Real Madrid 2-1 Rayo Vallecano: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 9 March 2025

Result

Real Madrid 2-1 Rayo Vallecano

La Liga · Sunday 9 March 2025, 15:15 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Real Madrid 2-1 Rayo Vallecano: match report

Real Madrid defeated Rayo Vallecano 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 9 March 2025. The half-time score was 2-1.

Kylian Mbappé opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Kylian Mbappé (30') and Vinicius Junior (34'). Rayo Vallecano scored through Pedro Díaz (45+2').

Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Rayo Vallecano received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 3rd on 54 points from 26 and Rayo Vallecano 7th on 36 points from 26. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 84 points, and Rayo Vallecano 9th with 52.

Real Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rayo Vallecano in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luka Modrić of Real Madrid (8.4), ahead of Vinicius Junior (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Real Madrid wins, 3 draws and 2 for Rayo Vallecano.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Kylian MbappéReal Madrid · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Vinicius JuniorReal Madrid · 2-0
  • 45+2'Goal · Pedro DíazRayo Vallecano · 2-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Gerard GumbauRayo Vallecano
  • 79'Yellow card · Vinicius JuniorReal Madrid
  • 85'Yellow card · Aurélien TchouaméniReal Madrid
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Luka ModrićReal Madrid

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Madrid 5, draws 3, Rayo Vallecano 2.

Team news

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Real Madrid line-up (4-4-2)

Andriy Lunin, Lucas Vázquez, Raúl Asencio, David Alaba, Fran García, Rodrygo, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Luka Modrić, Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappé, Vinicius Junior

Rayo Vallecano line-up (4-2-3-1)

Augusto Batalla, Andrei Rațiu, Florian Lejeune, Aridane Hernández, Alfonso Espino, Pathé Ciss, Gerard Gumbau, Adrián Embarba, Pedro Díaz, Pep Chavarría, Álvaro García