La Liga
Rayo Vallecano 1-0 Espanyol
Rayo Vallecano vs Espanyol finished 1-0 in La Liga. Key event: 9' Javi Puado (Yellow card). Head to head: H2H last 6: 1-2-3. Home form: D D W L D; Away form: W W L W L. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.
Match context 4 facts
Home form
D D W L D
6 pts, goals 6-5, 1.20 scored/match, 1.00 conceded/match
Away form
W W L W L
9 pts, goals 7-5, 1.40 scored/match, 1.00 conceded/match
Rayo Vallecano · season record
7 W · 3 D · 5 L
2021/2022: 15 recorded matches, goals 23–16; before 05 Dec 2021 UTC. Not official standings.
Espanyol · season record
5 W · 5 D · 5 L
2021/2022: 15 recorded matches, goals 15–14; before 05 Dec 2021 UTC. Not official standings.
Shot map 18 shots · 0 goals
Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.
Attempt
Goal
Marker size = xG
Timeline 33 events
9'
Yellow
Javi Puado
ESP Yellow card
20'
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shot
Javi Puado
ESP assist Adrià Pedrosa · xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91%, 63.1%
21'
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shot
Sergi Darder
ESP assist Adrián Embarba · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 79.5%, 74.4%
23'
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shot
Raúl de Tomás
ESP assist Aleix Vidal · xG 0.12 · Open Play · location 90.3%, 50.5%
23'
•
shot
Isi Palazón
RAY assist Óscar Valentín · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 72.9%, 53.9%
31'
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shot
Óscar Trejo
RAY assist Álvaro García · xG 0.39 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.7%, 44.6%
37'
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shot
Alejandro Catena
RAY assist Óscar Trejo · xG 0.07 · Set Piece · location 88.8%, 46.6%
40'
Yellow
Óscar Trejo
RAY Yellow card
42'
•
shot
Fran García
RAY assist Alejandro Catena · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 72.7%, 69.3%
46'
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shot
Isi Palazón
RAY xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 95.9%, 36.3%
53'
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shot
Leandro Cabrera
ESP xG 0 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 4.3%, 45.3%
54'
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Goal
Leandro Cabrera
1–0 RAY Own goal
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59'
shot
Álvaro García
RAY assist Unai López · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 79.5%, 70%
61'
Sub
Loren Morón
ESP on for Keidi Bare
61'
Sub
Fernando Calero
ESP on for Sergi Gómez
67'
Sub
Pathé Ismaël Ciss
RAY on for Unai López
69'
Yellow
Aleix Vidal
ESP Yellow card
73'
shot
Sergi Darder
ESP assist Adrià Pedrosa · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 69.8%, 58.8%
74'
Sub
Manu Morlanes
ESP on for Sergi Darder
74'
Sub
Nicolás Melamed
ESP on for Adrián Embarba
75'
shot
Javi Puado
ESP assist Nicolás Melamed · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.8%, 66%
75'
Sub
Radamel Falcao
RAY on for Sergi Guardiola
79'
shot
Raúl de Tomás
ESP assist Javi Puado · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 78.3%, 56.8%
84'
shot
Javi Puado
ESP assist Raúl de Tomás · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.1%, 36.6%
88'
Sub
Randy Nteka
RAY on for Óscar Trejo
88'
Sub
Kévin Rodrigues
RAY on for Álvaro García · Injury substitution
90+1'
Yellow
Leandro Cabrera
ESP Yellow card
90+2'
Yellow
Óscar Valentín
RAY Yellow card
90'
Yellow
Randy Nteka
RAY Yellow card
Head-to-head H2H last 12: 5-6-1
Espanyol leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 6 wins, 5 losses, 1 draw. Latest meeting: 15 Sep 2026 · Rayo Vallecano vs Espanyol · 2 - 1.
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Recent form
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Team statistics 18 metrics
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Lineups
Espanyol
4-1-4-1 · Manager Vicente Moreno 13
D
Diego López · Captain
GK
22
A
Aleix Vidal
DEF
24
S
Sergi Gómez
DEF
4
L
Leandro Cabrera
DEF
3
A
Adrià Pedrosa
DEF
20
K
Keidi Bare
MID
23
A
Adrián Embarba
MID
25
Y
Yangel Herrera
MID
10
S
Sergi Darder
MID
9
J
Javi Puado
MID
11
R
Raúl de Tomás
FWD
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5
F
Fernando Calero
DEF
16
L
Loren Morón
FWD
21
N
Nicolás Melamed
MID
6
M
Manu Morlanes
MID
1
O
Oier Olazábal
GK
34
J
Joan García
GK
2
M
Miguelón
DEF
17
D
Dídac Vila
DEF
8
F
Fran Mérida
MID
14
Ó
Óscar Melendo
MID
7
W
Wu Lei
FWD
Rayo Vallecano
4-2-3-1 · Manager Andoni Iraola 13
S
Stole Dimitrievski
GK
20
I
Iván Balliu
DEF
24
E
Esteban Saveljich
DEF
5
A
Alejandro Catena
DEF
33
F
Fran García
DEF
12
U
Unai López
MID
23
Ó
Óscar Valentín
MID
7
I
Isi Palazón
MID
8
Ó
Óscar Trejo · Captain
MID
18
Á
Álvaro García
MID
16
S
Sergi Guardiola
FWD
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21
P
Pathé Ismaël Ciss
MID
3
R
Radamel Falcao
FWD
19
K
Kévin Rodrigues
DEF
9
R
Randy Nteka
MID
25
I
Iván Arboleda
GK
1
L
Luca Zidane
GK
32
M
Mario Hernández
DEF
4
M
Mario Suárez
MID
2
N
Nikola Maraš
DEF
10
B
Bebé
FWD
22
J
José Pozo
MID
11
A
Andrés Martín
FWD