India, April 14 -- Vedat Muriqi moved closer to Kylian Mbappe at the top of La Liga's scoring charts this season with a brace as relegation-threatened Mallorca beat Rayo Vallecano 3-0.

The Kosovo striker scored four minutes apart near the end of the first half on Sunday for his 20th and 21st goals of the season in the league, and within two of Mbappe's 23 goals.

The Real Madrid forward was held scoreless in the team's 1-1 draw against Girona on Friday and hasn't scored in the competition since February.

Muriqi has scored three goals in his last two matches with Mallorca. He also scored in the team's 2-1 win over Madrid last weekend.

"I'm very proud," the 31-year-old Muriqi said. "We've done a very good job and now we're out of the rel...