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What the record shows
The available record does not support a clear cross-team pattern. No second pattern clears the sample and coverage gates. Limitation: At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
History
Head-to-head
Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.
1Real Madrid
1Draws
0Rayo Vallecano
Real Madrid — Rayo Vallecano · La Liga2–1
Rayo Vallecano — Real Madrid · La Liga0–0
Season-opening preview
Current-season evidence is still building.
This competition's new season has only just started, so PitchMath does not yet hold enough completed matches for a current-season grade. The comparison below is last season's recorded data, shown as historical context.
0 / 2 matches toward the first current-season grade
Previous-season context
Recorded season totals from the source competition. Not current form.
Both clubs played the same competition and season, so these values are directly comparable.
Real Madrid
- Competition
- La Liga
- Season
- 2025/26
- Sample
- 38 matches
- Profile grade
- A
- Data cutoff
- 24 May 2026
- Goals scored2.03 goals/match
- Goals allowed0.92 goals/match
- Expected goals1.51 xG/match
- Expected goals allowed1.01 xG/match
- Shots17.5 shots/match
- Shots allowed10.7 shots/match
- Shots on target6.66 shots/match
- Shots on target allowed3.18 shots/match
- Possession59.4%
- Corners6.29 corners/match
- Corners allowed3.63 corners/match
- Cards2.11 cards/match
- Fouls10 fouls/match
- Clean-sheet frequency37%
- Scoring frequency89%
Rayo Vallecano
- Competition
- La Liga
- Season
- 2025/26
- Sample
- 38 matches
- Profile grade
- A
- Data cutoff
- 24 May 2026
- Goals scored1.08 goals/match
- Goals allowed1.16 goals/match
- Expected goals1.47 xG/match
- Expected goals allowed1.28 xG/match
- Shots13.9 shots/match
- Shots allowed12.2 shots/match
- Shots on target4.82 shots/match
- Shots on target allowed4.18 shots/match
- Possession53.4%
- Corners5.68 corners/match
- Corners allowed5.24 corners/match
- Cards3.03 cards/match
- Fouls13.4 fouls/match
- Clean-sheet frequency32%
- Scoring frequency68%
Evidence quality
How much supports this analysis
Grade D · Unavailableunavailable
Season samples0 / 0home / away teams
Recent samples0 / 0last-five windows
FreshnessUnavailablestale at cutoff
- At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
- At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
- Paired coverage is below the configured metric threshold.
- At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.
- Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.
Known unknowns
- Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
- Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
- The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
- The nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.
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