Rayo Vallecano 2-3 Real Madrid: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 23 April 2016

Result

Rayo Vallecano 2-3 Real Madrid

La Liga · Saturday 23 April 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Rayo Vallecano 2-3 Real Madrid: match report

Rayo Vallecano lost to Real Madrid 2-3 in La Liga on Saturday 23 April 2016. The half-time score was 2-1.

Adrián Embarba opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Rayo Vallecano's goals came from Adrián Embarba (7') and N. Fedor (14'). Real Madrid scored through Gareth Bale (35'), Lucas Vázquez (52') and Gareth Bale (81').

Discipline: Rayo Vallecano received 8 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rayo Vallecano were 17th on 33 points from 34 and Real Madrid 3rd on 72 points from 34. Rayo Vallecano went on to finish that season 18th with 37 points, and Real Madrid 3rd with 84.

Rayo Vallecano lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Gareth Bale of Real Madrid (9.3), ahead of Pepe (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rayo Vallecano wins, 0 draws and 9 for Real Madrid.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Adrián EmbarbaRayo Vallecano · 1-0
  • 14'Goal · N. FedorRayo Vallecano · 2-0
  • 35'Goal · Gareth BaleReal Madrid · 2-1
  • 52'Goal · Lucas VázquezReal Madrid · 2-2
  • 53'Yellow card · Jozabed SánchezRayo Vallecano
  • 62'Yellow card · José CrespoRayo Vallecano
  • 66'Yellow card · Mateo KovacicReal Madrid
  • 67'Yellow card · Manuel IturraRayo Vallecano
  • 67'Yellow card · Manuel IturraRayo Vallecano
  • 73'Yellow card · Roberto TrashorrasRayo Vallecano
  • 76'Yellow card · Antonio AmayaRayo Vallecano
  • 81'Goal · Gareth BaleReal Madrid · 2-3
  • 83'Yellow card · Răzvan RațRayo Vallecano
  • 83'Yellow card · Razvan RatRayo Vallecano

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Rayo Vallecano 0, draws 0, Real Madrid 9.

Team news

Rayo Vallecano expected line-up (4-4-2)

Juan Carlos, Quini, Tito, José Ángel Crespo, Diego Llorente, Roberto Trashorras, Pablo Hernández, Raúl Baena, Adrián Embarba, Miku Fedor

Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)

Keylor Navas, Danilo, Pepe, Raphaël Varane, Marcelo, Mateo Kovacic, Toni Kroos, Isco, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Jesé