Rayo Vallecano vs Osasuna Competition – Spanish Primera Liga Stadium: Estadio de Vallecas Date: 14th April 2023 Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT
Osasuna will look to continue their quest for a place in Europe next season when they travel to the Campo de Futbol de Vallecas in Madrid to face struggling Rayo Vallecano. The hosts only recently were gunning for a top-eight finish after a strong start to the season but a series of poor results has hampered their quest, and they find themselves eight points away from sixth-placed Real Betis. They come into this tie on a run of eight La Liga (LL) games without a win (D5, L3) following Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Atlético Madrid. However, they still sit ten points clear of the relegation zone in a relatively comfortable mid-table position but will be hoping for three points sooner rather than later. As that derby defeat was their first loss in five home matches (W1, D3), staying calm could serve them well, although they can’t relax too much having only won one of the last four H2Hs here (D1, L2), including a 3-0 defeat last season. Osasuna’s 2-1 win over Elche last weekend saw them overtake their hosts in the La Liga table with one point. For the second time in the week, the visitors rallied to produce a result after trailing 1-0 at the break following their 1-1 extra-time draw with Athletic Bilbao that put them into the Copa del Rey final. With that final with Real Madrid to look forward to next month, Osasuna could be forgiven for taking their eye off the ball but they remain focused as a win here would lift them – albeit temporarily – into seventh place, a ranking which would see them in position to qualify for Europe. However, to do so, they’ll need to build on their current record of one La Liga away win in eight attempts (D5, L2), with them failing to score in three of the last four of those fixtures. This game gets underway at 20:00 BST. Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera Liga: Spanish Primera Liga Table
May 18, 2024
Alaves
20:00
Getafe
May 19, 2024
Atlético de Madrid
18:00
Osasuna
Barcelona
18:00
Rayo Vallecano
Real Betis
18:00
Real Sociedad
Cadiz
18:00
Las Palmas
Mallorca
18:00
Almeria
Granada
18:00
Celta Vigo
Valencia
18:00
Girona
Villarreal
18:00
Real Madrid
Athletic Bilbao
18:00
Sevilla
May 25, 2024
Rayo Vallecano
20:00
Athletic Bilbao
Real Madrid
20:00
Real Betis
Sevilla
20:00
Barcelona
Real Sociedad
20:00
Atlético de Madrid
Almeria
20:00
Cadiz
Osasuna
20:00
Villarreal
Girona
20:00
Granada
Getafe
20:00
Mallorca
Celta Vigo
20:00
Valencia
Las Palmas
20:00
Alaves
#
Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Real Madrid
36
29
6
1
83
22
+61
93
2
Barcelona
36
24
7
5
74
43
+31
79
3
Girona
36
23
6
7
75
45
+30
75
4
Atlético de Madrid
36
23
4
9
67
39
+28
73
5
Athletic Bilbao
36
17
11
8
58
37
+21
62
6
Real Sociedad
36
15
12
9
49
37
+12
57
7
Real Betis
36
14
14
8
48
43
+5
56
8
Villarreal
36
14
9
13
60
60
+0
51
9
Valencia
36
13
9
14
37
40
-3
48
10
Getafe
36
10
13
13
41
51
-10
43
11
Alaves
36
11
9
16
34
45
-11
42
12
Sevilla
36
10
11
15
47
50
-3
41
13
Osasuna
36
11
8
17
40
54
-14
41
14
Las Palmas
36
10
8
18
32
46
-14
38
15
Rayo Vallecano
36
8
14
14
29
44
-15
38
16
Celta Vigo
36
9
10
17
42
54
-12
37
17
Mallorca
36
7
15
14
29
41
-12
36
18
Cadiz
36
6
14
16
25
49
-24
32
19
Granada
36
4
9
23
37
70
-33
21
20
Almeria
36
2
11
23
35
72
-37
17
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