Rayo Vallecano 2-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Tuesday 15 September 2026
Result
Rayo Vallecano 2-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Tuesday 15 September 2026, 17:00 UTC · Estadio Municipal de Butarque, Leganés · half-time 2-0
Rayo Vallecano 2-1 Espanyol: match report
Rayo Vallecano won against Espanyol 2-1 in La Liga on Tuesday 15 September 2026 at Estadio Municipal de Butarque. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Álvaro García opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Rayo Vallecano's goals came from Álvaro García (3') and Adrià Pedrosa (26'). Espanyol scored through Roberto Fernández (54').
Discipline: Rayo Vallecano received 5 yellow cards; Espanyol received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Rayo Vallecano were 16th on 4 points from 5 and Espanyol 8th on 7 points from 5. In the current table Rayo Vallecano are 12th on 12 points and Espanyol are 14th on 11 points.
Rayo Vallecano lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Álvaro García of Rayo Vallecano (7.8), level with Pathé Ciss (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Rayo Vallecano wins, 1 draw and 5 for Espanyol.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Álvaro García
- 26'Goal · Adrià Pedrosa
- 45+2'Yellow card · Unai López
- 54'Goal · Roberto Fernández
- 63'Yellow card · Marcos Fernández
- 67'Yellow card · Giorgi Tsitaishvili
- 70'Yellow card · Pathé Ciss
- 80'Yellow card · Gnangoro
- 90+1'Yellow card · Alemão
- 90+8'Red card · Omar El Hilali
Form and table
- Rayo VallecanoLast five: L D L W L
- EspanyolLast five: W L L D W
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Rayo Vallecano | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 12 | WDDLW |
| 14 | Espanyol | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 11 | LDLLW |
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Raúl de Tomás
- Kike García
- Augusto Batalla
- Jorge de Frutos
- Luiz Felipe
- Jofre Carreras
- Randy Nteka
- Jozhua Vertrouwd
Rayo Vallecano line-up (4-2-3-1)
Emil Audero, Andrei Rațiu, Florian Lejeune, Mujaid Sadick, Adrià Pedrosa, Unai López, Pathé Ciss, Giorgi Tsitaishvili, Pedro Díaz, Álvaro García, Sergio Camello
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marko Dmitrovic, Omar El Hilali, Clemens Riedel, Leandro Cabrera, Roger Hinojo, Urko González de Zárate, Gabriel Moscardo, Javi Hernández, Rafel Bauzà, Quilindschy Hartman, Roberto Fernández
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