La Liga · Matchday 6

Rayo Vallecano v Espanyol

Rayo Vallecano 2 – 1 Espanyol Full time

Kick-off: Tue 15 Sep 2026, 18:00 UK time
Venue: Municipal de Butarque, Leganes

Goals

3' Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano)
26' Adrià Pedrosa (Rayo Vallecano), assist Álvaro García
54' Roberto Fernández Jaén (Espanyol), assist Francisco Javier Hernandez Coarasa

Cards

45+2' Unai López (Rayo Vallecano), yellow card
63' Marcos Fernández (Espanyol), yellow card
67' Georgiy Tsitaishvili (Rayo Vallecano), yellow card
70' Pathé Ciss (Rayo Vallecano), yellow card
80' Gnangoro Bouare (Rayo Vallecano), yellow card
90+1' Alexandre Zurawski (Rayo Vallecano), yellow card
90+8' Omar El Hilali (Espanyol), red card

Line-ups

Rayo Vallecano (4-3-3)

Coach: Beñat San José

25 E. Audero
2 A. Rațiu
24 F. Lejeune
15 Mujaid Sadick
17 Adrià Pedrosa
4 Pedro Díaz
6 P. Ciss
8 Unai López
14 G. Tsitaishvili
10 Sergio Camello
18 Álvaro García

Substitutes: Rayane Belid, I. Balliu, G. Bouare, Dani Cárdenas, Pelayo Fernández, M. Kumbulla, Adrián Molina, Fran Pérez, M. Roman, Óscar Valentín, Alemão, Marco de las Sías

Espanyol (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Manolo González

13 M. Dmitrović
23 O. El Hilali
5 C. Riedel
6 L. Cabrera
21 Roger Hinojo
4 Urko González
20 Gabriel Moscardo
28 Javier Hernandez
26 Rafel Bauzà
3 Q. Hartman
9 Roberto Fernández

Substitutes: T. Dolan, V. Drkušić, Edu Expósito, Marcos Fernández, Ángel Fortuño, Pol Lozano, J. A. Lopez, Pere Milla, Unai Núñez, Llorenç Serred, Bryan Zaragoza, Álex Calatrava

Key statistics

Statistic	Rayo Vallecano	Espanyol
Possession	54%	46%
Total Shots	16	19
Shots on target	2	5
Shots off target	10	7
Blocked Shots	4	7
Corners	3	5
Offsides	0	2
Fouls	10	15
Saves	3	0
Yellow Cards	5	1
Red Cards	0	1
Passes	450	361
Accurate passes	370	285