Madrid and Vallecano have named their starting sides for their La Liga match at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday.
Los Blancos suffered their first setback of the season in their last league game, losing 1-0 at Betis on September 4.
The result was also the first time they had failed to win since Jose Mourinho’s return as boss, although they beat Inter 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday to ensure they have won all three of their home games in all competitions in 2026/27.
Rayo have four points, winning for the first time with a 3-2 win at home to Racing Santander last Saturday.
Real Madrid confirmed starting team vs Vallecano
Madrid make four changes from their victory over Inter, including a full debut for £120 million winger Yan Diomande.
Defender Antonio Rudiger, midfielder Bernardo Silva and left-back Alvaro Carreras also return.
Real Madrid starting 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 full line up vs Madrid
Vallecano make 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
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
Where to watch Real Madrid v Vallecano: TV channel, live online streams
Kick-off on Saturday is at 20:00 BST (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT). In the UK, live coverage is on Disney Plus.
Live streaming on a vast range of devices is available on the Disney Plus app. Subscriptions in the UK cost between £5.99 and £14.99 monthly or £99.90-£149.90 annually.
Here’s the full list of La Liga international broadcasters.
Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano stats
- Madrid are unbeaten in their last seven meetings with Vallecano (W3 D4) and have won each of their last two 2-1 as hosts of the fixture
- Their only defeat in the last 10 editions of the fixture since April 2019 was a 3-2 away loss in La Liga in November 2022
- Los Blancos have not lost at home to Vallecano in 18 meetings in all competitions (W13 D5) since a 2-1 defeat in La Liga in January 1996, when Guilherme Alves scored twice
- Four of their last six encounters with Vallecano have been draws, with one of the two goalless stalemates along the way arriving at the Bernabeu in November 2023
- Cristiano Ronaldo is the top scorer in the history of the fixture with 12 goals, putting Madrid’s all-time top scorer ahead of the player second to him on that list, Karim Benzema, who has 11
- Vallecano have scored in six of their last eight meetings with Madrid, including four of the last five for a total of six goals
- They are yet to keep a clean sheet in four matches this season and have one in their last eight Liga games, although they have conceded one goal or fewer in four of those contests, with only Barcelona putting more than two past them
- Espanyol and Sevilla (67 each), Real Sociedad (62) and Racing Club (60) are the only sides to have committed more fouls in this season’s Liga than Vallecano (58)
- Only Elche (12) have conceded more goals than Vallecano (10), while Getafe and Sevilla are the only sides who can 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 this season’s division behind Barcelona’s Raphinha (6)
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