Rayo Vallecano 1-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Thursday 23 April 2026
Result
Rayo Vallecano 1-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Thursday 23 April 2026, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Rayo Vallecano 1-0 Espanyol: match report
Rayo Vallecano beat Espanyol 1-0 in La Liga on Thursday 23 April 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Sergio Camello of Rayo Vallecano in the 87th minute.
Discipline: Rayo Vallecano received 2 yellow cards; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rayo Vallecano were 16th on 35 points from 31 and Espanyol 11th on 38 points from 31. Rayo Vallecano went on to finish that season 8th with 50 points, and Espanyol 11th with 46.
Rayo Vallecano lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Andrei Rațiu of Rayo Vallecano (8.2), ahead of Dani Cárdenas (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Rayo Vallecano wins, 2 draws and 5 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Rayo Vallecano's last five read L-W-L-D-D and Espanyol's L-D-L-L-D.
Key events
- 2'Yellow card · Pere Milla
- 19'Yellow card · Pol Lozano
- 35'Yellow card · Augusto Batalla
- 50'Yellow card · Pathé Ciss
- 74'Missed penalty · Kike García
- 75'Yellow card · Ludovic Taillandier
- 83'Yellow card · Cyril Ngonge
- 87'Goal · Sergio Camello
Head-to-head
Team news
Rayo Vallecano line-up (4-2-3-1)
Dani Cárdenas, Andrei Rațiu, Pathé Ciss, Jozhua Vertrouwd, Pep Chavarría, Pedro Díaz, Óscar Valentín, Jorge de Frutos, Isi Palazón, Alfonso Espino, Alemão
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Marko Dmitrovic, Omar El Hilali, Fernando Calero, Leandro Cabrera, Carlos Romero, Tyrhys Dolan, Pol Lozano, Edu Expósito, Pere Milla, Kike García, Roberto Fernández