Crystal Palace 1-0 Rayo Vallecano: result and report
Europa Conference League · Wednesday 27 May 2026
Result
Crystal Palace 1-0 Rayo Vallecano
Europa Conference League · Wednesday 27 May 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Crystal Palace · Rayo Vallecano · Europa Conference League predictions
Crystal Palace 1-0 Rayo Vallecano: match report
Crystal Palace beat Rayo Vallecano 1-0 in the Europa Conference League on Wednesday 27 May 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Jean-Philippe Mateta of Crystal Palace in the 51st minute.
Discipline: Crystal Palace received 3 yellow cards; Rayo Vallecano received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Crystal Palace were 3rd on 29 points from 16 and Rayo Vallecano 2nd on 31 points from 14. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa Conference League season and is kept for reference.
Crystal Palace lined up in a 3-4-3 and Rayo Vallecano in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Florian Lejeune of Rayo Vallecano (7.5), ahead of Pathé Ciss (7.2).
Going into the match Crystal Palace's last five read W-W-L-W-D and Rayo Vallecano's W-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Pathé Ciss
- 23'Yellow card · Isi Palazón
- 41'Yellow card · Adam Wharton
- 48'Yellow card · Unai López
- 51'Goal · Jean-Philippe Mateta
- 62'Yellow card · Álvaro García
- 74'Yellow card · Yéremy Pino
- 82'Yellow card · Chadi Riad
- 85'Yellow card · Nobel Mendy
- 90+2'Yellow card · Alfonso Espino
Team news
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Crystal Palace line-up (3-4-3)
Dean Henderson, Jaydee Canvot, Maxence Lacroix, Chadi Riad, Daniel Muñoz, Adam Wharton, Daichi Kamada, Tyrick Mitchell, Ismaïla Sarr, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Yéremy Pino
Rayo Vallecano line-up (4-2-3-1)
Augusto Batalla, Andrei Rațiu, Florian Lejeune, Pathé Ciss, Pep Chavarría, Óscar Valentín, Unai López, Jorge de Frutos, Isi Palazón, Álvaro García, Alemão