Celta de Vigo 3-0 Rayo Vallecano: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 18 January 2026
Result
Celta de Vigo 3-0 Rayo Vallecano
La Liga · Sunday 18 January 2026, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Celta de Vigo 3-0 Rayo Vallecano: match report
Celta de Vigo defeated Rayo Vallecano 3-0 in La Liga on Sunday 18 January 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Sergio Carreira opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Celta de Vigo's goals came from Sergio Carreira (40'), Bryan Zaragoza (54', penalty) and Javi Rueda (79'). Rayo Vallecano did not score.
Discipline: Celta de Vigo received 4 yellow cards; Rayo Vallecano received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Celta de Vigo were 7th on 29 points from 19 and Rayo Vallecano 12th on 22 points from 19. Celta de Vigo went on to finish that season 6th with 54 points, and Rayo Vallecano 8th with 50.
Celta de Vigo lined up in a 3-4-3 and Rayo Vallecano in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Bryan Zaragoza of Celta de Vigo (7.9), ahead of Javi Rueda (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Celta de Vigo wins, 6 draws and 2 for Rayo Vallecano.
Key events
- 40'Goal · Sergio Carreira
- 44'Yellow card · Hugo Álvarez
- 54'Penalty goal · Bryan Zaragoza
- 58'Yellow card · Gerard Gumbau
- 58'Yellow card · Hugo Sotelo
- 59'Yellow card · Carlos Martín
- 65'Yellow card · Iago Aspas
- 66'Red card · Nobel Mendy
- 66'Yellow card · Óscar Mingueza
- 66'Yellow card · Isi Palazón
- 79'Goal · Javi Rueda
Head-to-head
Team news
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Celta de Vigo line-up (3-4-3)
Ionuț Radu, Javi Rodríguez, Carl Starfelt, Marcos Alonso, Óscar Mingueza, Ilaix Moriba, Hugo Sotelo, Sergio Carreira, Hugo Álvarez, Pablo Durán, Bryan Zaragoza
Rayo Vallecano line-up (4-3-3)
Augusto Batalla, Alfonso Espino, Florian Lejeune, Nobel Mendy, Pep Chavarría, Isi Palazón, Pedro Díaz, Gerard Gumbau, Carlos Martín, Jorge de Frutos, Álvaro García