Rayo Vallecano vs Racing Santander – Result & match summary
Events
Goals, cards, substitutions and key match events.
Momentum
Who applied more pressure, minute by minute.
Rayo Vallecano
Match statistics
Top performers
About the match
Rayo Vallecano defeated Racing Santander 3–2 on 5 September 2026 in La Liga.
Lineups
Rayo Vallecano: (4-3-3) Dani Cárdenas, Andrei Rațiu, Pedro Díaz, Pathé Ciss, Unai López, Sergio Camello, Adrià Pedrosa, Álvaro García, Jorge de Frutos, Óscar Valentín, Florian Lejeune.
Racing Santander: (4-2-3-1) Álvaro Mantilla, Manu Hernando, Iñigo Vicente, Julen Agirrezabala, Pablo García, Facundo González, Jorge Salinas, Matteo Prati, Sergio Canales, Yassir Zabiri, Iván Martín.
Substitutions
Rayo Vallecano: Alemão for Sergio Camello, Gnangoro for Óscar Valentín, Fran Pérez for Jorge de Frutos, Giorgi Tsitaishvili for Álvaro García, Iván Balliu for Adrià Pedrosa.
Racing Santander: André Almeida for Matteo Prati, Jeanuël Belocian for Facundo González, Pablo Ramón for Manu Hernando, Juan Carlos Arana for Pablo García, Aarón Martín for Álvaro Mantilla.
Sidelined players
Rayo Vallecano: Raúl de Tomás, Augusto Batalla, Marash Kumbulla.
Racing Santander: Andrés Martín, Iker Luque.
Match statistics
Rayo Vallecano had 49% of the possession, compared with 51% for Racing Santander.
Rayo Vallecano registered 16 shots, with 10 on target. Racing Santander had 9 shots, with 4 on target.
Rayo Vallecano won 9 corners, while Racing Santander won 6.
Top players
Rayo Vallecano: Sergio Camello scored 2 goals, Unai López provided 2 assists, and Andrei Rațiu was the highest-rated player (7.4).
Racing Santander: Pablo García scored 1 goal and Sergio Canales was the highest-rated player (7.6).