La Liga match prediction: Little separates Getafe and Rayo Vallecano in quality

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 12.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez (17393 seats)

The guesting Rayo Vallecano side are probably odds-on favourites at Getafe, as the away side hold a 14 point edge from their 20 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Getafe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rayo Vallecano have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Getafe form and stats

With 2 La Liga wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Getafe are certainly not brimming with confidence. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Getafe, their manager Flores and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Getafe shared the glory with Atletico Madrid in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Alderete was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.64 out of 10. The defender Alderete won 9 of 9 duels.

Ahead of that match, Getafe lost 0-1 at home to Real Betis.

Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have had two goals or less.

Getafe aren't scoring a lot here at Coliseum Alfonso Pérez in the league, with only {9 goals} from 10 games. Getafe's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rayo Vallecano form and stats

Playing away, Rayo Vallecano have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the La Liga this season. Momentum is building for Rayo Vallecano in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Vallecano goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski is eager to challenge this, with his 234 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Rayo Vallecano are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the match against Almería (placed 14th). Goalkeeper Dimitrievski got the top player rating of the team with 8.31/10. Dimitrievski topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that result Rayo Vallecano won their away game at Villarreal. The scoreline was 1-0.

The visiting Vallecano have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 10 games. As opposed to that, Rayo Vallecano have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Getafe and Rayo Vallecano have met already this season: Rayo Vallecano - Getafe 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Getafe wins - draws - Rayo Vallecano wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GetafeE. Ünal
E. Ünal
6 goals
Rayo VallecanoI. Palazón Camacho
I. Palazón Camacho
5 goals
Rayo VallecanoS. Camello Pérez
S. Camello Pérez
5 goals

Getafe missing players

Rayo Vallecano missing players

Getafe Rayo Vallecano
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 3 10 20
4 2 1 Won W 2 4 9
6 3 1 Drew D 0 3 5
10 5 2 Lost L 1 3 6
17 9 2 Scored S 4 12 27
27 13 5 Conceded C 3 11 22
85% 80% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 85%
60% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 70%
40% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 45%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 25%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 15%
45% 40% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 50%
30% 30% 25% Clean Sheets C S 67% 50% 40%
40% 50% 75% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 25%
 
3 4.2 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.1 5.1
5 3.6 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 5 4.5
3.1 2.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.5 2.6
6 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
9.1 9.7 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10.8 13.3
2.6 2.4 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4 4.8
32% 38% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 30% 28%
 
13.4 12.6 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 14.5 12.8
4.8 4.3 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 5 4.2
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Getafe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Getafe have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Rayo Vallecano have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barcelona 20 17 2 1 42 7 10 8 2 0 22 1 10 9 0 1 20 6 35 53
2 Real Madrid 20 14 3 3 40 17 9 6 3 0 18 7 11 8 0 3 22 10 23 45
3 Real Sociedad 20 12 3 5 28 19 10 5 2 3 12 11 10 7 1 2 16 8 9 39
4 Atletico Madrid 20 10 5 5 29 17 10 4 3 3 15 10 10 6 2 2 14 7 12 35
5 Rayo Vallecano 20 9 5 6 27 22 10 5 2 3 15 11 10 4 3 3 12 11 5 32
6 Villarreal 20 9 4 7 22 17 9 6 1 2 14 7 11 3 3 5 8 10 5 31
7 Real Betis 20 9 4 7 24 20 10 5 2 3 16 11 10 4 2 4 8 9 4 31
8 Athletic Club 20 8 5 7 29 21 11 6 2 3 16 7 9 2 3 4 13 14 8 29
9 Osasuna 20 8 5 7 19 19 10 6 0 4 12 9 10 2 5 3 7 10 0 29
10 Mallorca 20 8 4 8 16 18 10 5 2 3 8 6 10 3 2 5 8 12 -2 28
11 Girona 20 6 6 8 27 29 11 5 3 3 17 15 9 1 3 5 10 14 -2 24
12 Celta de Vigo 20 6 5 9 22 32 10 3 4 3 13 13 10 3 1 6 9 19 -10 23
13 Real Valladolid 20 7 2 11 15 28 10 5 1 4 9 9 10 2 1 7 6 19 -13 23
14 Almería 20 6 4 10 23 31 10 6 1 3 17 12 10 0 3 7 6 19 -8 22
15 Espanyol 20 4 9 7 24 30 10 2 4 4 12 16 10 2 5 3 12 14 -6 21
16 Sevilla 20 5 6 9 21 29 10 3 3 4 10 12 10 2 3 5 11 17 -8 21
17 Valencia 20 5 5 10 25 24 10 4 2 4 17 10 10 1 3 6 8 14 1 20
18 Cadiz 20 4 7 9 15 33 10 2 5 3 9 15 10 2 2 6 6 18 -18 19
19 Getafe 20 4 6 10 17 27 10 2 3 5 9 13 10 2 3 5 8 14 -10 18
20 Elche 20 1 6 13 15 40 10 1 3 6 8 16 10 0 3 7 7 24 -25 9

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.