Rayo Vallecano 1-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 28 February 2026
Result
Rayo Vallecano 1-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Saturday 28 February 2026, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Rayo Vallecano 1-1 Athletic Club: match report
Rayo Vallecano drew with Athletic Club 1-1 in La Liga on Saturday 28 February 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.
Jorge de Frutos opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Rayo Vallecano's goal came from Jorge de Frutos (35'). Athletic Club scored through Iñaki Williams (47').
Discipline: Rayo Vallecano received 2 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rayo Vallecano were 15th on 26 points from 24 and Athletic Club 8th on 34 points from 25. Rayo Vallecano went on to finish that season 8th with 50 points, and Athletic Club 12th with 45.
Rayo Vallecano lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Unai Simón of Athletic Club (7.7), ahead of Pathé Ciss (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rayo Vallecano win, 1 draw and 8 for Athletic Club.
Key events
- 35'Goal · Jorge de Frutos
- 39'Yellow card · Mikel Jauregizar
- 40'Yellow card · Isi Palazón
- 47'Goal · Iñaki Williams
- 65'Yellow card · Oihan Sancet
- 71'Yellow card · Dani Vivian
- 85'Yellow card · Ilias Akhomach
Head-to-head
Team news
Rayo Vallecano line-up (4-2-3-1)
Augusto Batalla, Andrei Rațiu, Florian Lejeune, Nobel Mendy, Alfonso Espino, Pathé Ciss, Gerard Gumbau, Ilias Akhomach, Isi Palazón, Álvaro García, Jorge de Frutos
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Unai Simón, Jesús Areso, Dani Vivian, Aymeric Laporte, Yuri Berchiche, Mikel Jauregizar, Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta Etxeberria, Iñaki Williams, Oihan Sancet, Unai Gómez, Gorka Guruzeta