Real Betis 1-1 Rayo Vallecano: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 21 February 2026
Result
Real Betis 1-1 Rayo Vallecano
La Liga · Saturday 21 February 2026, 15:15 UTC · half-time 1-1
Real Betis 1-1 Rayo Vallecano: match report
Real Betis drew with Rayo Vallecano 1-1 in La Liga on Saturday 21 February 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.
Cédric Bakambu opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Real Betis's goal came from Cédric Bakambu (16'). Rayo Vallecano scored through Isi Palazón (42').
Discipline: Real Betis received 4 yellow cards; Rayo Vallecano received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Betis were 5th on 41 points from 24 and Rayo Vallecano 17th on 25 points from 23. Real Betis went on to finish that season 5th with 60 points, and Rayo Vallecano 8th with 50.
Real Betis lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rayo Vallecano in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cédric Bakambu of Real Betis (7.9), ahead of Andrei Rațiu (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Real Betis wins, 5 draws and 1 for Rayo Vallecano.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Cédric Bakambu
- 27'Yellow card · Nobel Mendy
- 29'Yellow card · Pablo Fornals
- 36'Yellow card · Gerard Gumbau
- 42'Goal · Isi Palazón
- 45+2'Yellow card · Diego Llorente
- 63'Yellow card · Alfonso Espino
- 84'Yellow card · Nelson Deossa
- 85'Yellow card · Valentín Gómez
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Betis line-up (4-3-3)
Álvaro Valles, Aitor Ruibal, Diego Llorente, Natan, Ricardo Rodríguez, Pablo Fornals, Marc Roca, Álvaro Fidalgo, Antony, Cédric Bakambu, Abde Ezzalzouli
Rayo Vallecano line-up (4-2-3-1)
Augusto Batalla, Andrei Rațiu, Florian Lejeune, Nobel Mendy, Alfonso Espino, Óscar Valentín, Gerard Gumbau, Ilias Akhomach, Isi Palazón, Fran Pérez, Jorge de Frutos