Match Report
9 points and 11 places separated them: Rayo Vallecano 8th with 50, Girona 19th with 41. Recent form flatters Rayo Vallecano's table spot — 2nd league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 8th. Per game in the league, Rayo Vallecano were scoring 1.08 and conceding 1.16, Girona 1.03 and 1.45, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Girona. The five-game form split read 10/15 points for Rayo Vallecano against 4/15 for Girona.
The head-to-head ledger counts 23 games: 10 Rayo Vallecano wins, 8 for Girona, 5 draws, at 2.7 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 39% of the wins in this matchup. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 65% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 61%.
Estadio de Vallecas staged the fixture, a ground that holds 14,708. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Rayo Vallecano: Alexandre Zurawski (86') · Girona: Cristhian Stuani (90')
Key stats
Possession: Rayo Vallecano 59% · Girona 41% · Total shots: 18-9 · On target: 5-5 · Corners: 9-5