Rayo VallecanoAttacking momentumAth Bilbao
Preview
- As week 26 of the 2025-2026 La Liga arrives, Rayo Vallecano take on Athletic Bilbao at Estadio de Vallecas on 2026-02-28 (kick-off 13:00 GMT).
- There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between Inigo Perez and Ernesto Valverde.
- After 24 matchdays, Rayo Vallecano sit 15th with 26 points and Athletic Bilbao are 8th having collected 34 points.
- Rayo Vallecano is missing 1 player: D. Mendez (Injury) while Athletic Bilbao are missing 7 players: Y. Alvarez (Doping), A. Berenguer (Injury), U. Egiluz (Knee Injury), M. Jauregizar (Injury), B. Prados Diaz (Knee Injury), M. Sannadi (Knee Injury), N. Williams (Groin Injury).
- Our forecast has Rayo Vallecano in a 4-man backline (4-2-3-1), with Athletic Bilbao set to counter in 4-2-3-1.
- Last time out, I. Akhomach registered the best mark for Rayo Vallecano - 6.6 - and Á. Padilla did likewise for Athletic Bilbao with an 7.7 score.
- Rayo Vallecano could only draw 1-1 with Real Betis, but Athletic Bilbao bounced back with a 2-1 win over Elche.
- Momentum favors Athletic Bilbao (4-0-1) after Rayo Vallecano managed only 1-1-3 from 5 matches.
- Athletic Bilbao hold the upper hand H2H: of 23 meetings, they've triumphed 14 times, conceded 4 times and shared 5 draws.
- We're forecasting a stalemate, 1-1, as Rayo Vallecano's 1.00 goals/game at home balance out Athletic Bilbao's 1.31 away scoring.
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Match Info
Team Kits
Rayo Vallecano
Ath Bilbao
Events
| 35' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 36' | VAR- Álvaro García | Goal confirmed | |
| 39' | M. Jauregizar | ||
| 40' | I. Palazon | ||
HT 1 - 0 | |||
| 46' | |||
| 47' | 1 - 1 | ||
| 59' | |||
| 61' | |||
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| 65' | O. Sancet | ||
| 69' | |||
| 71' | D. Vivian | ||
| 73' | |||
| 85' | I. Akhomach | ||
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Rayo Vallecano is going head to head with Ath Bilbao on 28/2/2026 13:00 GMT at Estadio de Vallecas for the Spain La Liga. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Rayo Vallecano v Ath Bilbao H2H statistics!