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Levante vs Rayo Vallecano brings together two Spanish clubs whose meetings can swing between open exchanges and stubborn contests. Rayo Vallecano have the stronger historical balance, but Levante have shown they can punish space and turn home energy into decisive attacks. A future meeting will ask which version appears: Rayo’s aggressive away threat, Levante’s counterpunch, or the stalemate that emerges when neither side controls the transitions.
Past matches, Levante vs Rayo Vallecano
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Rayo Vallecano
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12F
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18M
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2D
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7M
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6M
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1G
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5D
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3D
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17M
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8M
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10F
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14F
Levante Substitutes
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F
27
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M
14
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M
16
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F
11
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F
21
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G
1
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G
32
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D
29
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D
6
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F
55
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M
12
Match events
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19'Nobel Mendy Yellow Card
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30'Kareem Tunde Yellow Card
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40'Jorge de Frutos Yellow Card
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41'⚽C. Espi Normal Goal (Asst: I. Losada)
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46'A. Garcia G. Gumbau
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46'I. Akhomach F. Perez
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53'Nobel Mendy Yellow Card
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53'Nobel Mendy Red Card
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55'F. Cortes K. Tunde
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58'Jeremy Toljan Yellow Card
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65'I. Palazon O. Valentin
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65'A. Ratiu Alemao
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66'Paco Cortés Yellow Card
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74'K. Arriaga I. Losada
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74'U. Raghouber I. Romero
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74'J. Morales V. Garcia
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76'P. Ciss I. Balliu
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84'K. Etta Eyong C. Espi
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88'Matias Moreno Yellow Card
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90' +4Manuel Sánchez Yellow Card
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90'⚽P. Ciss Normal Goal (Asst: F. Lejeune)
Stats for this game
Matchup Levante VS Rayo Vallecano
Rayo’s edge meets Levante’s counterpunch
Rayo Vallecano have often carried the sharper edge in this fixture, with a 3–0 win at the Ciutat de València on 19 October 2025 offering a clear example. Jorge de Frutos scored twice before Álvaro García completed the result, showing how quickly Rayo can exploit a stretched home side. Levante’s response was more controlled: the teams drew 1–1 at Vallecas on 16 March 2026, a match in which neither side could turn its territorial spells into a winning margin.
Venue and game state matter
The 2018–2022 meetings underline why the matchup resists a simple label. Levante won 4–2 at Vallecas on 20 May 2022 and 4–1 at home on 4 May 2019, while Rayo answered with a 2–1 home victory on 23 December 2018. The clubs have also met in different competitive settings, adding context to the shifting balance. A future meeting should therefore revolve around transition control: can Rayo press high and protect the space behind it, or can Levante draw that pressure forward and counter into the open field?