Rayo Vallecano — Espanyol 2:1, 15 September: match result

match finished La Liga · Matchday 6 Tuesday 15 September · 17:00 UTC

Rayo Vallecano 11th · 8 pts WLDDW

2 : 1 1st half 2:0

Espanyol 14th · 7 pts DWLLD

Estadio Municipal de Butarque · referee I. Diaz

Match predictionSafe

Under 4.5 goals

90% · Rayo Vallecano games average 3.9 goals

Prediction landed. We predicted “Under 4.5 goals”, and the match finished 2:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Rayo Vallecano 41% draw 26% Espanyol 33%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Rayo Vallecano win, and the match finished 2:1. Fans backed Rayo Vallecano win — they got it right.

fans 41 votes

Rayo Vallecano 46% draw 15% Espanyol 39%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

A. Garcia 1-0 3'

A. Pedrosa assist: A. Garcia 2-0 26'

U. Lopez 45+2'

B. Zaragoza for R. Bauza 46'

M. Fernandez Sanchez for R. Hinojo 46'

Exposito for Gabriel Moscardo 46'

R. Fernandez Jaen assist: J. Hernandez 2-1 54'

O. Valentin for M. Sadick 61'

G. Bouare for U. Lopez 61'

M. Fernandez Sanchez 63'

G. Tsitaishvili 67'

P. Ciss 70'

A. Calatrava for J. Hernandez 74'

Alemao for S. Camello 76'

F. Perez for G. Tsitaishvili 76'

G. Bouare 80'

I. Balliu for A. Garcia 84'

P. Lozano for U. Gonzalez 84'

Alemao 90+1'

O. El Hilali 90+8'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Rayo Vallecano 4-2-3-1 · Benat San Jose 4-2-3-1 · Manolo Gonzalez Espanyol

Emil Audero  
Andrei Rațiu  24 Florian Lejeune  15 Mujaid Sadick  17 Adrià Pedrosa  
Unai López  6 Pathé Ismaël Ciss  
Giorgi Tsitaishvili  4 Pedro Díaz  18 Álvaro García  
Sergio Camello  

Roberto Fernández  
Javier Hernández  26 Rafael Bauzà  3 Quilindschy Hartman  
Urko González  20 Gabriel Moscardo  
Omar El Hilali  5 Clemens Riedel  6 Leandro Cabrera  21 Roger Hinojo  
Marko Dmitrović  

Rayo Vallecano bench

30Adrián Molina
9Alemão
1Dani Cárdenas
21Fran Pérez
36Gnangoro Bouaré
20Iván Balliu
3Marash Kumbulla
31Marco Román
26Marco de las Sias
22Pelayo Fernández
37Rayane Belaid
23Óscar Valentín

Espanyol bench

1Angel Fortuno
15Bryan Zaragoza
8Edu Expósito
32José Ángel López
31Llorenç Serred
18Marcos Fernández
11Pere Milla
10Pol Lozano
24Tyrhys Dolan
14Unai Núñez
16Vanja Drkušić
22Álex Calatrava

Match stats

21 metrics for the full match

55%Possession45%

16Shots19

2Shots on target5

10Shots off target7

4Blocked shots7

9Shots inside box12

7Shots outside box7

89Attacks84

30Dangerous attacks48

3Corners5

0Offsides2

10Fouls15

5Yellow cards1

0Red cards1

3Saves0

449Passes360

370Accurate passes285

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Rayo Vallecano

EspanyolThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Rayo Vallecano and Espanyol met on matchday 6 of the La Liga on 15 September at Estadio Municipal de Butarque. Final score — 2:1.

Rayo Vallecano sit 11th on 8 points after 10 matches (3 wins, 3 draws, 4 losses). Espanyol sit 14th on 7 points after 12 matches (3 wins, 3 draws, 6 losses), 4 matches without conceding.

Of the last 2 meetings Rayo Vallecano won 1, Espanyol won 1. Aggregate score — 1:1.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Rayo Vallecano last five Espanyol

WLDDW form DWLLD

10 Matches 12

3 — 3 — 4 Wins — draws — defeats 3 — 3 — 6

15 — 20 Scored — conceded 13 — 14

1.2 Points per game 1

1.5 Goals scored per game 1.08

1 Clean sheets 4

1 Failed to score 2

unbeaten in 1 Current streak unbeaten in 2

Rayo Vallecano at home: 5 matches, 3 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 9—7, 2 points per match.

Espanyol away: 6 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses, goals 7—7, 1.17 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Rayo Vallecano win 0 draws 1 Espanyol win goals 1:1 Rayo Vallecano — Espanyol

23/04/2026	Rayo Vallecano — Espanyol	1:0	La Liga
07/12/2025	Espanyol — Rayo Vallecano	1:0	La Liga

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
12	Celta de Vigo	11	2	6	3	10—10	12
13	Espanyol	12	3	3	6	13—14	12
14	Rayo Vallecano	10	3	3	4	15—20	12
15	Getafe	11	3	3	5	8—16	12
16	Osasuna	12	3	3	6	12—23	12
17	Elche	11	2	4	5	14—18	10

Full La Liga table

Rayo Vallecano — Espanyol, 15 September 2026, 17:00 UTC : score 2:1