Espanyol 1–0 Rayo Vallecano
- Fernández 39' (pen.)
- Dolan 87'
- López 64'
7 December 2025
The match in data
Espanyol got the better of Rayo Vallecano, 1–0, on 7 December 2025, on matchday 15 of the 2025-26 La Liga.
Player of the match: Edu Expósito (Espanyol), rated 49, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 2 key passes. Expósito produced 1.1 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 1.2 times the cost.
It is their 3rd time as player of the match this season.
For Rayo Vallecano, the highest-rated player was Unai López, with 61.
Unai López was sent off at 64'.
Tyrhys Dolan was sent off at 87'.
Edu Expósito
Espanyol · 80'
Produced 1.12× and cost 1.17× their position's average
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 2 key passes 2.0×
- 3 final-third passes 0.5×
- 2 balls lost 2.3×
- 6 misplaced passes 1.1×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando Calero | Defender | 90 | 61 |
| Carlos Romero | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Ludovic Taillandier | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Roberto Fernández | Forward | 80 | 53 |
| Edu Expósito ★ | Midfielder | 80 | 49 |
| Charles Pickel | Midfielder | 34 | 48 |
| Pere Milla | Forward | 89 | 47 |
| Urko González de Zárate | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Tyrhys Dolan | Forward | 87 | 43 |
| Pol Lozano | Midfielder | 56 | 39 |
| Omar El Hilali | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Marko Dmitrovic | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Kike García | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Ramón Terrats | Midfielder | 10 | no rating |
| Rubén Sánchez | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unai López | Midfielder | 64 | 61 |
| Isi Palazón | Forward | 90 | 57 |
| Álvaro García | Forward | 20 | 53 |
| Iván Balliu | Defender | 20 | 52 |
| Nobel Mendy | Defender | 86 | 46 |
| Sergio Camello | Forward | 38 | 45 |
| Óscar Valentín | Midfielder | 90 | 44 |
| Florian Lejeune | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Andrei Rațiu | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Pep Chavarría | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Fran Pérez | Forward | 70 | 37 |
| Gerard Gumbau | Midfielder | 52 | 37 |
| Jorge de Frutos | Forward | 70 | 31 |
| Augusto Batalla | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Randy Nteka | Midfielder | 4 | 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.