Real Madrid 2-1 Rayo Vallecano: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 1 February 2026
Result
Real Madrid 2-1 Rayo Vallecano
La Liga · Sunday 1 February 2026, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Madrid 2-1 Rayo Vallecano: match report
Real Madrid won against Rayo Vallecano 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 1 February 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.
Vinicius Junior opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Vinicius Junior (15') and Kylian Mbappé (90+10', penalty). Rayo Vallecano scored through Jorge de Frutos (49').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Rayo Vallecano received 7 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 51 points from 21 and Rayo Vallecano 16th on 22 points from 21. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Rayo Vallecano 8th with 50.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rayo Vallecano in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Federico Valverde of Real Madrid (7.7), ahead of Vinicius Junior (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Real Madrid wins, 4 draws and 2 for Rayo Vallecano.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Vinicius Junior
- 49'Goal · Jorge de Frutos
- 53'Yellow card · Gerard Gumbau
- 57'Yellow card · Pep Chavarría
- 65'Yellow card · Isi Palazón
- 69'Yellow card · Dani Ceballos
- 72'Yellow card · Óscar Valentín
- 80'Red card · Pathé Ciss
- 82'Yellow card · Augusto Batalla
- 83'Yellow card · Ilias Akhomach
- 83'Yellow card · Vinicius Junior
- 90+9'Yellow card · Alfonso Espino
- 90+10'Penalty goal · Kylian Mbappé
- 90+13'Second yellow · Pep Chavarría
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Thibaut Courtois, Federico Valverde, Raúl Asencio, Dean Huijsen, Eduardo Camavinga, Franco Mastantuono, Arda Güler, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappé, Vinicius Junior
Rayo Vallecano line-up (4-2-3-1)
Augusto Batalla, Andrei Rațiu, Florian Lejeune, Nobel Mendy, Pep Chavarría, Pathé Ciss, Gerard Gumbau, Ilias Akhomach, Isi Palazón, Álvaro García, Jorge de Frutos