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Rayo Vallecano vs Elche is a La Liga matchup in which home intensity and disciplined resistance can produce very different scorelines. Rayo won 2–1 at Vallecas on 3 October 2022, scoring in stoppage time, but Elche answered 4–0 at the Martínez Valero on 29 April 2023. The contrasting results make the fixture interesting: pressure can reward Rayo, while Elche can exploit a match that breaks open.
Past matches, Rayo Vallecano vs Elche
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Rayo Vallecano
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11M
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4M
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10F
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22D
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14F
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20D
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16D
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1G
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40G
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32D
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15M
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33D
Elche Substitutes
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D
3
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M
12
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F
9
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M
5
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F
7
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F
24
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D
31
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M
43
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M
16
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G
45
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M
17
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G
13
Match events
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22'Pedro Bigas Yellow Card
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39'Pedro Bigas Yellow Card
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39'Pedro Bigas Red Card
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45'Rafa Mir Yellow Card
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46'A. Pedrosa R. Mir
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63'Álvaro Rodriguez Yellow Card
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66'R. Nteka O. Valentin
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66'P. Diaz I. Palazon
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66'P. Diaz I. Palazon
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66'R. Nteka O. Valentin
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74'⚽R. Nteka Normal Goal (Asst: A. Garcia)
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77'Andre Silva A. Rodriguez
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77'F. Redondo Solari M. Aguado
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77'G. Villar A. Febas
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83'Y. Santiago Buba Sangare
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83'S. Camello Alemao
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84'Pacha A. Garcia
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90' +3C. Martin J. de Frutos
Stats for this game
Matchup Rayo Vallecano VS Elche
Vallecas can turn late
Rayo Vallecano beat Elche 2–1 at the Estadio de Vallecas on 3 October 2022 in LaLiga Santander. Elche led through Lucas Boyé, but Rayo recovered and Unai López scored the winner in the 95th minute. The result shows the value of persistence in Rayo’s home setting without proving that every phase belonged to the hosts. A different script arrived on 29 April 2023, when Elche beat Rayo 4–0 at the Martínez Valero. Tete Morente, Lucas Boyé, Fidel and Gerard Gumbau scored, while Rayo played with ten men from the 25th minute.
One match can change shape
The pair of results creates a useful contrast. Rayo’s route is to press the game forward and keep belief when the margin is narrow; Elche’s route is to survive that intensity and punish the spaces or errors that appear when the contest opens. The 2023 score needs the sending-off as context, so it should not be treated as a complete measure of the teams’ relative control. A future meeting will ask whether Rayo can keep the game within its preferred rhythm or whether Elche again finds the moment that breaks the balance.
Past head to head stats
Rayo Vallecano VS Elche
Balance Wins - Draws - Losses over time
Points per match over time
Comparison between the 2 teams for the last 10 games
Comparison between the 2 teams for the last 15 games
Rayo Vallecano VS Elche
Head-to-Head History
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