Rayo Vallecano 1–0 Espanyol
- Camello 87'
23 April 2026
The match in data
Rayo Vallecano got the better of Espanyol, 1–0, on 23 April 2026, on matchday 33 of the 2025-26 La Liga.
Player of the match: Carlos Romero (Espanyol), rated 64, thanks above all to 3 interceptions and 6 final-third passes. Romero produced 1.1 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Rayo Vallecano, the highest-rated player was Jozhua Vertrouwd, with 56.
Kike García missed a penalty at 74'.
Carlos Romero
Espanyol · 90'
Produced 1.13× and cost 0.45× their position's average
- 3 interceptions 2.8×
- 6 final-third passes 1.1×
- 4 tackles 2.1×
- 8 misplaced passes 1.2×
- 2 duels lost 0.5×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jozhua Vertrouwd | Defender | 81 | 56 |
| Pep Chavarría | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Pathé Ciss | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| Ilias Akhomach | Forward | 32 | 52 |
| Jorge de Frutos | Forward | 90 | 51 |
| Andrei Rațiu | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Isi Palazón | Forward | 90 | 46 |
| Alexandre Zurawski | Forward | 76 | 46 |
| Óscar Valentín | Midfielder | 76 | 46 |
| Pedro Díaz | Midfielder | 81 | 44 |
| Alfonso Espino | Defender | 58 | 30 |
| Dani Cárdenas | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Gerard Gumbau | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Unai López | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Abdul Mumin | Defender | 9 | no rating |
| Sergio Camello | Forward | 9 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Pickel | Midfielder | 44 | 72 |
| Carlos Romero ★ | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Tyrhys Dolan | Forward | 78 | 58 |
| Fernando Calero | Defender | 78 | 51 |
| Ludovic Taillandier | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Pol Lozano | Midfielder | 46 | 44 |
| Edu Expósito | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Roberto Fernández | Forward | 67 | 42 |
| Kike García | Forward | 90 | 37 |
| Pere Milla | Forward | 90 | 35 |
| Ramón Terrats | Midfielder | 23 | 32 |
| Omar El Hilali | Defender | 90 | 30 |
| Marko Dmitrovic | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Clemens Riedel | Defender | 12 | no rating |
| Cyril Ngonge | Forward | 12 | no rating |
| Miguel Rubio | Defender | 8 | 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.