La Liga Gameweek 1 Fri, Aug 15 2025 · 18:00 Estadi Municipal de Montilivi, Girona
Girona
1–3 Full time · HT 0–3 xG 0.56 – 3.12
Rayo Vallecano
  • Joel Roca 57’
  • P. Gazzaniga 43’
  • 18’ Jorge de Frutos
  • 20’ Álvaro García
  • 45’ (P) Isi Palazón
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Match story · our forecast vs the result iModel is our forecast, published before the match and locked at kick-off: expected goals for each side and the probability of every outcome.

xG after the match measures the quality of the chances each side actually created. It is known only after the final whistle, so it is not a forecast.

Rayo Vallecano beat Girona

Girona entered as narrow favourites, but Rayo Vallecano won 3–1 through goals from de Frutos, García and Palazón. Girona replied through a Roca goal. Girona played with ten men from the 43rd minute after Gazzaniga was sent off. Rayo Vallecano finished with the higher xG (3.12 vs 0.56).

Girona40%
Draw28%
Rayo Vallecano ✓32%

Model vs reality

Girona goals
1
Model 1.36 · xG 0.56
Rayo Vallecano goals
3
Model 1.21 · xG 3.12
Total goals
4
Model 2.57 · xG 3.68
Score 1–3
3%
Most likely 1–1 (13%)
Over 2.5
Yes
Model 47%
Both scored
Yes
Model 53%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchJorge de FrutosRayo Vallecano · 1 goal · 1 assist
9.2
  • RefereeJavier Alberola Rojas
  • CoachesMíchel · —
  • VenueEstadi Municipal de Montilivi

Timeline

  1. Luiz FelipeYellow card · Tripping
    15’
  2. Jorge de Frutos 0–1
    18’
  3. Álvaro García 0–2Assist Jorge de Frutos
    20’
  4. P. GazzanigaRed card · Holding
    43’
  5. ⇄ V. KrapyvtsovFor B. Miovski
    45’
  6. Isi Palazón (pen) 0–3
    45’
  7. Half time · 0–3
  8. ⇄ PortuFor Y. Asprilla
    46’
  9. ⇄ Pelayo FernándezFor Luiz Felipe
    46’
  10. Joel Roca 1–3Assist V. Tsyhankov
    57’
  11. ⇄ Hugo RincónFor Arnau Martínez
    58’
  12. ⇄ Vitor ReisFor D. Blind
    58’
  13. ⇄ T. LemarFor Y. Herrera
    70’
  14. ⇄ Gerard GumbauFor Pedro Díaz
    70’
  15. ⇄ Óscar ValentínFor Unai López
    81’
  16. ⇄ R. NtekaFor Jorge de Frutos
    81’
  17. ⇄ A. EspinoFor Álvaro García
    85’
  18. Full time · 1–3

Team stats

Girona7 shots · 3 in box, 4 outside
Rayo Vallecano14 shots · 10 in box, 4 outside
GironaRayo Vallecano
45% Possession 55%
0.56 Expected goals (xG) 3.12
0.21 Expected points (xPts) 2.70
7 Shots 14
2 Shots on target 4
2 Shots off target 9
3 Blocked shots 1
3 Shots inside the box 10
4 Shots outside the box 4
382 Passes 481
77% Pass accuracy 86%
2 Corners 4
2 Goalkeeper saves 1
7 Fouls 17
1 Offsides 1
0 Yellow cards 1
1 Red cards 0
6.49 Team rating 7.03

Line-ups

Girona 4-3-3

134.3 P. Gazzaniga(G)
176.3 D. Blind ↓58’ 185.9 L. Krejčí 55.9 David López 46.0 Arnau Martínez ↓58’
337.3 Joel Roca 226.3 J. Solís 216.3 Y. Herrera ↓70’
106.7 Y. Asprilla ↓46’ 196.3 B. Miovski ↓45’ 157.9 V. Tsyhankov A
  • 13P. Gazzaniga (G)4.3
  • 17D. Blind↓58’6.3
  • 18L. Krejčí5.9
  • 5David López5.9
  • 4Arnau Martínez↓58’6.0
  • 33Joel Roca7.3
  • 22J. Solís6.3
  • 21Y. Herrera↓70’6.3
  • 10Y. Asprilla↓46’6.7
  • 19B. Miovski↓45’6.3
  • 15V. TsyhankovA7.9

Substitutes used

  • 25V. Krapyvtsov (G)↑45’7.7
  • 8Portu↑46’6.6
  • 12Vitor Reis↑58’6.6
  • 2Hugo Rincón↑58’6.7
  • 11T. Lemar↑70’6.6

Unused: Juan Carlos, Alejandro Francés, Iván Martín, Gibert Jordana, Papa Dame Ba

