Rayo Vallecano de Madrid vs Villarreal CF, La Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Rayo Vallecano de Madrid vs Villarreal CF — La Liga at Estadio de Vallecas.
- Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 38 games · 50 pts (2025/26)
- Villarreal CF 38 games · 72 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Ricardo de Burgos
- Assistant 1 Iker De Francisco Grijalba (Spain)
- Assistant 2 Asier Perez de Mendiola (Spain)
24 games this season 🟨 0.5/game ⚽ 3.6 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Barcelona 38 94 2 Real Madrid CF 38 86 3 Villarreal CF 38 72 4 Club Atletico de Madrid 38 69 5 Real Betis Balompie 38 60 6 RC Celta de Vigo 38 54 7 Getafe CF 38 51 8 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 38 50 9 Valencia CF 38 49 10 Real Sociedad de Futbol 38 46 11 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 38 46 12 Athletic Club 38 45 13 Sevilla FC 38 43 14 Deportivo Alaves 38 43 15 Elche CF 38 43 16 Levante UD 38 42 17 CA Osasuna 38 42 18 RCD Mallorca 38 42 19 Girona FC 38 41 20 Real Oviedo 38 29 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May Villarreal CF H 2–0 W 14 May Valencia CF A 1–1 D 11 May Girona FC H 1–1 D 03 May Getafe CF A 2–0 W 26 Apr Real Sociedad de Futbol H 3–3 D 23 Apr RCD Espanyol de Barcelona H 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May Rayo Vallecano de Madrid A 0–2 L 13 May Sevilla FC H 2–3 L 10 May RCD Mallorca A 1–1 D 02 May Levante UD H 5–1 W 26 Apr RC Celta de Vigo H 2–1 W 23 Apr Real Oviedo A 1–1 D Season Stats
Rayo Vallecano de Madrid Villarreal CF #8 Position #3 50 Points 72 38 Played 38 12 / 14 / 12 W / D / L 22 / 6 / 10 41 Scored 72 44 Conceded 46 -3 GD +26 1.32 PPG 1.89 32% Win % 58% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history32% Clean Sheets
Rayo Vallecano de Madrid this season19% Clean Sheets
Villarreal CF this seasonRayo Vallecano de Madrid are 8th (50 pts). Villarreal CF are 3rd (72 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Rayo Vallecano de Madrid0-15–/116-303/131-451/346-601/–61-753/276+5/2■ Scored ■ ConcededVillarreal CF0-153/–16-304/131-456/446-601/261-752/376+2/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Rayo Vallecano de Madrid is hosting Villarreal CF for another epic battle.
- 5' Santiago Mourino has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 56 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Willy Kambwala, as he is very good at scoring at Estadio de Vallecas with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 20' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Unai Lopez suffering a number of foals already.
- 25' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 28' Sergio Camello puts Rayo Vallecano de Madrid on the lead.
- 33' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Arnau Tenas made 512 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 38' Rayo Vallecano de Madrid is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 43' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Rayo Vallecano de Madrid needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 47' GOAL! Oscar Trejo scores on 47. Assisted by Pathe Ciss
- 52' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 52 minutes.
- 57' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 61' A meaty challenge results in booking for Florian Lejeune on 61.
- 66' Pep Chavarria needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 71' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 76' It looks surprising Rayo Vallecano de Madrid does not make any changes. Ayoze Perez has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 81' It’s gonna be a card for Unai Lopez.
- 86' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Villarreal CF winning 50% of all matches.
- 90' That looks like a foul for a card for Santiago Mourino.
- Another three points for Rayo Vallecano de Madrid.
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Lineups
Rayo Vallecano de Madrid Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 24
- 17
- 8
- 23
- 13
- 2
- 10
- 6
- 19
- 9
- 3
Bench
- 20
- 15
- 4
- 16
- 1
- 22
- 11
- 14
- 21
- 32
- 30
- 33
Coach Iñigo PérezVillarreal CF Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
- 22
- 18
- 17
- 25
- 4
- 21
- 23
- 20
- 14
- 5
- 15
Bench
- 19
- 10
- 16
- 24
- 7
- 9
- 2
- 11
- 3
- 1
- 6
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Alexander Sorloth 3 Ayoze Perez 2 Raul de Tomas 2 Alvaro Garcia 2 Karl Toko Ekambi 2 Sergio Camello 2 Gerard Moreno 2 Juan Foyth 2 Head to Head
Rayo Vallecano de Madrid Form
2026-05-17 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 2–0 Villarreal CF W 2026-05-14 Valencia CF 1–1 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid D 2026-05-11 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 1–1 Girona FC D 2026-05-03 Getafe CF 0–2 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid W 2026-04-26 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 3–3 Real Sociedad de Futbol D 2026-04-23 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 1–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.19 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.37 Villarreal CF xGI would bet for: Rayo Vallecano de Madrid or Villarreal CF 72%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Rayo Vallecano de Madrid winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.56Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 73% 27% ± 2.5 47% 53% ± 3.5 26% 74% ± 4.5 12% 88% Double Chance
Rayo Vallecano de Madrid or Draw 65%Draw or Villarreal CF 63%Rayo Vallecano de Madrid or Villarreal CF 72%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Rayo Vallecano de Madrid win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.5%0 – 0 9.8%0 – 1 9.5%1 – 2 8.3%1 – 0 8.1%2 – 1 7.2%0 – 2 7%2 – 0 Actual2 – 2 5%1 – 3 3.8%0 – 3 3.2%3 – 1 2.9%Asian Handicap — Rayo Vallecano de Madrid
Handicap Rayo Vallecano de Madrid covers Push Villarreal CF covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 9% 87% -1.5 13% — 87% -1 13% 18% 69% -0.5 31% — 69% +0.5 61% — 39% +1 61% 21% 19% +1.5 81% — 19% +2 81% 12% 7% +2.5 93% — 7% Clean Sheet
Rayo Vallecano de Madrid keeps clean sheet 26% ✗Villarreal CF keeps clean sheet 31% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.