano 18th with 37.
Valencia lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Rayo Vallecano in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jozabed Sánchez of Rayo Vallecano (8.8), ahead of Paco Alcácer (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Valencia wins, 2 draws and 2 for Rayo Vallecano.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Jozabed Sánchez
- 19'Yellow card · Diego Llorente
- 55'Goal · Álvaro Negredo
- 69'Goal · Diego Llorente
- 78'Yellow card · Quini
- 81'Yellow card · Lass Bangoura
- 81'Yellow card · A. Bangoura
- 86'Yellow card · Paco Alcácer
- 88'Goal · Paco Alcácer
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-1-4-1)
Mathew Ryan, João Cancelo, Aderllan Santos, Shkodran Mustafi, Antonio Barragán, Dani Parejo, Danilo Barbosa, Rodrigo, André Gomes, Santi Mina, Álvaro Negredo
Rayo Vallecano line-up (4-2-3-1)
Juan Carlos, Tito, Nacho Martínez, Quini, Zé Castro, Roberto Trashorras, Adrián Embarba, Pablo Hernández, Jozabed Sánchez, Diego Llorente, Miku Fedor