This game is one of the most important that this struggling Rayo Vallecano will play this season as they look to avoid having too much to do in the second half of the season.

The hosts are already sitting 6 points from safety at this stage of the season and they face an Eibar side that just defeated Real Madrid 3-0 in a shocking and morale-boosting win.

Eibar’s win over Madrid could have been by a bigger margin and that has taken them into the top half of the league table.

Eibar will be out to get some consistency with another win here.

Rayo Vallecano are still looking to earn their first home win of the season.

They have led in their last two home games against Barcelona and Villarreal but still ended up picking up just a point from those games.

Both teams have scored in every home game that Rayo has played this season and this could be yet another entertaining encounter.

Eibar primary tactic is basically getting men out wide and swinging in crosses.

This caused lots of problems for Real Madrid last weekend and that could be the case against this shaky Rayo defence.

While the home team has their own struggles, the visitors have kept a clean sheet in only 17 % of their away games this season making this an interesting tie.

This is one of the closest betting markets in the Spanish Primera this weekend as bookmakers make Eibar slender favourites to come out on top.  Rayo are closely priced to get all three points while goal markets are undecided whether or not we will see goals.

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

Rayo Vallecano

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
D	Rayo Vallecano		2-2		Villarreal	11 Nov, 2018	Spanish Primera División
L	Rayo Vallecano		2-3		Barcelona	3 Nov, 2018	Spanish Primera División
D	Leganes		2-2		Rayo Vallecano	30 Oct, 2018	Spanish Copa del Rey
L	Girona		2-1		Rayo Vallecano	27 Oct, 2018	Spanish Primera División
D	Rayo Vallecano		1-1		Athletic Bilbao	24 Oct, 2018	Spanish Primera División

Eibar

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
D	Real Valladolid		0-0		Eibar	10 Nov, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Eibar		2-1		Alavés	4 Nov, 2018	Spanish Primera División
L	Sporting Gijón		2-0		Eibar	1 Nov, 2018	Spanish Copa del Rey
L	Celta Vigo		4-0		Eibar	27 Oct, 2018	Spanish Primera División
D	Eibar		1-1		Athletic Bilbao	21 Oct, 2018	Spanish Primera División

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES					DATE	COMPETITION
Rayo Vallecano		1-1		Eibar	12 Mar, 2016	Spanish Primera División
Eibar		1-0		Rayo Vallecano	1 Nov, 2015	Spanish Primera División
Eibar		1-2		Rayo Vallecano	3 Apr, 2015	Spanish Primera División
Rayo Vallecano		2-3		Eibar	3 Nov, 2014	Spanish Primera División
Eibar		0-1		Rayo Vallecano	29 Mar, 2009	Spanish Segunda División

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

Spanish Primera Table

Spanish Primera Results