La Liga match forecast and preview for the Valencia vs Rayo Vallecano clash

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Mon 03.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Mestalla (54000 seats)

Valencia want to sell some tickets for this game despite that the season has been strenuous so far with 26 points and a 18th spot in the La Liga table. Visiting Rayo Vallecano have 8th place with 36 pts.

Insights:
  • Valencia have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in La Liga

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Valencia form and stats

Valencia have played 13 La Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-2-5 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio de Mestalla.

Valencia faced defeat in their previous match, away at Atletico Madrid (0-3). Midfielder Correia was the best player on the team with a rating of 6.91 (out of ten) in that game. Correia dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that, Valencia had a home game versus Osasuna which ended with a victory 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Valencia handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

It should be noted that a peek at the 11 latest league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Valencia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio de Mestalla with 20 goals in 13 league matches. From these home matches, Valencia have conceded only 12 goals.

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Rayo Vallecano form and stats

4 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Rayo Vallecano playing as the away team in the La Liga this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Rayo Vallecano have lost on their last two travels.

Rayo Vallecano played 2-2 against Girona in their previous match. Midfielder Trejo was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.5. Trejo scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 22 successful passes (of 25 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Celta de Vigo wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

Vallecano are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Low-scoring game? 8 of this club's last 10 league fixtures have had two goals or less.

As opposed to that, Rayo Vallecano have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Rayo Vallecano have won at least one point in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) against Valencia.

This was the score when the teams met previously this campaign; Rayo Vallecano - Valencia 2-1. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 8 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Rayo VallecanoI. Palazón Camacho
I. Palazón Camacho
6 goals
ValenciaE. Cavani
E. Cavani
5 goals

Valencia missing players

Rayo Vallecano missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Valencia Rayo Vallecano
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 6 Played P 5 13 26
7 6 4 Won W 3 4 9
5 2 0 Drew D 0 4 9
14 5 2 Lost L 2 5 8
28 20 12 Scored S 5 13 31
31 12 5 Conceded C 4 16 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 85%
58% 54% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 62% 69%
46% 54% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 38% 42%
15% 23% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 23% 23%
4% 8% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
42% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 20% 46% 50%
19% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 60% 38% 35%
38% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 23% 31%
 
5.8 6.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.6 4.6 5.3
4.6 3.5 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.8 4.6
2.6 3.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.8 2.7
5 2 2 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
12.7 13.6 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 11.5 13.8
3.9 4.8 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.8 4.5
27% 32% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 27% 27%
 
11.6 8.5 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.6 13.7 12.4
4.4 3.2 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.4 4.8 4
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Valencia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Valencia have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in La Liga
  • Valencia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 26 22 2 2 49 9 13 11 2 0 27 2 13 11 0 2 22 7 40 68
2 Real Madrid 26 17 5 4 51 21 12 8 4 0 26 9 14 9 1 4 25 12 30 56
3 Atletico Madrid 26 15 6 5 42 19 13 7 3 3 25 11 13 8 3 2 17 8 23 51
4 Real Sociedad 26 14 6 6 35 24 13 6 4 3 15 12 13 8 2 3 20 12 11 48
5 Real Betis 26 13 6 7 34 26 13 7 3 3 19 12 13 6 3 4 15 14 8 45
6 Villarreal 26 12 5 9 32 24 12 7 2 3 17 10 14 5 3 6 15 14 8 41
7 Athletic Club 26 10 6 10 36 28 13 6 2 5 18 11 13 4 4 5 18 17 8 36
8 Rayo Vallecano 26 9 9 8 31 30 13 5 5 3 18 14 13 4 4 5 13 16 1 36
9 Osasuna 26 9 7 10 22 27 13 6 1 6 12 14 13 3 6 4 10 13 -5 34
10 Celta de Vigo 26 9 7 10 32 35 13 5 4 4 19 14 13 4 3 6 13 21 -3 34
11 Mallorca 26 9 5 12 22 27 13 6 3 4 13 10 13 3 2 8 9 17 -5 32
12 Girona 26 8 7 11 40 41 13 6 3 4 23 18 13 2 4 7 17 23 -1 31
13 Getafe 26 7 8 11 27 34 14 5 4 5 16 16 12 2 4 6 11 18 -7 29
14 Sevilla 26 7 7 12 29 42 13 5 3 5 16 16 13 2 4 7 13 26 -13 28
15 Cadiz 26 6 10 10 21 38 13 4 6 3 14 17 13 2 4 7 7 21 -17 28
16 Real Valladolid 26 8 4 14 20 38 13 6 2 5 12 13 13 2 2 9 8 25 -18 28
17 Espanyol 26 6 9 11 32 42 13 3 4 6 17 23 13 3 5 5 15 19 -10 27
18 Valencia 26 7 5 14 28 31 13 6 2 5 20 12 13 1 3 9 8 19 -3 26
19 Almeria 26 7 5 14 30 45 14 7 2 5 21 18 12 0 3 9 9 27 -15 26
20 Elche 26 2 7 17 19 51 13 1 4 8 11 21 13 1 3 9 8 30 -32 13

Valencia:
Table
  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 26 22 2 2 49 9 13 11 2 0 27 2 13 11 0 2 22 7 40 68
2 Real Madrid 26 17 5 4 51 21 12 8 4 0 26 9 14 9 1 4 25 12 30 56
3 Atletico Madrid 26 15 6 5 42 19 13 7 3 3 25 11 13 8 3 2 17 8 23 51
4 Real Sociedad 26 14 6 6 35 24 13 6 4 3 15 12 13 8 2 3 20 12 11 48
5 Real Betis 26 13 6 7 34 26 13 7 3 3 19 12 13 6 3 4 15 14 8 45
6 Villarreal 26 12 5 9 32 24 12 7 2 3 17 10 14 5 3 6 15 14 8 41
7 Athletic Club 26 10 6 10 36 28 13 6 2 5 18 11 13 4 4 5 18 17 8 36
8 Rayo Vallecano 26 9 9 8 31 30 13 5 5 3 18 14 13 4 4 5 13 16 1 36
9 Osasuna 26 9 7 10 22 27 13 6 1 6 12 14 13 3 6 4 10 13 -5 34
10 Celta de Vigo 26 9 7 10 32 35 13 5 4 4 19 14 13 4 3 6 13 21 -3 34
11 Mallorca 26 9 5 12 22 27 13 6 3 4 13 10 13 3 2 8 9 17 -5 32
12 Girona 26 8 7 11 40 41 13 6 3 4 23 18 13 2 4 7 17 23 -1 31
13 Getafe 26 7 8 11 27 34 14 5 4 5 16 16 12 2 4 6 11 18 -7 29
14 Sevilla 26 7 7 12 29 42 13 5 3 5 16 16 13 2 4 7 13 26 -13 28
15 Cadiz 26 6 10 10 21 38 13 4 6 3 14 17 13 2 4 7 7 21 -17 28
16 Real Valladolid 26 8 4 14 20 38 13 6 2 5 12 13 13 2 2 9 8 25 -18 28
17 Espanyol 26 6 9 11 32 42 13 3 4 6 17 23 13 3 5 5 15 19 -10 27
18 Valencia 26 7 5 14 28 31 13 6 2 5 20 12 13 1 3 9 8 19 -3 26
19 Almeria 26 7 5 14 30 45 14 7 2 5 21 18 12 0 3 9 9 27 -15 26
20 Elche 26 2 7 17 19 51 13 1 4 8 11 21 13 1 3 9 8 30 -32 13

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