Girona 1–3 Rayo Vallecano
- Gazzaniga 43'
- Roca 57'
- de Frutos 18'
- García 20'
- Palazón 45' (pen.)
15 August 2025
The match in data
Rayo Vallecano got the better of Girona, 3–1, on 15 August 2025, on matchday 1 of the 2025-26 La Liga.
Player of the match: Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano), rated 80, thanks above all to 0.74 xG and 1 goal. García produced 1.8 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.1 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Girona, the highest-rated player was Viktor Tsygankov, with 74.
Paulo Gazzaniga was sent off at 43'.
Álvaro García
Rayo Vallecano · 85'
Produced 1.76× and cost 0.15× their position's average
- 0.74 xG 3.0×
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 1 big chance created 3.9×
- 5 misplaced passes 0.9×
- 1 time dribbled past 1.5×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Tsygankov | Forward | 90 | 74 |
| David López | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Ladislav Krejci | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Joel Roca | Forward | 90 | 54 |
| Daley Blind | Defender | 58 | 48 |
| Thomas Lemar | Midfielder | 20 | 45 |
| Bojan Miovski | Forward | 45 | 35 |
| Yangel Herrera | Midfielder | 70 | 34 |
| Jhon Solís | Midfielder | 90 | 33 |
| Portu | Forward | 44 | 32 |
| Vitor Reis | Defender | 32 | 31 |
| Yáser Asprilla | Forward | 46 | 30 |
| Arnau Martínez | Defender | 58 | 27 |
| Hugo Rincón | Defender | 32 | 27 |
| Vladyslav Krapyvtsov | Goalkeeper | 45 | no rating |
| Paulo Gazzaniga | Goalkeeper | 43 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Álvaro García ★ | Forward | 85 | 80 |
| Pep Chavarría | Defender | 90 | 72 |
| Jorge de Frutos | Forward | 81 | 70 |
| Unai López | Midfielder | 81 | 65 |
| Isi Palazón | Forward | 90 | 61 |
| Luiz Felipe | Defender | 46 | 55 |
| Florian Lejeune | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Pathé Ciss | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Pedro Díaz | Midfielder | 70 | 46 |
| Pelayo Fernández | Defender | 44 | 40 |
| Andrei Rațiu | Defender | 90 | 28 |
| Gerard Gumbau | Midfielder | 20 | 28 |
| Augusto Batalla | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Randy Nteka | Midfielder | 9 | no rating |
| Óscar Valentín | Midfielder | 9 | no rating |
| Alfonso Espino | Defender | 5 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.