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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:

January 3, 2025
Valencia 21:00 Real Madrid
January 10, 2025
Rayo Vallecano 21:00 Celta Vigo
January 11, 2025
Alaves 14:00 Girona
Real Valladolid 16:15 Real Betis
Espanyol 18:30 Leganes
Sevilla 21:00 Valencia
January 12, 2025
Las Palmas 14:00 Getafe
Atlético de Madrid 16:15 Osasuna
January 13, 2025
Real Sociedad 21:00 Villarreal
January 17, 2025
Espanyol 21:00 Real Valladolid
January 18, 2025
Osasuna 14:00 Rayo Vallecano
Leganes 16:15 Atlético de Madrid
Celta Vigo 18:30 Athletic Bilbao
Getafe 21:00 Barcelona
January 19, 2025
Real Betis 14:00 Alaves
Real Madrid 16:15 Las Palmas
Valencia 18:30 Real Sociedad
Girona 21:00 Sevilla
January 20, 2025
Villarreal 21:00 Mallorca

Spanish Primera Liga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Atlético de Madrid 18 12 5 1 33 12 +21 41
2 Real Madrid 18 12 4 2 41 18 +23 40
3 Barcelona 19 12 2 5 51 22 +29 38
4 Athletic Bilbao 19 10 6 3 29 17 +12 36
5 Villarreal 18 8 6 4 34 30 +4 30
6 Mallorca 19 9 3 7 19 21 -2 30
7 Real Sociedad 18 7 4 7 16 13 +3 25
8 Girona 18 7 4 7 26 25 +1 25
9 Real Betis 18 6 7 5 21 22 -1 25
10 Osasuna 18 6 7 5 23 27 -4 25
11 Celta Vigo 18 7 3 8 27 28 -1 24
12 Rayo Vallecano 18 5 7 6 20 21 -1 22
13 Las Palmas 18 6 4 8 23 27 -4 22
14 Sevilla 18 6 4 8 20 27 -7 22
15 Leganes 18 4 6 8 17 28 -11 18
16 Alaves 18 4 5 9 21 30 -9 17
17 Getafe 18 3 7 8 11 15 -4 16
18 Espanyol 18 4 3 11 16 30 -14 15
19 Valencia 17 2 6 9 16 26 -10 12
20 Real Valladolid 18 3 3 12 12 37 -25 12

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