The visiting Rodrigo Ely helped Vallecano into the lead, knocking the ball into the net after a corner kick in the 54th minute. Substitute Álvaro García added the insurance in the 63rd minute after a few tens of seconds on the turf.
Rayo is three points behind fourth-placed Atlético Madrid, Almería is fourteenth with a three-point lead over the relegation zone.
| Spanish Football League – Round 20: |
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| Vallecano – Almería 2:0 (54. vlastní Ely, 63. García). |
| Table: | |||||||
| 1. | FC Barcelona | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 42:7 | 53 |
| 2. | Real Madrid | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 40:17 | 45 |
| 3. | San Sebastian | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 28:19 | 39 |
| 4. | Atletico Madrid | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 29:17 | 35 |
| 5. | Vallecano | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27:22 | 32 |
| 6. | Villarreal | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 22:17 | 31 |
| 7. | Betis Seville | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 24:20 | 31 |
| 8. | Bilbao | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29:21 | 29 |
| 9. | Pamplona | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 19:19 | 29 |
| 10. | Mallorca | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 16:18 | 28 |
| 11. | Girona | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27:29 | 24 |
| 12. | Celtic vigo | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22:32 | 23 |
| 13. | Valladolid | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 15:28 | 23 |
| 14. | Almeria | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 23:31 | 22 |
| 15. | Spanish Barcelona | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 24:30 | 21 |
| 16. | FC Sevilla | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21:29 | 21 |
| 17. | Valencia | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 25:24 | 20 |
| 18. | Cadiz | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 15:33 | 19 |
| 19. | Getafe | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17:27 | 18 |
| 20. | Elche | 20 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15:40 | 9 |
