Celta de Vigo 3–0 Rayo Vallecano
- Carreira 40'
- Zaragoza 54' (pen.)
- Rueda 79'
- Mendy 66'
18 January 2026
The match in data
Celta de Vigo got the better of Rayo Vallecano, 3–0, on 18 January 2026, on matchday 20 of the 2025-26 La Liga.
Player of the match: Gerard Gumbau (Rayo Vallecano), rated 74, thanks above all to 6 final-third passes and 46 passes. Gumbau produced 1.1 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
For Celta de Vigo, the highest-rated player was Hugo Sotelo, with 77.
Nobel Mendy was sent off at 66'.
Gerard Gumbau
Rayo Vallecano · 61'
Produced 1.05× and cost 0.26× their position's average
- 6 final-third passes 1.4×
- 46 passes 1.5×
- 4 recoveries 1.3×
- 3 misplaced passes 0.7×
- 1 duel lost 0.3×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcos Alonso | Defender | 90 | 77 |
| Hugo Sotelo | Midfielder | 62 | 77 |
| Hugo Álvarez | Forward | 63 | 63 |
| Carl Starfelt | Defender | 83 | 61 |
| Williot Swedberg | Forward | 27 | 58 |
| Bryan Zaragoza | Forward | 90 | 57 |
| Miguel Román | Midfielder | 28 | 51 |
| Ilaix Moriba | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Pablo Durán | Forward | 90 | 38 |
| Óscar Mingueza | Defender | 71 | 37 |
| Javi Rodríguez | Defender | 71 | 33 |
| Sergio Carreira | Defender | 90 | 30 |
| Ionuț Radu | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Javi Rueda | Defender | 19 | no rating |
| Manu Fernández | Defender | 19 | no rating |
| Hugo Burcio | Midfielder | 7 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerard Gumbau ★ | Midfielder | 61 | 74 |
| Randy Nteka | Midfielder | 29 | 60 |
| Nobel Mendy | Defender | 66 | 59 |
| Jozhua Vertrouwd | Defender | 22 | 58 |
| Álvaro García | Forward | 90 | 57 |
| Florian Lejeune | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Alexandre Zurawski | Forward | 29 | 54 |
| Isi Palazón | Forward | 78 | 49 |
| Carlos Martín | Forward | 68 | 46 |
| Pep Chavarría | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Jorge de Frutos | Forward | 78 | 40 |
| Pedro Díaz | Midfielder | 90 | 39 |
| Alfonso Espino | Defender | 61 | 30 |
| Augusto Batalla | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Fran Pérez | Forward | 12 | no rating |
| Oscar Trejo | Midfielder | 12 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.