Valencia CF vs Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, La Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Valencia CF vs Rayo Vallecano de Madrid — La Liga at Estadio de Mestalla.
- Valencia CF 38 games · 49 pts (2025/26)
- Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 38 games · 50 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Alejandro Quintero Gonzalez (Spain)
- Assistant 1 Alvaro Granel Peiro (Spain)
- Assistant 2 Jose Francisco Garcia Lozano (Spain)
18 games this season 🟨 1.7/game ⚽ 6.9 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 14 May Rayo Vallecano de Madrid H 1–1 D 10 May Athletic Club A 1–0 W 02 May Club Atletico de Madrid H 0–2 L 25 Apr Girona FC H 2–1 W 21 Apr RCD Mallorca A 1–1 D 11 Apr Elche CF A 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 12 Apr RCD Mallorca A 0–3 L Season Stats
Valencia CF Rayo Vallecano de Madrid #9 Position #8 49 Points 50 38 Played 38 13 / 10 / 15 W / D / L 12 / 14 / 12 46 Scored 41 55 Conceded 44 -9 GD -3 1.29 PPG 1.32 34% Win % 32% Key Stats
58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)17% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history24% Clean Sheets
Valencia CF this season32% Clean Sheets
Rayo Vallecano de Madrid this seasonValencia CF are 9th (49 pts). Rayo Vallecano de Madrid are 8th (50 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Valencia CF0-152/116-301/131-451/–46-602/361-754/576+4/2■ Scored ■ ConcededRayo Vallecano de Madrid0-15–/116-303/131-451/346-601/–61-753/276+5/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Valencia CF and Rayo Vallecano de Madrid has kicked off!
- 5' Rayo Vallecano de Madrid seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 6' It’s gonna be a card for Renzo Saravia.
- 11' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 16' It’s high time Carlos Corberán made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 20' GOAL! Florian Lejeune scores on 20.
- 21' Florian Lejeune with the second goal in the match!
- 26' It looks surprising Rayo Vallecano de Madrid does not make any changes. Hugo Duro has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 31' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Valencia CF that had 420 games and scored 390 goals.
- 36' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Rayo Vallecano de Madrid winning 0% of all matches.
- 40' Goal! Diego Lopez scores his 14 goal in 420 matches.
- 45' Pepelu has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 35 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 50' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 55' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Pep Chavarria made 227 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 56' That looks like a foul for a card for Randy Ntekja.
- 61' 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.
- 66' Oscar Valentin needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 71' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 71 minutes.
- 76' Rayo Vallecano de Madrid is showing some good football. However, Rayo Vallecano de Madrid are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 81' It looks like no one’s ball. Rayo Vallecano de Madrid is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 86' Valencia CF is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Valencia CF Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
- 14
- 9
- 11
- 1
- 18
- 20
- 24
- 2
- 5
- 8
- 16
Bench
- 7
- 22
- 4
- 19
- 6
- 23
- 12
- 10
- 17
- 21
- 25
- 26
Coach Carlos CorberánRayo Vallecano de Madrid Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 24
- 20
- 15
- 4
- 23
- 13
- 22
- 11
- 21
- 3
- 32
Bench
- 17
- 8
- 16
- 2
- 10
- 6
- 19
- 1
- 9
- 14
- 30
- 33
Coach Iñigo Pérez -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Santi Mina 2 Carlos Soler 2 Isi Palazon 2 Santiago Comesana 2 Pathe Ciss 1 Raul de Tomas 1 Diego Lopez 1 Mario Suarez 1 Head to Head
Valencia CF Form
Rayo Vallecano de Madrid Form
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 2026-04-12 RCD Mallorca 3–0 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.05 Valencia CF xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.11 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid xGI would bet for: Valencia CF or Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 69% + Under 2.5 goals 64%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.16Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 86% 14% ± 1.5 64% 36% ± 2.5 36% 64% ± 3.5 18% 82% ± 4.5 7% 93% Double Chance
Valencia CF or Draw 66%Draw or Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 65%Valencia CF or Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 69%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual0 – 0 14%0 – 1 11.6%1 – 0 10.9%1 – 2 7.2%2 – 1 6.8%0 – 2 6.8%2 – 0 6.1%2 – 2 3.9%1 – 3 2.7%0 – 3 2.5%3 – 1 2.4%Asian Handicap — Valencia CF
Handicap Valencia CF covers Push Rayo Vallecano de Madrid covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 9% 87% -1.5 13% — 87% -1 13% 19% 68% -0.5 32% — 68% +0.5 65% — 35% +1 65% 20% 15% +1.5 85% — 15% +2 85% 10% 5% +2.5 95% — 5% Clean Sheet
Valencia CF keeps clean sheet 34% ✓Rayo Vallecano de Madrid keeps clean sheet 36% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.