Madrid and Vallecano have named their starting teams for their La Liga match at the Santiago Bernabéu on Saturday.
Los Blancos suffered their first setback of the season in their final league game, losing 1-0 to Betis on September 4.
The result was also the first time they had not won since Jose Mourinho’s return as manager, although they did beat Inter 2-1 in the game. Champions League on Tuesday to ensure they have won all three home games in all competitions in 2026/27.
Rayo has four pointswinning for the first time with a 3-2 win at home to Racing de Santander last Saturday.
Real Madrid has confirmed the starting team against Vallecano
Madrid made four changes from their win over Inter, including a full debut for £120m winger Yan Diomande.
Also returning are defender Antonio Rudiger, midfielder Bernardo Silva and left back Alvaro Carreras.
Real Madrid starting eleven: Thibaut Courtois, Denzel Dumfries, Ibrahima Konate, Antonio Rudiger, Alvaro Carreras, Bernardo Silva, Federico Valverde, Yan Diomande, Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Jr, Kylian Mbappe
Substitutes from Madrid: Andrii Lunin, Raul Asencio, Dean Huijsen, Eduardo Camavinga, Endrick, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Aurelien Tchoumaneni, Arda Guler, Marc Cucurella, Carlos Espi, Brahim Diaz, Thiago Pitarch
Full lineup Rayo Vallecano vs Madrid
Vallecano made three changes from that win over Racing, bringing in goalkeeper Emil Audero, midfielder Gnangoro Bouare and winger Giorgi Tsitaishvili.
Rayo Vallecano starting XI: Emil Audero, Andrei Ratiu, Florian Lejeune, Pathe Ciss, Adria Pedrosa, Unai Lopez, Gnangoro Bouare, Pedro Diaz, Jorge de Frutos, Sergio Camello, Alvaro García
substitutes of Vallecano: Adrian Molina, Dani Cardenas, Alemao, Mujaid Sadick, Ivan Balliu, Pelayo Fernandez, Marco de Las Sias, Marash Kumbulla, Oscar Valentin, Samu Becerra, Marco Roman
Where to watch Real Madrid-Vallecano: TV channel, live online broadcasts
Kick-off on Saturday is 20:00 BST (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT). In the UK, live coverage is on Disney Plus.
Live streaming on a wide range of devices is available on the Disney Plus app. UK subscriptions cost between £5.99 and £14.99 per month or between £99.90 and £149.90 per year.
Here is the full list of International broadcasters of the League.
Statistics Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano
- Madrid are unbeaten in their last seven meetings with Vallecano (3W, 4D) and have won each of the last two 2-1 as hosts of the match.
- Their only defeat in the last 10 editions of the game since April 2019 was a 3-2 La Liga defeat in November 2022.
- Los Blancos have not lost at home to Vallecano in 18 games in all competitions (13 wins, 5 draws) since a 2-1 La Liga defeat in January 1996, when Guilherme Alves scored twice.
- Four of their last six meetings with Vallecano have been draws, with one of the two goalless stalemates on the way to the Bernabéu in November 2023.
- Cristiano Ronaldo is the top scorer in the game’s history with 12 goals, which puts Madrid’s all-time top scorer ahead of the second player on this list, Karim Benzema, who has 11.
- Vallecano has scored in six of his last eight meetings with Madrid, including four of his last five, with a total of six goals.
- They are yet to keep a clean sheet in four games this season and have had one in their last eight La Liga games, although they have conceded one goal or less in four of those games, with only Barcelona having more than two.
- Espanyol and Sevilla (67 each), Real Sociedad (62) and Racing Club (60) are the only teams to have committed more fouls in La Liga this season than Vallecano (58).
- Only Elche (12) have conceded more goals than Vallecano (10), while Getafe and Sevilla are the only teams to match their total of two red cards in the 2026/27 top flight.
- With four goals in five games, Sergio Camello is the second top scorer in the division this season behind Barcelona’s Raphinha (6).