García scores 19 seconds after going on, Rayo beats Almeria

— Substitute Álvaro García scored 19 seconds after entering the match to help Rayo Vallecano defeat Almeria 2-0 and move closer to the Champions League places in the Spanish league on Monday.

2/6/2023 AP

KO
- First Half begins.
13
- Léo Baptistão Yellow Card
17
- Iván Balliu Yellow Card
25
- Óscar Trejo Yellow Card
31
- Sergio Akieme Yellow Card
45+1
- Lucas Robertone Yellow Card
HT
- First Half ends, Rayo Vallecano 0, Almeria 0.
54
- Rodrigo Ely (OG)
57
- Alejandro Catena Yellow Card
62
- On: Álvaro García|Off: Andrés Martín
63
- Álvaro García Goal
68
- On: Arnau Puigmal|Off: Lucas Robertone
69
- On: Francisco Portillo|Off: Adrián Embarba
69
- On: El Bilal Toure|Off: Luis Suárez
72
- On: Unai López|Off: Óscar Trejo
72
- On: Pathé Ciss|Off: Santiago Comesaña
77
- On: Dyego Sousa|Off: Léo Baptistão
85
- On: Lázaro|Off: Gonzalo Melero
86
- On: Raúl de Tomás|Off: Sergio Camello
86
- On: Salvi|Off: Óscar Valentín
FT
- End Regular Time

Rayo Vallecano RAY Almería ALM

Dimitrievski
García
Catena
Lejeune
Balliu
Comesaña
On: Pathé Ciss | Off: Santiago Comesaña
Óscar Valentín
On: Salvi | Off: Óscar Valentín
Martín
On: Álvaro García | Off: Andrés Martín
Trejo
On: Unai López | Off: Óscar Trejo
Palazón
Camello
On: Raúl de Tomás | Off: Sergio Camello

	No.	Name
1 Stole Dimitrievski Saves 5 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
5 Alejandro Catena 57' Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 2 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 1 Yellow 0 Red
19 Florian Lejeune Goals 0 Shots 4 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
3 Fran García Goals 0 Shots 2 2 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 1 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
20 Iván Balliu 17' Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 1 Yellow 0 Red
8 Óscar Trejo 25' Goals 0 Shots 1 1 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 2 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 1 Yellow 0 Red 72' 17 Unai López Goals 0 Shots 1 1 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 1 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
6 Santiago Comesaña Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red 72' 21 Pathé Ciss Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
23 Óscar Valentín Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 2 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red 86' 14 Salvi Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
34 Sergio Camello Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red 86' 25 Raúl de Tomás Goals 0 Shots 2 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
12 Andrés Martín Goals 0 Shots 2 2 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 2 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 1 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red 62' 18 Álvaro García 63' Goals 1 Shots 1 1 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
7 Isi Palazón Goals 0 Shots 2 1 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 2 Fouls Against Assist 1 Offsides 1 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
Substitutes
13 Diego López Saves 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
2 Mario Hernández Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
9 Radamel Falcao Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
15 Josep Chavarría Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
22 José Pozo Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
4 Mario Suárez Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
16 Abdul Mumin Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red

	No.	Name
13 Fernando Martínez Saves 10 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
22 Srjdan Babic Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
19 Rodrigo Ely OG54' Goals 0 Shots 2 1 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
15 Sergio Akieme 31' Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 1 Yellow 0 Red
17 Alejandro Pozo Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 3 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
23 Samuel Costa Goals 0 Shots 1 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 3 2 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
3 Gonzalo Melero Goals 0 Shots 2 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red 85' 14 Lázaro Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
5 Lucas Robertone 45'+1' Goals 0 Shots 2 1 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 2 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 1 Yellow 0 Red 68' 18 Arnau Puigmal Goals 0 Shots 1 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
16 Luis Suárez Goals 0 Shots 1 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red 69' 9 El Bilal Toure Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
10 Adrián Embarba Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red 69' 8 Francisco Portillo Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
12 Léo Baptistão 13' Goals 0 Shots 3 1 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 2 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 1 Yellow 0 Red 77' 11 Dyego Sousa Goals 0 Shots 1 1 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 1 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
21 Juan Brandáriz Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
6 César De la Hoz Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
20 Álex Centelles Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
4 Iñigo Eguaras Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
25 Diego Fuoli Saves 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
24 Houboulang Mendes Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
7 Largie Ramazani Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red

Game Information

VENUE: Estadio de Vallecas

Madrid, Spain

ATTENDANCE: 11,783

REFEREE: César Soto Grado

Match Commentary

-		Match ends, Rayo Vallecano 2, Almeria 0.
90'+5'		Second Half ends, Rayo Vallecano 2, Almeria 0.
90'+5'		Attempt missed. Arnau Puigmal (Almeria) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sergio Akieme.

Match Stats

RAY

ALM

Possession

49% 51%

Shots (on Goal)

15 (11)

14 (5)

RAY		ALM
16	Fouls	9
3	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
4	Offsides	1
3	Corner Kicks	7
5	Saves	10

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Spanish LaLiga Standings

POS	Team	GP	GD	PTS
1	Barcelona	38	+50	88
2	Real Madrid	38	+39	78
3	Atletico Madrid	38	+37	77
4	Real Sociedad	38	+16	71
5	Villarreal	38	+19	64
6	Real Betis	38	+5	60
7	Osasuna	38	-5	53
8	Athletic Club	38	+4	51
9	Mallorca	38	-6	50
10	Girona	38	+3	49
11	Rayo Vallecano	38	-8	49
12	Sevilla	38	-7	49
13	Celta Vigo	38	-10	43
14	Cádiz	38	-23	42
15	Getafe	38	-11	42
16	Valencia	38	-3	42
17	Almería	38	-16	41
18	Real Valladolid	38	-30	40
19	Espanyol	38	-17	37
20	Elche	38	-37	25