Kylian Mbappe produced two targets and an help and Jude Bellingham scored his third aim of the season as Actual Madrid moved second in La Liga and stayed excellent at dwelling this season with victory over Rayo Vallecano in La Liga.
Final season’s Liga high scorer transformed a 14th-minute penalty after Florian Lejeune tripped Alvaro Carreras and arrange the left-back to fireplace in from contained in the field three minutes later.
Bellingham collected Vinicius Junior’s move to hit the third from the sting of the field within the thirty fifth minute, though Vallecano replied when Sergio Camello prodded in his sixth aim in 4 video games.
Mbape arrowed in a fourth with a low drive to finish a counter-attack within the 91st minute as Madrid ensured they’ve received all 4 of their dwelling matches in all competitions this season, though their 1-0 defeat at Betis on September 4 means they’re degree on factors with leaders Barcelona however have a sport much less to play.
Actual Madrid workforce vs Vallecano
Madrid made 4 adjustments from their 2-1 victory at dwelling to Inter within the Champions League on Tuesday, together with a full debut for £120 million winger Yan Diomande.
Defender Antonio Rudiger, midfielder Bernardo Silva and Carreras additionally returned.
Actual Madrid beginning XI: Thibaut Courtois, Denzel Dumfries, Ibrahima Konate, Antonio Rudiger, Alvaro Carreras, Bernardo Silva, Federico Valverde, Yan Diomande, Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Jr, Kylian Mbappe
Madrid substitutes: Andrii Lunin, Raul Asencio, Dean Huijsen, Eduardo Camavinga, Endrick, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Aurelien Tchoumaneni, Arda Guler, Marc Cucurella, Carlos Espi, Brahim Diaz, Thiago Pitarch
Rayo Vallecano workforce vs Madrid
Vallecano made three adjustments from their 3-2 dwelling win over Racing every week earlier, bringing in goalkeeper Emil Audero, midfielder Gnangoro Bouare and winger Giorgi Tsitaishvili.
Rayo Vallecano beginning XI: Emil Audero, Andrei Ratiu, Florian Lejeune, Pathe Ciss, Adria Pedrosa, Unai Lopez, Gnangoro Bouare, Pedro Diaz, Jorge de Frutos, Sergio Camello, Alvaro García
Vallecano substitutes: Adrian Molina, Dani Cardenas, Alemao, Mujaid Sadick, Ivan Balliu, Pelayo Fernandez, Marco de Las Sias, Marash Kumbulla, Oscar Valentin, Samu Becerra, Marco Roman
Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano stats
- Madrid are unbeaten of their final eight conferences with Vallecano (W4 D4) and have received every of their final three as hosts of the fixture
- Their solely defeat within the final 11 editions of the fixture since April 2019 was a 3-2 away loss in La Liga in November 2022
- Los Blancos haven’t misplaced at dwelling to Vallecano in 19 conferences in all competitions (W14 D5) since a 2-1 defeat in La Liga in January 1996, when Guilherme Alves scored twice
- 4 of their previous six encounters with Vallecano have been attracts, with one of many two goalless stalemates alongside the way in which arriving on the Bernabeu in November 2023
- Cristiano Ronaldo is the highest scorer within the historical past of the fixture with 12 targets, placing Madrid’s all-time high scorer forward of the participant second to him on that listing, Karim Benzema, who has 11
- Vallecano have scored in seven of their final 9 conferences with Madrid, together with 5 of the final six for a complete of seven targets
- They’re but to maintain a clear sheet in 5 matches this season and have one of their final 9 Liga video games, though they’ve conceded one aim or fewer in 4 of these contests, with solely Barcelona and Madrid placing greater than two previous them
- Espanyol and Sevilla (67 every), Actual Sociedad (62) and Racing Membership (60) are the one sides to have dedicated extra fouls on this season’s Liga than Vallecano (58)
- Solely Elche (12) have conceded extra targets than Vallecano (10), whereas Getafe and Sevilla are the one sides who can match their whole of two purple playing cards within the 2026/27 high flight
- Solely Barcelona’s Raphinha (6) has matched Camello’s targets tally on this season’s division
