The La Liga 2 league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Rayo Vallecano and Espanyol are placed 6th and 1st respectively.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Rayo Vallecano form and stats
As mentioned below, Rayo Vallecano are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 La Liga 2 games.
No payout for Vallecano in their previous match, an away game at Tenerife that ended in defeat 0-1. Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Málaga.
Rayo Vallecano are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga 2 match at Real Oviedo awaits in four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Rayo Vallecano at home in the league. 6 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Espanyol form and stats
Espanyol, who have the fewest conceded goals (0) in La Liga 2, are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the La Liga 2. Espanyol love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
The Espanyol goalkeeper Diego Lopez Rodriguez is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 450 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Raúl de Tomás scored in Espanyol's previous match, the home game against Alcorcón that ended 1-0. Prior to that result Espanyol won their away game at Sabadell. The scoreline was 1-0.
After this away game Espanyol return home for a La Liga 2 game against Mirandés. That game is only three sleeps after this.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Espanyol has managed 3 goals and let in 0 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Rayo Vallecano-Espanyol H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Rayo Vallecano two wins, Espanyol five wins, three draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. de Tomás Gómez 3 goals |   I. Palazón Camacho 2 goals | A. Catena Marugán 1 goals |
Rayo Vallecano missing players
Espanyol missing players
| Rayo Vallecano | Espanyol | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 56 | 26 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 14 | 47 |
| 24 | 13 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 19 |
| 29% | 46% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 37% |
- All of Rayo Vallecano's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Espanyol has the fewest conceded goals (0) in La Liga 2
- Espanyol has the most clean sheets (5) in La Liga 2
- Espanyol has the the best goal difference (+7) in La Liga 2
- Espanyol have not yet conceded a single goal in all their games.
- Espanyol have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Espanyol have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Espanyol have won all their away games so far.
- Espanyol is in the best form (4-1-0)
- Rayo Vallecano has the most scored goals (6) at home in La Liga 2
- Rayo Vallecano has the the best goal difference (+5) at home in La Liga 2
- Rayo Vallecano have won all their matches at home so far.
- Rayo Vallecano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Rayo Vallecano | Last season | Espanyol | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 42 | 21 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 21 | 9 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 12 | 23 | ||
| 60 | 29 | Scored | S | 12 | 27 | ||
| 50 | 21 | Conceded | C | 27 | 58 | ||
| 93% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 79% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 63% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 39% | ||
| 31% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 18% | ||
| 14% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 3% | ||
| 69% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 45% | ||
| 26% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 16% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 47% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 7 | 9 | ||
| 488 | 263 | Total Shots | T S | 189 | 414 | ||
| 183 | 96 | Shots on Target | S O | 57 | 127 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 21% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Espanyol | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Sporting Gijon | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Fuenlabrada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Mallorca | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Ponferradina | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Castellón | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Mirandés | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | FC Cartagena | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Málaga | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 11 | Las Palmas | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Leganés | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 | Real Oviedo | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | Tenerife | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 15 | Real Zaragoza | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | Alcorcón | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 17 | UD Logroñés | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 18 | Almería | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Girona | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 20 | Lugo | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 21 | Albacete | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
| 22 | Sabadell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 0 |