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Rayo vs Espanyol: match report
Rayo Vallecano hosted Espanyol at Estadio Municipal de Butarque on Tuesday 15 September 2026, in the LaLiga (round 6). Rayo are without 1 player (Jorge de Frutos); Espanyol are missing 1 (Andoni Gorosabel). Isidro Díaz De Mera Escuderos is the referee, averaging 4.8 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.5.
Result and scorers
Rayo 2-1 Espanyol. Goals: Álvaro García 3' for Rayo; Adrià Pedrosa 26' for Rayo; Roberto Fernández 54' for Espanyol.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 3' Goal: Álvaro García (Rayo) 1-0
- 26' Goal: Adrià Pedrosa (Rayo) 2-0
- 45'+2' Yellow card: Unai López (Rayo)
- 54' Goal: Roberto Fernández (Espanyol) 2-1
- 63' Yellow card: Marcos Fernández (Espanyol)
- 67' Yellow card: Giorgi Tsitaishvili (Rayo)
- 70' Yellow card: Pathé Ciss (Rayo)
- 80' Yellow card: Gnangoro Bouare Samake (Rayo)
- 90'+1' Yellow card: Alexandre Alemão (Rayo)
- 90'+8' Red card: Omar El Hilali (Espanyol)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 54.5% | Possession | 45.5% |
| 16 | Shots | 19 |
| 2 | Shots on target | 5 |
| 3 | Corners | 5 |
| 10 | Fouls | 15 |
| 0 | Offsides | 2 |
| 3 | Saves | 0 |
| 5 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 1 |
Line-ups
Rayo 4-3-3
Coach: Beñat San José
- 25 Emil Audero GK
- 2 Andrei Rațiu DEF
- 24 Florian Lejeune DEF
- 15 Mujaid Sadick DEF
- 17 Adrià Pedrosa DEF
- 8 Unai López MID
- 6 Pathé Ciss MID
- 4 Pedro Díaz MID
- 14 Giorgi Tsitaishvili FWD
- 10 Sergio Camello FWD
- 18 Álvaro Garcia FWD
Bench
- 36 Gnangoro Bouare MID
- 23 Óscar Valentín MID
- 9 Alemão FWD
- 21 Fran Pérez FWD
- 20 Iván Balliu DEF
- 30 Adrián Molina GK
- 1 Dani Cárdenas GK
- 3 Marash Kumbulla DEF
- 22 Pelayo Fernández DEF
- 26 Marco de Las Sías MID
- 31 Marco Roman MID
- 37 Rayane Belaid MID
Espanyol 4-2-3-1
Coach: Manolo González
- 13 Marko Dmitrović GK
- 23 Omar El Hilali DEF
- 5 Clemens Riedel DEF
- 6 Leandro Cabrera DEF
- 21 Roger Hinojo DEF
- 4 Urko González MID
- 20 Gabriel Moscardo MID
- 26 Rafel Bauzà MID
- 28 Javi Hernández FWD
- 3 Quilindschy Hartman DEF
- 9 Roberto Fernández FWD
Bench
- 8 Edu Expósito MID
- 15 Bryan Zaragoza FWD
- 18 Marcos Fernández FWD
- 22 Álex Calatrava FWD
- 10 Pol Lozano MID
- 1 Ángel Fortuno GK
- 31 Llorenç Serred GK
- 32 José Ángel DEF
- 14 Unai Núñez DEF
- 16 Vanja Drkušić DEF
- 11 Pere Milla FWD
- 24 Tyrhys Dolan FWD
Injuries and suspensions
Rayo
- Jorge de Frutos suspension, back Mid September 2026
Espanyol
- Andoni Gorosabel injury, back Doubtful
Previous meetings
- Thursday 23 April 2026: Rayo Vallecano 1-0 Espanyol
- Sunday 7 December 2025: Espanyol 1-0 Rayo Vallecano
- Friday 4 April 2025: Rayo Vallecano 0-4 Espanyol
- Saturday 31 August 2024: Espanyol 2-1 Rayo Vallecano
- Sunday 21 May 2023: Rayo Vallecano 1-2 Espanyol