Real Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano predicted line-ups
La Liga · Sat 12 Sept
Starting XI
Predicted XI · confirmed about 60 minutes before kick-off
Real Madrid
4-3-3Formation· Coach: Z. Zidane

Rayo Vallecano
4-3-3Formation· Coach: Iñigo Pérez
- 25E. Audero
- 22Pelayo Fernández
- 24F. Lejeune
- 17Adrià Pedrosa
- 2A. Rațiu
- 36G. Bouare
- 4Pedro Díaz
- 8Unai López
- 18Álvaro García
- 9Alemão
- 10Sergio Camello
- 25Y. Diomande
- 19Carlos Espí
- 10Kylian Mbappé
- 12T. Alexander-Arnold
- 5J. Bellingham
- 29J. Cestero Sancho
- 18Álvaro Fernández
- 17Marc Cucurella
- 24D. Dumfries
- 4D. Huijsen
- 1T. Courtois
Bench
- 26Sergio Mestre
- 16I. Konaté
- 33Mario Rivas
- 22A. Rüdiger
- 21Brahim Díaz
- 16Thiago Pitarch
- 14A. Tchouaméni
Out
- A. Lunin · Illness
- B. Silva · Red Card
- A. Guler · Red Card
- E. Camavinga · Red Card
- A. Tchouameni · Muscle Injury
- Endrick · Muscle Injury
- Rodrygo · Knee Injury
- T. Pitarch · Knee Injury
Bench
- 1Dani Cárdenas
- 15Mujaid Sadick
- 26Marco de las Sías
- 6P. Ciss
- 23Óscar Valentín
- 21Fran Pérez
- 14G. Tsitaishvili
Out
- R. Nteka · Muscle Injury
- I. Balliu · Ankle Injury
- J. de Frutos · Red Card
- F. Perez · Red Card
- J. Vertrouwd · Muscle Injury
- I. Palazon · Muscle Injury
- A. Batalla · Broken calfbone
- M. Kumbulla · Muscle Injury
We start from each side's last confirmed starting eleven, remove injured and suspended players from the fixture injury feed, and adjust for the coach's recent formation pattern and press-conference team news.
Line-up questions
When are the official Real Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano line-ups published?
Clubs in the La Liga release the team sheet about 60 minutes before kick-off. This page refreshes every few minutes inside that window and swaps the predicted XI for the confirmed one.
How is the probable XI predicted?
We start from each side's last confirmed starting eleven, remove injured and suspended players from the fixture injury feed, and adjust for the coach's recent formation pattern and press-conference team news.
Does the line-up change the prediction?
Yes. Line-ups feed the prediction model: when a key starter is confirmed out, the win probabilities, expected goals and the projected score are regenerated.
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