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Real Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano carries a clear Real Madrid historical advantage, yet Rayo’s Madrid matchup regularly produces a sharper contest than the hierarchy suggests. Rayo led 2–0 before a 3–3 draw in December 2024, while Real’s 10–2 victory in 2015 shows the other extreme. The appeal is the swing between control and resistance. Future meetings will ask which version Rayo can force.
Past matches, Real Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Real Madrid
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2D
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12D
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6M
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17D
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21M
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9F
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19F
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15M
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4D
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13G
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27M
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14M
Rayo Vallecano Substitutes
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D
20
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M
23
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D
15
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G
30
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D
3
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D
22
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D
26
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G
1
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F
37
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M
28
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F
9
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M
31
Match events
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14'⚽Kylian Mbappé Penalty
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17'⚽Álvaro Fernández Carreras Normal Goal (Asst: Kylian Mbappé)
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35'⚽Jude Bellingham Normal Goal (Asst: Vinícius)
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45'Eduardo Camavinga Federico Valverde
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51'⚽Sergio Camello Normal Goal
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67'Óscar Valentín Gnangoro Bouare
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67'Rayane Belaid Pedro Díaz
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69'Aurelien Tchouameni Bernardo Silva
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72'Arda Güler Yan Diomande
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75'Alexandre Zurawski Sergio Camello
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75'Mujaid Sadick Unai López
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76'Pathé Ciss Yellow Card
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85'Ivan Balliu Adrià Pedrosa
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89'Marc Cucurella Vinícius
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90' +1⚽Kylian Mbappé Normal Goal (Asst: Arda Güler)
Stats for this game
Matchup Real Madrid VS Rayo Vallecano
Real Madrid’s weight, Rayo’s resistance
Real Madrid set the historical terms, with a stronger record and the capacity to create overwhelming scorelines. The clearest example came in December 2015, when Gareth Bale scored four and Karim Benzema a hat-trick in a 10–2 win over Rayo Vallecano. Such a margin explains the hierarchy, but it does not exhaust the fixture: Rayo have repeatedly made Madrid work for control and have changed the rhythm of individual meetings.
Rayo can change the script
In December 2024, Rayo led 2–0 through Unai López and Abdul Mumin. Real Madrid turned the game around with Federico Valverde, Jude Bellingham and Rodrygo, but Isi Palazón’s reply made it 3–3. Even the February 2026 meeting ended 2–1 to Real, after Jorge de Frutos equalised Vinícius Júnior’s opener before Kylian Mbappé’s penalty. These results leave a durable question for the next edition: can Rayo stretch the contest beyond Real’s control, or will Madrid’s quality create the separation?
Past head to head stats
Real Madrid VS Rayo Vallecano
Balance Wins - Draws - Losses over time
Points per match over time
Comparison between the 2 teams for the last 10 games
Comparison between the 2 teams for the last 20 games
Real Madrid VS Rayo Vallecano
Head-to-Head History
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