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: Dani Cárdenas (Rayo Vallecano), rated 65, thanks above all to 1.21 goals prevented (4 shots on target worth 1.26; conceded 0) and 2 crosses claimed. Cárdenas produced 3.1 times as much as a goalkeeper typically does, at no cost.
For Espanyol, the highest-rated player was Charles Pickel, with 63.
Kike García missed a penalty at 74'.
Dani Cárdenas
Rayo Vallecano · 90'
Produced 3.12× and cost 0.00× their position's average
- 1.21 goals prevented (4 shots on target worth 1.26; conceded 0) 4.0×
- 2 crosses claimed 1.8×
- 5 recoveries 0.6×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dani Cárdenas ★ | Goalkeeper | 90 | 65 |
| Pep Chavarría | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Jozhua Vertrouwd | Defender | 81 | 51 |
| Isi Palazón | Forward | 90 | 48 |
| Ilias Akhomach | Forward | 32 | 45 |
| Alexandre Zurawski | Forward | 76 | 44 |
| Andrei Rațiu | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Óscar Valentín | Midfielder | 76 | 42 |
| Jorge de Frutos | Forward | 90 | 40 |
| Pathé Ciss | Midfielder | 90 | 40 |
| Pedro Díaz | Midfielder | 81 | 39 |
| Alfonso Espino | Defender | 58 | 28 |
| 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 | 63 |
| Carlos Romero | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Tyrhys Dolan | Forward | 78 | 49 |
| Fernando Calero | Defender | 78 | 46 |
| Marko Dmitrovic | Goalkeeper | 90 | 43 |
| Edu Expósito | Midfielder | 90 | 42 |
| Ludovic Taillandier | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Roberto Fernández | Forward | 67 | 41 |
| Pol Lozano | Midfielder | 46 | 39 |
| Kike García | Forward | 90 | 38 |
| Pere Milla | Forward | 90 | 32 |
| Ramón Terrats | Midfielder | 23 | 29 |
| Omar El Hilali | Defender | 90 | 28 |
| Clemens Riedel | Defender | 12 | no rating |
| Cyril Ngonge | Forward | 12 | no rating |
| Miguel Rubio | Defender | 8 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Rayo Vallecano player completed the most dribbles?
Andrei Rațiu, with 4 completed dribbles. Next: Alfonso Espino 2, Pep Chavarría 1.
Andrei Rațiu led Rayo Vallecano's wide progression with 4 successful dribbles in the 1–0 win. He outpaced Alfonso Espino (2) and Pep Chavarría (1).
Which Espanyol player won the most duels?
Kike García, with 9 duels won. Next: Roberto Fernández 5, Pere Milla 5.
Despite a 1–0 defeat to Rayo Vallecano, Kike García led Espanyol's physical battle with 9 duels won. He finished well clear of Roberto Fernández and Pere Milla, who both won 5.
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.
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