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How to playRecreativo de Huelva and Rayo Vallecano meet in the first round of the Copa del Rey on Tuesday, 27 October 2026, a single-leg tie at the Estadio Nuevo Colombino in Huelva with the winner going straight through to the next round. Kick-off is 20:00 GMT. Jesús Galván's Segunda Federación side against Beñat San José's LaLiga team, one match, no replay.
Our record of Recreativo de Huelva's last six matches is two wins, three draws and one defeat, worth nine points, with eight goals scored and six conceded. Much of that run is pre-season work: a 0-0 away to Mérida AD on 22 August 2026, 66 days before this tie, then 1-1 away to CD Extremadura and 1-1 away to Bollullos CF.
The Mérida game is the only clean sheet in the six. They also beat Dos Hermanas CF 1971 3-1 at home and lost 0-1 at home to Real Betis.
The competitive result in the set is the one that says most about them: a 3-2 home win over Xerez Deportivo FC in Segunda Federación, 177 days before this match. Huelva is where they do their damage - two wins from three at home, none from three away - and they failed to score in two of the six.
Rayo Vallecano lost 0-3 at home to Elche in LaLiga three days before this Copa del Rey tie, and drew 1-1 away at Getafe eight days before it. That is one point from the two games immediately preceding a cup trip to a lower-division side.
Recreativo de Huelva
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