Rayo Vallecano vs Villarreal Match Preview

Match info:

Rayo Vallecano vs Villarreal

Competition – Spanish Primera Liga

Stadium – Estadio de Vallecas

Date: 6th January

Kick-off time – 21:00 GMT+1

7th position Villarreal travel to the Estadio de Vallecas this Monday evening to face 19th place Rayo Vallecano in the Spanish Primera Liga.


Recent form:

Rayo Vallecano – L W L D D L L

Villarreal – L W L D D W D

Rayo Vallecano have won just 1 of their last 7 while Villarreal have won 2 of their last 7.

Form

The Spanish Primera table looks like this:

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Barcelona 24 16 3 5 65 25 +40 51
2 Real Madrid 24 15 6 3 52 23 +29 51
3 Atlético de Madrid 24 14 8 2 39 16 +23 50
4 Athletic Bilbao 24 12 9 3 37 21 +16 45
5 Villarreal 24 11 8 5 47 35 +12 41
6 Rayo Vallecano 24 9 8 7 27 25 +2 35
7 Mallorca 24 10 4 10 23 30 -7 34
8 Real Betis 24 8 8 8 30 31 -1 32
9 Osasuna 24 7 11 6 29 33 -4 32
10 Girona 24 9 4 11 32 35 -3 31
11 Real Sociedad 24 9 4 11 20 23 -3 31
12 Sevilla 24 8 7 9 29 34 -5 31
13 Getafe 24 7 9 8 20 18 +2 30
14 Celta Vigo 24 8 5 11 35 38 -3 29
15 Espanyol 24 6 6 12 23 36 -13 24
16 Leganes 24 5 9 10 22 35 -13 24
17 Las Palmas 24 6 5 13 29 41 -12 23
18 Valencia 24 5 8 11 25 38 -13 23
19 Alaves 24 5 7 12 28 38 -10 22
20 Real Valladolid 24 4 3 17 15 52 -37 15

A win for Rayo Vallecano will not improve their position but move them level on points with teams outside of the relegation zone.

A win for Villarreal will move them into 6th position ( Europa League qualification).

Head-to-head

These two sides have met 10 times in recent years and Villarreal have come out on top most often.

History

The last 5 meetings between these two sides finished 0:2, 0:2, 1:2, 2:2 and 1:1.

Possible line-ups

Rayo Vallecano (4-4-2)

Rubén
Mojica
Zé Castro
Gálvez
Tito
Perea
Adrián
Saúl
Bangoura
Viera
Bueno

Villarreal (4-4-2)

Asenjo
Costa
Paulista
Musacchio
Mario
Pérez
Trigueros
Bruno
Aquino
Uche
dos Santos

Bookmakers make Villarreal favourites to come out on top in this match.

Odds: Vallecano (12/5) Draw (12/5) Villarreal (11/10)Gamingtips Prediction – Vallecano 1:2 Villarreal 

Rayo Vallecano finished 8th in the Spanish Primera Liga last season.

They scored 50 goals in 38 games and conceded 66.

Villarreal were promoted from the Spanish Segunda divison where they managed to score 68 goals in 42 games and concede just 38.

Based on last season form Vallecano have a great chance however they currently have the worst defensive record in the Spanish Primera (conceded 40 goals in 17 games) and one of the lowest goals scored records (scored 16 goals in 17 games).

Villarreal, on the other hand have the 3rd best defensive record in the division (conceded 18 goals in 17 games) and the 6th best goals scored record (scored 27 goals in 17 games).

On current form, Villarreal are deserved favourites on paper facing a side that have won just 5 of their last 19 matches.

Rayo Vallecano have a chance based on last seasons form – if they are to come out on top in this game they must improve their defensive record and start scoring more than 1 goal per game in one of the highest scoring leagues in Europe.

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