Villarreal 3-1 Rayo Vallecano: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 17 March 2019
Result
Villarreal 3-1 Rayo Vallecano
La Liga · Sunday 17 March 2019, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Villarreal 3-1 Rayo Vallecano: match report
Villarreal defeated Rayo Vallecano 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday 17 March 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.
Mario Suárez opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Karl Toko Ekambi (50'), Karl Toko Ekambi (52') and Gerard Moreno (88'). Rayo Vallecano scored through Mario Suárez (20').
Discipline: Villarreal received 3 yellow cards; Rayo Vallecano received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 17th on 26 points from 27 and Rayo Vallecano 19th on 23 points from 27. Villarreal went on to finish that season 14th with 44 points, and Rayo Vallecano 20th with 32.
Villarreal lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Rayo Vallecano in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Karl Toko Ekambi of Villarreal (8.0), ahead of Manu Morlanes (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Villarreal wins, 1 draw and 2 for Rayo Vallecano.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Mario Suárez
- 44'Yellow card · Ramiro Funes Mori
- 50'Goal · Karl Toko Ekambi
- 51'Yellow card · Emiliano Velázquez
- 52'Goal · Karl Toko Ekambi
- 66'Yellow card · Alejandro Gálvez
- 79'Yellow card · Víctor Ruiz
- 82'Yellow card · Jordi Amat
- 82'Yellow card · Álvaro González
- 88'Goal · Gerard Moreno
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (3-4-2-1)
Sergio Asenjo, Álvaro González, Ramiro Funes Mori, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Manu Morlanes, Santi Cazorla, Alfonso Pedraza, Samuel Chukwueze, Vicente Iborra de la Fuente, Karl Toko Ekambi
Rayo Vallecano line-up (3-4-3)
Stole Dimitrievski, Emiliano Velázquez, Alejandro Gálvez, Jordi Amat, Luis Advíncula, Giannelli Imbula, Mario Suárez, Álex Moreno, Bebé, Raúl de Tomás, Álvaro García