Real Madrid have lost two of their last five matches against Rayo Vallecano in LaLiga (W3), having not lost any of their previous 19 previous meetings against them in the competition (W18 D1).

Real Madrid and Rayo Vallecano have not drawn in any of their 21 LaLiga meetings in the 21st Century (19 wins for Los Blancos, two for Los Rayo Vallecano), making it the fixture in the competition that has been contested the most times in this period without a draw (followed by Real Madrid vs Granada with 18).

Real Madrid have won each of their last 11 home games against Rayo Vallecano, averaging 3.8 goals per game during this run. In addition, Los Blancos have gone 13 matches without a home defeat in competition against Rayo Vallecano (W12 D1), dating back to a 1-2 loss in January 1996.

Real Madrid have not lost any of their last 21 Madrid derbies at home in LaLiga (W17 D4), since a 0-1 defeat to Atlético de Madrid in February 2016, scoring at least one goal in each of their last 13 (W12 D1).

Rayo Vallecano have not lost any of their last seven LaLiga games (W2 D5) and could gone eight straight games without defeat for the first time in top-flight history.

Jude Bellingham has scored 10 goals in his first 10 LaLiga games for Real Madrid, the fastest player to reach that figure for Los Blancos in the competition in the 21st century. The last Real Madrid player to score 11 goals in the fewest games in LaLiga since his debut in the 21st century was Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009/10 season (13).

In his most recent match against Rayo Vallecano, Rodrygo scored his first LaLiga goal against Rayo Vallecano, giving Real Madrid victory at the Santiago Bernabéu in May 2023. The Brazilian has not scored in two successive home games against any opponent in the competition.

Bebé has scored in each of his last two LaLiga games for Rayo Vallecano (a goal against Las Palmas and a goal against Real Sociedad), both as a substitute, scoring in consecutive games for the first time in his career in the competition (150 appearances).

Rayo Vallecano’s Francisco Rodríguez has not won any of his five matches against Real Madrid in LaLiga, losing four of them, but drawing the most recent (2-2 with Elche in January 2022 at the Santiago Bernabéu).

Carlo Ancelotti has lost just one of his eight meetings with Rayo Vallecano in LaLiga (W7) and has won each of his four home games against them in the competition, scoring a total of 14 goals in those four meetings (3.5 per game).