Deportivo Alavés have some points to catch up on from their 20th place, and the task starts versus Rayo Vallecano. Read more!
- Deportivo Alavés have the fewest scored goals (24) in La Liga
- Rayo Vallecano have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in La Liga
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Deportivo Alavés form and stats
Overall La Liga stats playing at home this season for Deportivo Alavés, who have the fewest scored goals (24) in La Liga, are 4-4-7 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever Deportivo Alavés are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
The regulars are hoping that Alavés will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Osasuna (placed 10th). The defeat against Osasuna was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by Budimir). Goalkeeper Pacheco got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.85 out of ten. Pacheco saved a penalty.
Prior to that, an away loss at Atletico Madrid.This is expected to be a close game, with Deportivo Alavés perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Deportivo Alavés as a small favourite), we find four games. Deportivo Alavés has won two of these, drawn one and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Deportivo Alavés as they are travelling to their away game against Mallorca in the La Liga. That match is three days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Deportivo Alavés here at Estadio de Mendizorroza in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 15 games). On the other hand, Alavés have conceded 18 goals.
Rayo Vallecano form and stats
There's been little loot from Rayo Vallecano's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 14 away games in the La Liga. Rayo Vallecano only have 1 win to counter their 10 defeats and 3 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.
Rayo Vallecano delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Valencia (placed 9th) in their previous fixture. Valentín got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, top player of the team. Valentín hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Granada.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Rayo Vallecano in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Vallecano, zero draws and one defeat.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Rayo Vallecano have conceded 25 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This duo met each other before this season: Rayo Vallecano - Deportivo Alavés 2-0. Deportivo Alavés-Rayo Vallecano H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Deportivo Alavés one win, Rayo Vallecano four wins, zero draws. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Sanmartín Mato 12 goals |   Á. García Rivera 5 goals |  S. Guardiola Navarro 5 goals |
Deportivo Alavés missing players
Rayo Vallecano missing players
| Deportivo Alavés | Rayo Vallecano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 30 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 19 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 10 | 14 |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 32 |
| 53 | 18 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 25 | 37 |
| 94% | 87% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 65% | 53% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 73% |
| 45% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 40% |
| 26% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 14% | 17% |
| 13% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| 45% | 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 43% |
| 16% | 27% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 50% | 40% |
| 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 6.3 | 5.5 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.2 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.9 | 11 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.8 | 11.5 | 13.3 |
| 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| 25% | 24% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 25% | 28% |
| 14.3 | 12.3 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 12.6 | 11.2 |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
- Deportivo Alavés have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Deportivo Alavés have the fewest scored goals (24) in La Liga
- Deportivo Alavés have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in La Liga
- Deportivo Alavés have the the worst goal difference (-29) in La Liga
- Deportivo Alavés is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Rayo Vallecano have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Rayo Vallecano have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Rayo Vallecano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rayo Vallecano have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in La Liga
- Rayo Vallecano haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 31 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 63 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 37 | 72 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 60 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 18 | 29 | 60 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 31 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 44 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 22 | 60 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 31 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 57 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 19 | 57 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 56 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 19 | 56 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 54 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 49 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 46 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 36 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 45 |
| 9 | Valencia | 31 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 43 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 26 | -1 | 42 |
| 10 | Osasuna | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -9 | 41 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 42 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 26 | -6 | 39 |
| 12 | Celta de Vigo | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 36 |
| 13 | Rayo Vallecano | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 25 | -5 | 34 |
| 14 | Getafe | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 22 | -7 | 32 |
| 15 | Elche | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 27 | -12 | 32 |
| 16 | Granada | 31 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 35 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 28 | -17 | 29 |
| 17 | Mallorca | 31 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 33 | -23 | 29 |
| 18 | Cadiz | 31 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -17 | 28 |
| 19 | Levante | 31 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 61 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 36 | -26 | 22 |
| 20 | Deportivo Alavés | 31 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 53 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 35 | -29 | 22 |
