La Liga
Rayo Vallecano 2-1 Villarreal
Rayo Vallecano vs Villarreal finished 2-1 in La Liga. Key event: 1' Isi Palazón (assist Santiago Comesaña · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 81.2%, 46.9%). Head to head: H2H last 8: 3-1-4. Home form: L L L W L; Away form: W W W D W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.
Match context 4 facts
Home form
L L L W L
3 pts, goals 5-12, 1.00 scored/match, 2.40 conceded/match
Away form
W W W D W
13 pts, goals 13-4, 2.60 scored/match, 0.80 conceded/match
Rayo Vallecano · season record
12 W · 10 D · 14 L
2022/2023: 36 recorded matches, goals 43–49; before 28 May 2023 UTC. Not official standings.
Villarreal · season record
19 W · 6 D · 11 L
2022/2023: 36 recorded matches, goals 56–36; before 28 May 2023 UTC. Not official standings.
Shot map 22 shots · 3 goals
Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.
Attempt
Goal
Marker size = xG
Timeline 40 events
1'
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shot
Isi Palazón
RAY assist Santiago Comesaña · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 81.2%, 46.9%
2'
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shot
Álvaro García
RAY assist Isi Palazón · xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 85.2%, 51.2%
9'
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shot
Abdul Mumin
RAY assist Isi Palazón · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 92.6%, 24.3%
34'
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shot
Alfonso
VIL assist Daniel Parejo · xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.8%, 72.4%
35'
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shot
Álex Baena
VIL assist Yeremi Pino · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74%, 69.1%
40'
Yellow
Dani Parejo
VIL Yellow card
43'
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shot
Raúl de Tomás
RAY assist Isi Palazón · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 88.5%, 33.3%
44'
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shot
Abdul Mumin
RAY assist Isi Palazón · xG 0.09 · From Corner · location 98.3%, 57.9%
48'
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shot
Ramón Terrats
VIL assist Yeremi Pino · xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 78.6%, 52.1%
49'
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shot
Álex Baena
VIL assist Yeremi Pino · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 84.3%, 68.4%
50'
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shot
Raúl de Tomás
RAY assist Fran García · xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 93.6%, 69.2%
50'
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Santiago Comesaña
RAY xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 73.7%, 66.6%
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52'
shot
Isi Palazón
RAY assist Pep Chavarría · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 77.9%, 69.3%
56'
Goal
Raúl de Tomás
1–0RAY assist Pep Chavarría
59'
Yellow
Alfonso Pedraza
VIL Yellow card
60'
shot
Raúl de Tomás
RAY assist Pep Chavarría · xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 80.1%, 71.1%
61'
Sub
Giovani Lo Celso
VIL on for Ramón Terrats
61'
Sub
Gerard Moreno
VIL on for Samuel Chukwueze
62'
shot
Isi Palazón
RAY assist Santiago Comesaña · xG 0.11 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 89.7%, 39.7%
63'
Goal
Isi Palazón
2–0RAY assist Santi Comesaña
65'
Yellow
Óscar Valentín
RAY Yellow card
68'
Yellow
Raúl de Tomás
RAY Yellow card
70'
shot
Raúl de Tomás
RAY assist Álvaro García · xG 0.11 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.4%, 56.2%
70'
Yellow
Giovani Lo Celso
VIL Yellow card
71'
Sub
Étienne Capoue
VIL on for Alex Baena
72'
Sub
Sergio Camello
RAY on for Raúl de Tomás
72'
Sub
Unai López
RAY on for Pep Chavarría
74'
shot
Isi Palazón
RAY assist Álvaro García · xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 74.6%, 41.8%
75'
shot
Unai López
RAY assist Sergio Camello · xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.7%, 67.9%
79'
Sub
Salvi Sánchez
RAY on for Isi Palazón
83'
Goal
Giovani Lo Celso
2–1VIL assist Alfonso Pedraza
85'
Sub
Radamel Falcao
RAY on for Álvaro García
85'
Sub
Pathé Ismaël Ciss
RAY on for Santi Comesaña
90+4'
Yellow
Nicolas Jackson
VIL Yellow card
90+4'
Yellow
Alejandro Catena
RAY Yellow card
Head-to-head H2H last 12: 3-6-3
Villarreal leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 6 wins, 3 losses, 3 draws. Latest meeting: 17 May 2026 · Rayo Vallecano vs Villarreal · 2 - 0.
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Team statistics 17 metrics
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Lineups
Villarreal
4-2-3-1 · Manager Quique Setién 1
P
Pepe Reina
GK
8
J
Juan Foyth
DEF
23
A
Aïssa Mandi
DEF
4
P
Pau Torres
DEF
24
A
Alfonso Pedraza
DEF
10
D
Dani Parejo · Captain
MID
39
R
Ramón Terrats
MID
11
S
Samuel Chukwueze
MID
16
A
Alex Baena
MID
21
Y
Yéremy Pino
MID
15
N
Nicolas Jackson
FWD
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17
G
Giovani Lo Celso
MID
7
G
Gerard Moreno
FWD
6
É
Étienne Capoue
MID
31
I
Iker Álvarez
GK
2
K
Kiko Femenía
DEF
18
A
Alberto Moreno
DEF
12
J
Johan Mojica
DEF
5
J
Jorge Cuenca
DEF
14
M
Manu Trigueros
MID
40
H
Haissem Hassan
FWD
43
J
Jorge Pascual
FWD
Rayo Vallecano
4-2-3-1 · Manager Andoni Iraola 1
S
Stole Dimitrievski
GK
20
I
Iván Balliu
DEF
16
A
Abdul Mumin
DEF
5
A
Alejandro Catena
DEF
3
F
Fran García
DEF
6
S
Santi Comesaña · Captain
MID
23
Ó
Óscar Valentín
MID
7
I
Isi Palazón
MID
18
Á
Álvaro García
MID
15
P
Pep Chavarría
MID
25
R
Raúl de Tomás
FWD
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17
U
Unai López
MID
34
S
Sergio Camello
FWD
14
S
Salvi Sánchez
MID
21
P
Pathé Ismaël Ciss
MID
9
R
Radamel Falcao
FWD
30
M
Miguel Ángel Morro
GK
19
F
Florian Lejeune
DEF
24
E
Esteban Saveljich
DEF
4
M
Mario Suárez
DEF
2
M
Mario Hernández
DEF
22
J
José Pozo
MID
12
A
Andrés Martín
FWD