Rayo Vallecano vs Espanyol Preview

Espanyol will be looking to continue their good start to the season as they visit a struggling Rayo Vallecano side in this game.

Rayo come into this game off the back of an impressive 2-2 draw at Real Sociedad, but their season hasn’t exactly gone according to plan so far as they have collected just 4 points from their opening five games of the season.

Their only win so far has come against new boys Huesca, while they have lost their last two home games against Sevilla and Alaves, conceding 9 goals in those games and scoring just twice.

Their fans would be hopeful of a better showing in this game, but Espanyol are on form.

Espanyol head into this game 5^th in the league table after collecting just 3 points less than league leaders Barcelona, although they have played a game more.

Their season has pretty much been inconsistent so far, but they have managed to secure 3 wins, 2 losses and a draw.

The Catalans have also continued their tradition of a strong defence this season as only one of their games this campaign has seen over 2.0 goals scored despite having already played Real Madrid, Celta Vigo, and Valencia.

All three of Espanyol’s wins have come at home this season while they have lost two of their three away games, so Rayo should be hopeful of getting a home win of their own in this game.

This game is the closest game of the week in terms of betting – both teams are separated by less than a quarter of a point so bookmakers aren’t quit sure how this one will go.

Goal markets suggest there could be goals as over 2.5 goals is currently a shade odds-on.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Rayo Vallecano

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	Huesca		0-1		Rayo Vallecano	14 Sep, 2018	Spanish Primera División
L	Atletico Madrid		1-0		Rayo Vallecano	25 Aug, 2018	Spanish Primera División
L	Rayo Vallecano		1-4		Sevilla FC	19 Aug, 2018	Spanish Primera División
L	Gimnastic de Tarragona		2-0		Rayo Vallecano	2 Jun, 2018	Spanish Segunda División
W	Rayo Vallecano		1-0		Lugo	27 May, 2018	Spanish Segunda División

Espanyol

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	Espanyol		1-0		Levante	16 Sep, 2018	Spanish Primera División
L	Alavés		2-1		Espanyol	2 Sep, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Espanyol		2-0		Valencia	26 Aug, 2018	Spanish Primera División
D	Celta Vigo		1-1		Espanyol	18 Aug, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Borussia Monchengladbach		1-3		Espanyol	11 Aug, 2018	Friendly

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES					DATE	COMPETITION
Espanyol		2-1		Rayo Vallecano	7 Mar, 2016	Spanish Primera División
Rayo Vallecano		3-0		Espanyol	23 Oct, 2015	Spanish Primera División
Espanyol		1-1		Rayo Vallecano	3 May, 2015	Spanish Primera División
Rayo Vallecano		1-3		Espanyol	20 Dec, 2014	Spanish Primera División
Espanyol		2-2		Rayo Vallecano	13 Apr, 2014	Spanish Primera División

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

Spanish Primera Table

Spanish Primera Results