Timeline
- 3' Álvaro García
- 26' Adrià Pedrosa assist Álvaro García
- 45'+2' Unai López Yellow Card
- 45' Marcos Fernández for Roger Hinojo
- 45' Bryan Zaragoza for Rafael Bauza
- 45' Edu Expósito for Gabriel Moscardo
- 54' Roberto Fernández assist Javi Hernandez
- 61' Óscar Valentín for Mujaid Sadick
- 61' Gnangoro Bouare Samake for Unai López
- 63' Marcos Fernández Yellow Card
- 67' Giorgi Tsitaishvili Yellow Card
- 70' Pathé Ciss Yellow Card
- 74' Cala for Javi Hernandez
- 76' Fran Pérez for Giorgi Tsitaishvili
- 76' Alexandre Alemão for Sergio Camello
- 80' Gnangoro Bouare Samake Yellow Card
- 84' Pol Lozano for Urko Gonzalez
- 84' Iván Balliu for Álvaro García
- 90'+1' Alexandre Alemão Yellow Card
- 90'+8' Omar El Hilali Red Card
Match stats
54.5%
Possession
45.5%
16
Shots
19
2
On target
5
10
Fouls
15
5
Yellow cards
1
0
Red cards
1
0
Offsides
2
3
Saves
0
370
Accurate passes
285
Lineups
Rayo Vallecano
4-2-3-1
25
Audero
17
Pedrosa
15
Sadick
24
Lejeune
2
Ratiu
6
Ciss
8
López
18
García
4
Díaz
14
Tsitaishvili
10
Camello
Espanyol
4-2-3-1
13
Dmitrovic
21
Hinojo
6
Cabrera
5
Riedel
23
Hilali
20
Moscardo
4
Gonzalez
3
Hartman
26
Bauza
28
Hernandez
9
Fernández
Rayo Vallecano
4-2-3-1
- 25 Emil Audero G
- 15 Mujaid Sadick ▼ CD-L
- 24 Florian Lejeune CD-R
- 17 Adrià Pedrosa LB
- 2 Andrei Ratiu RB
- 4 Pedro Díaz AM
- 6 Pathé Ciss LM
- 8 Unai López ▼ RM
- 10 Sergio Camello ▼ F
- 18 Álvaro García ▼ AM-L
- 14 Giorgi Tsitaishvili ▼ AM-R
Came on
- 36 Gnangoro Bouare Samake ▲ SUB
- 9 Alexandre Alemão ▲ SUB
- 21 Fran Pérez ▲ SUB
- 23 Óscar Valentín ▲ SUB
- 20 Iván Balliu ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (7)
- 26 Marco de las Sias SUB
- 30 Adrián Molina SUB
- 37 Rayane Belaid SUB
- 1 Daniel Cárdenas SUB
- 3 Marash Kumbulla SUB
- 31 Marco Román SUB
- 22 Pelayo Fernández SUB
Espanyol
4-2-3-1
- 13 Marko Dmitrovic G
- 6 Leandro Cabrera CD-L
- 5 Clemens Riedel CD-R
- 21 Roger Hinojo ▼ LB
- 23 Omar El Hilali RB
- 26 Rafael Bauza ▼ AM
- 20 Gabriel Moscardo ▼ LM
- 4 Urko Gonzalez ▼ RM
- 9 Roberto Fernández F
- 3 Quilindschy Hartman AM-L
- 28 Javi Hernandez ▼ AM-R
Came on
- 22 Cala ▲ SUB
- 18 Marcos Fernández ▲ SUB
- 8 Edu Expósito ▲ SUB
- 10 Pol Lozano ▲ SUB
- 15 Bryan Zaragoza ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (7)
- 1 Ángel Fortuño SUB
- 24 Tyrhys Dolan SUB
- 11 Pere Milla SUB
- 32 José Ángel López SUB
- 31 Llorenç Serred SUB
- 16 Vanja Drkusic SUB
- 14 Unai Núñez SUB
Commentary
- Match ends, Rayo Vallecano 2, Espanyol 1.
- 90'+9' Second Half ends, Rayo Vallecano 2, Espanyol 1.
- 90'+9' Attempt missed. Florian Lejeune (Rayo Vallecano) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
- 90'+8' Omar El Hilali (Espanyol) is shown the red card.
- 90'+8' Handball by Omar El Hilali (Espanyol).
- 90'+7' Attempt blocked. Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Edu Expósito with a cross.
- 90'+6' Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Andrei Ratiu.
- 90'+5' Alemão (Rayo Vallecano) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5' Foul by Omar El Hilali (Espanyol).
- 90'+4' Corner, Rayo Vallecano. Conceded by Clemens Riedel.
- 90'+3' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 90'+2' Delay in match because of an injury Iván Balliu (Rayo Vallecano).
Recent form
Rayo Vallecano
L
W
L
D
L
- L at Sevilla 2-1 LALIGA
- D Deportivo Alavés 1-1 LALIGA
- L at Barcelona 5-2 LALIGA
- W Racing Santander 3-2 LALIGA
- L at Real Madrid 4-1 LALIGA
Espanyol
W
D
L
L
W
- W Levante 3-0 LALIGA
- L Real Madrid 2-1 LALIGA
- L at Real Sociedad 2-1 LALIGA
- D Sevilla 1-1 LALIGA
- W at Osasuna 2-0 LALIGA
Head to head
ESP leads series 4-1
- 23 Apr 2026 Rayo Vallecano 1–0 Espanyol 2025-26 LALIGA
- 7 Dec 2025 Espanyol 1–0 Rayo Vallecano 2025-26 LALIGA
- 4 Apr 2025 Rayo Vallecano 0–4 Espanyol 2024-25 LALIGA
- 31 Aug 2024 Espanyol 2–1 Rayo Vallecano 2024-25 LALIGA
- 21 May 2023 Rayo Vallecano 1–2 Espanyol 2022-23 LaLiga
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