Rayo Vallecano vs Atletico Madrid Competition – Spanish Primera Liga Stadium: Estadio de Vallecas Date: 28th August 2023 Kick-off time – 20:30 GMT
La Liga resumes on Monday as Rayo Vallecano welcome city rivals and title hopefuls Atletico Madrid to the Campo de Futbol de Vallecas. The hosts are looking to make it three wins in three games after recording back-to-back wins over Almeria (2-0) and Granada (2-0) in their opening two games. So they come into this tie sitting in second place in the La Liga table, with the chance of remaining in the top three if they win. For a team that finished outside the top half last season courtesy of a poor run of form towards the end of the season (W1. L4), starting strongly with two wins and two clean sheets away from home indicates improvement under Francisco Rodriguez. The Spanish coach will now hope he can keep his side’s brilliant start to the season going as they attempt to end a run of 15 games without a win against Atletico Madrid (D4, L11) in all competitions. The visitors make the short trip across Madrid in dour mood after recording a drab goalless draw with Real Betis in their last outing. That result followed an opening day 3-1 win over Granada. Atletico come into this fixture looking to get back to winning ways to keep them firmly planted within the top six places as they attempt to battle for the title this season. Given their unbeaten record against Vallecano since 2013, Diego Simeone’s side will fancy their chances of getting a good result here. However, Rojiblancos have a poor recent away record in La Liga, winning just one of their last six away league games (D3, L2). Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera Liga: Spanish Primera Liga Table
May 16, 2024
Las Palmas
18:30
Real Betis
Almeria
20:30
Barcelona
Real Sociedad
21:00
Valencia
May 18, 2024
Alaves
20:00
Getafe
May 19, 2024
Mallorca
18:00
Almeria
Villarreal
18:00
Real Madrid
Granada
18:00
Celta Vigo
Valencia
18:00
Girona
Cadiz
18:00
Las Palmas
Real Betis
18:00
Real Sociedad
Barcelona
18:00
Rayo Vallecano
Atlético de Madrid
18:00
Osasuna
Athletic Bilbao
18:00
Sevilla
#
Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Real Madrid
36
29
6
1
83
22
+61
93
2
Barcelona
35
23
7
5
72
43
+29
76
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 Betis
35
14
13
8
46
41
+5
55
7
Real Sociedad
35
14
12
9
48
37
+11
54
8
Villarreal
36
14
9
13
60
60
+0
51
9
Valencia
35
13
9
13
37
39
-2
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
Rayo Vallecano
36
8
14
14
29
44
-15
38
15
Celta Vigo
36
9
10
17
42
54
-12
37
16
Las Palmas
35
10
7
18
30
44
-14
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
35
2
11
22
35
70
-35
17
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