Athletic Bilbao vs Rayo Vallecano Full Match 2025-26

Athletic Bilbao vs Rayo Vallecano Full Match 2025-26.

Athletic Club Bilbao vs Rayo Vallecano Full Match Replay.
Full Match & Highlights La Liga 2025-2026

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August 25, 2025

Athletic Bilbao will be aiming to make it successive wins at the start of the 2025-26 La Liga campaign when they welcome Rayo Vallecano to San Mames. The Basque outfit opened their season with a 3-2 success over Sevilla, while Rayo started their new domestic campaign with a 3-1 victory over Girona, before also triumphing in the Conference League. Athletic Bilbao finished fourth in Spain’s top flight last season, with the Basque outfit therefore securing a return to the Champions League, and they will again have their eyes on a top-four finish in 2025-26.

The Lions opened their new La Liga campaign with a 3-2 success over Sevilla, and it was a cracking match at San Mames, with the visitors coming from two goals behind to level the scores at 2-2 in the 72nd minute. However, Robert Navarro won it for Athletic Bilbao in the 81st minute, with Ernesto Valverde’s side collecting all three points, and they will now be bidding to put another victory on the board.

Athletic Bilbao have won 25 of their previous 48 matches against Rayo, and they recorded a 3-1 victory when the two teams last locked horns at San Mames in April 2025. The Lions are on a four-game winning run against Rayo Vallecano, while they have not been beaten by the capital side since September 2021, showing the size of the away side’s task on Monday night.

Rayo Vallecano also triumphed in their first match of the new season, running out 3-1 winners over Girona, with Jorge de Frutos, Alvaro Garcia and Isi Palazon on the scoresheet. The capital side then followed that up with a 1-0 victory over Neman in the first leg of their Conference League playoff, with the team therefore in a strong position to reach the league phase of the tournament.

Los Franjirrojos finished eighth in La Liga last term, picking up 52 points from 38 matches, and they are certainly capable of again claiming a European spot in Spain’s top flight. Head coach Inigo Perez will need to balance domestic and European commitments, though, and it remains to be seen whether any further signings are made before the transfer window closes.

Rayo Vallecano have brought six new players to the club this summer, including Luis Felipe and Fran Perez, while their biggest signing has been Augusto Batalla from River Plate.

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