Rayo Vallecano vs Celta Vigo Competition – Spanish Primera Liga Stadium: Estadio de Vallecas Date: 11th December 2023 Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT
Celta Vigo will travel to the capital this Monday to face Rayo Vallecano in the 16th round of the 2023/24 La Liga season. The hosts were made to sweat in midweek for their 2-0 victory over Segunda División RFEF outfit Yeclano in the Copa del Rey, with late goals from veteran striker Radamel Falcao and Raúl de Tomás sealing the win. They will now hope to build on that win here in the league where Los Franjirrojos are struggling after recording one victory since mid-September (D7, L2). That run of form has seen them plummet down the table, even if they were still ten points above the drop zone after round 15. A return home to the Estadio de Vallecas would have been encouraging for them if not that they are winless in their last four league home games despite scoring first in those games. So they may have to work hard again for a win here, given that they are winless in four games against Celta Vigo (D2, L2). But the visitors travel to Madrid in dire form, having not won a league game in eleven outings (D5, L6)-their joint-longest winless run in the Spanish top-flight this century. Celta received a small midweek boost with a cup win of their own over lower-tier Sestao in the Copa del Rey. It is their league form which has piled the pressure on manager Rafael Benítez, whose side sits in the relegation zone. The boss insists he’s still got the support of the club, but he will be only too aware that defeat in this fixture will lead to further speculation over his future. Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera Liga: Spanish Primera Liga Table
May 3, 2024
Getafe
20:00
Athletic Bilbao
May 4, 2024
Real Sociedad
13:00
Las Palmas
Real Madrid
15:15
Cadiz
Girona
17:30
Barcelona
Mallorca
20:00
Atlético de Madrid
May 5, 2024
Osasuna
13:00
Real Betis
Celta Vigo
15:15
Villarreal
Valencia
17:30
Alaves
Rayo Vallecano
20:00
Almeria
Sevilla
20:00
Granada
May 10, 2024
Alaves
20:00
Girona
May 11, 2024
Mallorca
13:00
Las Palmas
Villarreal
15:15
Sevilla
Granada
17:30
Real Madrid
Athletic Bilbao
20:00
Osasuna
May 12, 2024
Cadiz
13:00
Getafe
Atlético de Madrid
15:15
Celta Vigo
Valencia
17:30
Rayo Vallecano
Real Betis
20:00
Almeria
May 13, 2024
Barcelona
20:00
Real Sociedad
#
Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Real Madrid
33
26
6
1
71
22
+49
84
2
Barcelona
33
22
7
4
68
39
+29
73
3
Girona
33
22
5
6
69
40
+29
71
4
Atlético de Madrid
33
20
4
9
62
39
+23
64
5
Athletic Bilbao
33
16
10
7
53
33
+20
58
6
Real Sociedad
33
13
12
8
46
35
+11
51
7
Real Betis
33
12
13
8
41
39
+2
49
8
Valencia
33
13
8
12
37
38
-1
47
9
Villarreal
33
12
9
12
54
55
-1
45
10
Getafe
33
10
13
10
41
45
-4
43
11
Osasuna
33
11
6
16
37
49
-12
39
12
Alaves
33
10
8
15
31
38
-7
38
13
Sevilla
33
9
11
13
42
46
-4
38
14
Las Palmas
33
10
7
16
30
41
-11
37
15
Rayo Vallecano
33
7
13
13
27
42
-15
34
16
Mallorca
33
6
14
13
27
39
-12
32
17
Celta Vigo
33
7
10
16
37
50
-13
31
18
Cadiz
33
4
14
15
23
46
-23
26
19
Granada
33
4
9
20
36
61
-25
21
20
Almeria
33
1
11
21
32
67
-35
14
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