Coach: Míchel

Rayo Vallecano 4-2-3-1

136.6 A. Batalla(G)
37.2 Pep Chavarría 56.7 Luiz Felipe ↓46’ 246.3 F. Lejeune 26.9 A. Rațiu
176.9 Unai López ↓81’ 67.2 P. Ciss
187.0 Álvaro García ↓85’ 46.5 Pedro Díaz ↓70’ 77.2 Isi Palazón
199.2★ Jorge de Frutos A↓81’
  • 13A. Batalla (G)6.6
  • 3Pep Chavarría7.2
  • 5Luiz Felipe↓46’6.7
  • 24F. Lejeune6.3
  • 2A. Rațiu6.9
  • 17Unai López↓81’6.9
  • 6P. Ciss7.2
  • 18Álvaro García↓85’7.0
  • 4Pedro Díaz↓70’6.5
  • 7Isi Palazón7.2
  • 19Jorge de Frutos ★A↓81’9.2

Substitutes used

  • 27Pelayo Fernández↑46’6.5
  • 22A. Espino↑85’6.6
  • 15Gerard Gumbau↑70’6.2
  • 23Óscar Valentín↑81’6.9
  • 11R. Nteka↑81’6.9

Unused: Dani Cárdenas, Jozhua Vertrouwd, I. Balliu, Ó. Trejo, Fran Pérez, Samu Becerra, Sergio Camello

Player stats

Top rated
Jorge de FrutosRayo Vallecano9.2
2nd
V. TsyhankovGirona7.9
3rd
V. KrapyvtsovGirona7.7

Girona

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
P. Gazzaniga G 90 0 0 0 sv 0 88% 16 0 0 0/1 1/0 4.3
D. Blind D 58 0 0 0 (0) 0 89% 27 3 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
L. Krejčí D 90 0 0 1 (0) 0 88% 42 0 1 0/0 1/0 5.9
David López D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 78% 76 1 0 0/0 1/0 5.9
Arnau Martínez D 58 0 0 0 (0) 0 82% 34 1 1 0/1 0/1 6.0
Joel Roca M 90 1 0 1 (1) 0 67% 12 3 0 3/8 1/2 7.3
J. Solís M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 91% 33 0 1 2/4 0/1 6.3
Y. Herrera M 70 0 0 1 (0) 0 61% 18 0 0 1/2 1/3 6.3
Y. Asprilla M 46 0 0 0 (0) 0 86% 7 0 0 0/0 0/1 6.7
B. Miovski F 45 0 0 0 (0) 0 67% 3 0 0 0/1 0/0 6.3
V. Tsyhankov F 90 0 1 0 (0) 3 76% 29 2 0 1/1 1/3 7.9
V. Krapyvtsov G 45 0 0 2 sv 0 38% 24 0 0 0/0 0/1 7.7
Portu F 44 0 0 0 (0) 1 75% 8 0 0 0/0 0/1 6.6
Vitor Reis D 32 0 0 0 (0) 0 68% 19 0 0 0/0 0/1 6.6
Hugo Rincón D 32 0 0 0 (0) 0 67% 12 0 0 1/1 0/1 6.7
T. Lemar M 20 0 0 1 (1) 0 86% 21 1 0 1/1 0/1 6.6

Rayo Vallecano

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
A. Batalla G 90 0 0 1 sv 0 60% 20 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.6
Pep Chavarría D 90 0 0 1 (0) 2 86% 51 2 2 0/0 1/3 7.2
Luiz Felipe D 46 0 0 0 (0) 0 93% 30 1 0 0/0 1/0 6.7
F. Lejeune D 90 0 0 1 (0) 0 82% 68 1 0 0/0 3/0 6.3
A. Rațiu D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 88% 57 5 1 3/6 1/1 6.9
Unai López M 81 0 0 1 (0) 1 95% 61 3 2 1/1 2/0 6.9
P. Ciss M 90 0 0 1 (1) 0 94% 48 5 2 0/1 2/0 7.2
Álvaro García M 85 1 0 1 (1) 1 58% 12 1 0 0/0 0/0 7.0
Pedro Díaz M 70 0 0 2 (0) 1 90% 20 2 0 1/1 0/0 6.5
Isi Palazón M 90 1 0 2 (1) 4 90% 42 1 0 1/1 0/1 7.2
Jorge de Frutos F 81 1 1 2 (1) 1 57% 7 1 0 1/2 4/2 9.2
Pelayo Fernández D 44 0 0 1 (0) 0 86% 35 1 0 0/0 1/0 6.5
A. Espino D 5 0 0 0 (0) 0 80% 10 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.6
Gerard Gumbau M 20 0 0 0 (0) 0 75% 12 0 0 0/0 2/0 6.2
Óscar Valentín M 9 0 0 1 (0) 0 67% 3 1 1 0/0 0/0 6.9
R. Nteka M 9 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 1 2 0 0/0 0/0 6.9

Match data from eScored. Ratings are the data provider's 0–10 match ratings; 7.2 and above is a strong game, 8+ is rare.