Rayo Zuliano

Match report

Real Espro moved further clear in the race for first place when they beat Rayo Zuliano 4-1 in the Clausura fifth round on Friday night. The visitors took the lead almost immediately through L. Dugarte in the first minute, then went on to dominate after Zuliano's D. A. Vasquez Ferrer was sent off eighteen minutes in. Espro had already been building momentum with a 6-1 victory over Zamora on their last outing, and this performance suggested they were not going to let up now.

And here's the thing about early dismissals — they tend to change how a game unfolds before anyone can adjust. Zuliano lost Vasquez Ferrer after just eighteen minutes, and by then Espro were already pressing. The visitors added a second goal through G. Ortiz in the thirty-eighth minute, capitalising on a side that had been reduced to ten men. Zuliano made a substitution in the thirty-third minute, but it did little to stem the flow of the game.

Espro pulled away in the second half. J. Castellanos converted a penalty in the fifty-third minute, and Ortiz completed his brace in the seventy-seventh minute before C. Da Silva added a fourth in the eighty-eighth. The hosts managed only one shot on target in the second half, and their goalkeeper had to make seven saves in total. To be fair, Zuliano had created two big chances overall, but the quality of finishing was not there when it mattered.

The statistics tell the story of a one-sided contest. Espro held two-thirds of possession and registered 100 attacks compared with Zuliano's 53. They took eleven shots on target against five, and their shots accuracy was 61 per cent to 50. Zuliano made 20 tackles but only completed 11, while Espro's 14 key passes showed far more movement in the final third. The visitors also dominated in the air with twelve successful aerial duels to six.

The result leaves Espro on 39 points from nineteen games, still two points behind the leaders with a game in hand. Zuliano remain in eleventh place with 20 points from twenty matches, a result that does nothing to improve their mid-table position. The gap between the two sides is now twenty points, and the visitors showed no signs of letting up on the pursuit of the title.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 33 – 67

Shots on target 3 – 11

Shots off target 2 – 4

Big chances 2 – 6

⚽ 1' L. Dugarte — Goal 🟨 3' G. Ortiz — Yellow card 🟥 18' D. A. Vasquez Ferrer — Red card 🟨 24' J. Arias — Yellow card 🟨 28' J. Gomez — Yellow card ⇄ 33' J. Velez — Substitution 🟨 35' M. Sulbaran — Yellow card 🟨 36' F. Chavez — Yellow card 🟨 37' L. Corredor — Yellow card ⚽ 38' G. Ortiz — Goal 🟨 44' A. Kinsler — Yellow card 🟨 45+1' C. Rojas — Yellow card ⇄ 46' R. Ibarra — Substitution ⇄ 51' J. Arias — Substitution ⇄ 51' L. Dugarte — Substitution ⚽ 53' J. Castellanos — Penalty ⇄ 55' M. Sulbaran — Substitution ⇄ 55' J. Gonzalez — Substitution ⇄ 64' A. Kinsler — Substitution ⇄ 64' J. Ochoa — Substitution 🟨 64' C. Varela — Yellow card ⇄ 66' L. Martinez — Substitution 🟨 76' J. Moran — Yellow card ⚽ 77' G. Ortiz — Goal ⇄ 78' J. Castellanos — Substitution 🟨 86' C. Da Silva — Yellow card ⚽ 88' C. Da Silva — Goal

Match events

1' 1:0 Rayo Zuliano Goal L. Dugarte
3' 1:0 Real Esppor Club Yellow card G. Ortiz
18' 1:0 Rayo Zuliano Red card D. A. Vasquez Ferrer
24' 1:0 Rayo Zuliano Yellow card J. Arias
28' 1:0 Rayo Zuliano Yellow card J. Gomez
33' 1:0 Rayo Zuliano Substitution J. Velez off: F. Chavez
35' 1:0 Real Esppor Club Yellow card M. Sulbaran
36' 1:0 Rayo Zuliano Yellow card F. Chavez
37' 1:0 Rayo Zuliano Yellow card L. Corredor
38' 1:1 Real Esppor Club Goal G. Ortiz assist: J. Castellanos
44' 1:1 Rayo Zuliano Yellow card A. Kinsler
45+1' 1:1 Real Esppor Club Yellow card C. Rojas
46' 1:1 Real Esppor Club Substitution R. Ibarra off: M. Gonzalez
51' 1:1 Rayo Zuliano Substitution J. Arias off: J. Moran
51' 1:1 Rayo Zuliano Substitution L. Dugarte off: C. Maldonado
53' 1:2 Real Esppor Club Penalty J. Castellanos
55' 1:2 Real Esppor Club Substitution M. Sulbaran off: J. Herrera
55' 1:2 Real Esppor Club Substitution J. Gonzalez off: S. Zeballos
64' 1:2 Rayo Zuliano Substitution A. Kinsler off: J. Julio
64' 1:2 Rayo Zuliano Substitution J. Ochoa off: J. A. Colina Bracho
64' 1:2 Real Esppor Club Yellow card C. Varela
66' 1:2 Real Esppor Club Substitution L. Martinez off: N. Hernandez
76' 1:2 Rayo Zuliano Yellow card J. Moran
77' 1:3 Real Esppor Club Goal G. Ortiz assist: J. Castellanos
78' 1:3 Real Esppor Club Substitution J. Castellanos off: J. Perdomo
86' 1:3 Real Esppor Club Yellow card C. Da Silva
88' 1:4 Real Esppor Club Goal C. Da Silva

Statistics

33 Possession, % 67

3 Shots on target 11

2 Shots off target 4

2 Big chances 6

53 Attacks 100

0 Corners 0

25 Fouls 13

11 Free kicks 25

2 Offsides 3

6 Yellow cards 5

1 Red cards 0

8 Goal kicks 1

22 Throw-ins 18

All statistics

6/1833% Aerial duels 12/1867%

33 Backward passes 57

1 Blocked shots 3

11 Clearances 5

0/0 Crosses 4/1040%

4/850% Dribbles 5/1050%

76 Failed passes 57

7 Goalkeeper saves 2

3 Interceptions 9

2 Key passes 14

15/4533% Long passes 42/5675%

18 Passes into the final third 109

97 Passes in the opposition half 278

136 Passes in own half 198

0.50 Shot accuracy 0.61

5 Shots inside the box 8

11/2055% Tackles 6/1250%

233 Total passes 466

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