Rayo are averaging 20.2 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 36 total tackles on average. That puts them 7th of 20 for team tackles per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player tackle-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Barcelona, and a full match-by-match log.
Óscar Valentín leads with 24 tackles across 9 qualifying appearances (2.67/g, 89% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Rayo player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Rayo are averaging 20.2 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 15.8 for a match-total of 36. That ranks 7th of 20 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 13.47 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 1.5 take-ons/g).
Tackle matchup blends the defender's tackles per game (50%), the opposition attacker's take-on rate (30%), and the defender's underlying tackle propensity (20%). For the upcoming fixture against Barcelona, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Rayo's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Rayo fixtures in the active window for 2026/2027. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced. Pre-match lineups are predicted lineups until team news lands, then confirmed.
A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their tackle rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded so the rates aren't diluted by 5-minute substitutions.
We count attempted tackles per Sportmonks' definition. That matches what Bet365 settles 1+ tackles markets on, so the page's hit-rate and the bookmaker's pricing are aligned.
| Player | Position | Apps | Tackles | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florian Lejeune | defender | 9 | 23 | 2.56 | 100% |
| Oscar Trejo | midfielder | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Ilias Akhomach | attacker | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Pelayo Fernández | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Óscar Valentín | midfielder | 9 | 24 | 2.67 | 89% |
| Pep Chavarría | defender | 7 | 11 | 1.57 | 86% |
| Alfonso Espino | defender | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 83% |
| Randy Nteka | midfielder | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 80% |
| Andrei Rațiu | defender | 8 | 23 | 2.88 | 75% |
| Sergio Camello | attacker | 8 | 10 | 1.25 | 75% |
| Iván Balliu | defender | 4 | 8 | 2 | 75% |
| Nobel Mendy | defender | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 75% |
| Isi Palazón | attacker | 4 | 4 | 1 | 75% |
| Pathé Ciss | midfielder | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 70% |
| Jorge de Frutos | attacker | 10 | 12 | 1.2 | 70% |
| Unai López | midfielder | 9 | 11 | 1.22 | 67% |
| Pedro Díaz | midfielder | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 50% |
| Gerard Gumbau | midfielder | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 50% |
| Jozhua Vertrouwd | defender | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 50% |
| Carlos Martín | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Alexandre Zurawski | attacker | 9 | 5 | 0.56 | 33% |
| Álvaro García | attacker | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 25% |
| Augusto Batalla | goalkeeper | 9 | 1 | 0.11 | 11% |
| Fran Pérez | attacker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Dani Cárdenas | goalkeeper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Aug 2026 | Deportivo Alavés | Home | 1-1 | 17 | 17 | 34 | Andrei Rațiu (3) |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Sevilla | Away | 2-1 | 17 | 20 | 37 | Florian Lejeune (4) |
| 27 May 2026 | Crystal Palace | Away | 1-0 | 12 | 13 | 25 | Florian Lejeune (4) |
| 23 May 2026 | Deportivo Alavés | Away | 1-2 | 19 | 14 | 33 | Iván Balliu (5) |
| 17 May 2026 | Villarreal | Home | 2-0 | 30 | 14 | 44 | Óscar Valentín (6) |
| 14 May 2026 | Valencia | Away | 1-1 | 22 | 18 | 40 | Gerard Gumbau (6) |
| 11 May 2026 | Girona | Home | 1-1 | 15 | 19 | 34 | Andrei Rațiu (4) |
| 7 May 2026 | Strasbourg | Away | 0-1 | 30 | 10 | 40 | Óscar Valentín (7) |
| 3 May 2026 | Getafe | Away | 0-2 | 24 | 17 | 41 | Pathé Ciss (5) |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Strasbourg | Home | 1-0 | 16 | 16 | 32 | Andrei Rațiu (5) |