Rayo Vallecano get ready to welcome Real Betis for something different than the ordinary league football: The Copa Del Rey Semi-finals leg 1 of 2.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Rayo Vallecano form and stats
Rayo Vallecano participated in Copa Del Rey the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.Rayo Vallecano are steadily winning La Liga games and points here at Estadio de Vallecas. 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games.
Balliu was the last player to score a league goal for Rayo Vallecano and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Rayo Vallecano haven't scored in 200 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager Sagarna led his Rayo Vallecano to a defeat away at Celta de Vigo. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio de Vallecas. Catena was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.62 out of 10. The defender Catena won 4 of 6 duels.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Vallecano as they have a new game in only three days, a La Liga match thankfully also at home. Osasuna are visiting.
The Rayo Vallecano fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 11 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Rayo Vallecano have only let in 5 goals at home.
Real Betis form and stats
Last season their Copa Del Rey adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The visitors are W6-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Villarreal with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Bellerín was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.33. The defender Bellerín hit one key pass and won 7 of 11 duels.
Betis have another game that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a La Liga match against Levante. A grim schedule for the visiting team!
The travelling fans enjoy Real Betis's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 11 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Real Betis have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Vallecano wins - draws - Real Betis wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Jiménez López 12 goals |  B. Iglesias Quintas 7 goals |  W. da Silva 6 goals |
Rayo Vallecano missing players
Real Betis missing players
| Rayo Vallecano | Real Betis | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 35 | 21 | Scored | S | 29 | 52 | ||
| 23 | 5 | Conceded | C | 19 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 24% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 14.4 | 15.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 14.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 5.7 | ||
| 31% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 36% | ||
| 10.6 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 11.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 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 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 28 | 53 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 47 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 40 |
| 4 | Barcelona | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 38 |
| 5 | Atletico Madrid | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 36 |
| 6 | Villarreal | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 35 |
| 7 | Real Sociedad | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 35 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 34 |
| 9 | Rayo Vallecano | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 31 |
| 10 | Celta de Vigo | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| 11 | Valencia | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -1 | 30 |
| 12 | Osasuna | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -5 | 29 |
| 13 | Espanyol | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 14 | Elche | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -5 | 26 |
| 15 | Getafe | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -3 | 25 |
| 16 | Granada | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 24 |
| 17 | Mallorca | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -15 | 23 |
| 18 | Cadiz | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -18 | 18 |
| 19 | Deportivo Alaves | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -21 | 17 |
| 20 | Levante | 22 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 29 | -25 | 11 |
