Spanish LaLiga ’18-19 – Highlights: Espanyol Fail To Win A High-Scoring Thriller
This is the first match of LaLiga, Match Day 7 of 38. The highlights are appended below the points table.
Spanish LaLiga ’18-19 – Highlights: Madrid Bag First LaLiga Win
| Rank | Name | Won | Draw | Lost | Points |
| 1 | Barcelona | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | Alaves | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 5 | Espanyol | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Sevilla | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Celta Vigo | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Real Betis | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Villarreal | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | Real Sociedad | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
For Complete team rankings, click here
LaLiga 2018-19 – Full Schedule
Match 1 of 10: Rayo Vallecano vs Espanyol
Result: 2 – 2
Goal Scorers:
- Rayo Vallecano: Raul de romas 6′, Gael Kakuta 47′ (P)
- Espanyol: Borja Iglesias 19′, Esteban Granero 45+1′
Match Statistics:
| Rayo Vallecano | Team Stats | Espanyol |
| 11 | Shots | 12 |
| 5 | Shots On Target | 5 |
| 53% | Possession | 47% |
| 433 | Passes | 394 |
| 84% | Pass Accuracy | 78% |
| 13 | Fouls | 16 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 0 |
| 5 | Corners | 3 |
Highlights:
- Improbable to win any honors for LaLiga Santander’s most energizing round of the season, Rayo did at any rate prevent Espanyol from removing each of the 3 points from Madrid in a 2-2 draw.
- For the most part of the match, the two teams offset each other, with neither truly figuring out how to get a dependable balance.
Loan Watch: Raúl de Tomas played the whole game & scored the opener in Rayo Vallecano’s 2-2 draw vs Espanyol at home. pic.twitter.com/OyjFZQGYwP
— El Madridismo (@ElMadridismo93) September 28, 2018
- Raul de Tomas opened the scoring for the hosts at the 6th minute, however Borja Iglesias before long netted an equalizer.
- Esteban Granero gave the guests the lead in first-half injury time and 3 minutes after the restart, Bebe’s penalty leveled it up once more.
Entertaining 2-2 at the Vallecas as #Rayo were better in the second half. We also had a wee VAR at the death, which by all accounts earned #Rayo a point as the penalty award was over turned #RayoEspanyol
— Kevin McLaughlin (@kevymac77) September 28, 2018
- That was the conclusion of the action, as far as goals were concerned, as 6 yellow cards were shared between the two teams after this point.
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