It's advantage Rayo Vallecano so far with their 6th position in the La Liga 2 table, welcoming Las Palmas who are placed 14th.
- Rayo Vallecano has the most points from losing position (10) in La Liga 2
- Las Palmas have yet to win a game away.
It's no vacation for neither Vallecano nor Las Palmas as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Rayo Vallecano form and stats
19 points is a decent return from 8 La Liga 2 games here at Estadio de Vallecas for Rayo Vallecano. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
A good away victory last time out for Rayo Vallecano, who won 3-2 against Teruel (after extra-time). Preceding that game was the away draw at Girona that finished 0-0.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Rayo Vallecano have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won four times, drawn six and lost two.
Rayo Vallecano have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio de Vallecas with 13 goals in 8 league matches. Defensively Vallecano have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Las Palmas form and stats
Las Palmas have only collected 6 points from their away games in the La Liga 2, after 0-6-3 (9 played). Palmas have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row. Las Palmas has drawn their two previous away games.
Palmas have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 251 minutes ago. E. Loiodice was the goal scorer. 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. Palmas goalkeeper Alejandro Dominguez Romero is eager to challenge this, with his 258 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Palmas play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-0 victory visiting Varea. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Alcorcón in the La Liga 2.
As you can tell from the results above, Palmas was very dominant against Varea, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Éric Curbelo, P. Iemmello, Cristian Cedrés and Álvaro Lemos providing the goals.
Palmas are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, eight draws and nine defeats. From a total of 18 matches.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 12 goals have been conceded by Las Palmas in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Vallecano won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Las Palmas has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  A. Martín García 4 goals | I. Palazón Camacho 4 goals |  A. Cortés Heredia 4 goals |
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| Rayo Vallecano | Las Palmas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 18 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 20 |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 83% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 83% |
| 50% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 72% |
| 39% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 44% |
| 6% | 12% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 56% |
| 39% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 9.5 | 10.4 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 8.3 | 8.7 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
| 29% | 43% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 23% | 34% |
- Las Palmas have yet to win a game away.
- Rayo Vallecano has the most points from losing position (10) in La Liga 2
- Rayo Vallecano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rayo Vallecano have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Rayo Vallecano have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Las Palmas have scored 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 | Mallorca | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 41 |
| 2 | Espanyol | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 39 |
| 3 | Almeria | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Leganes | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 32 |
| 5 | Sporting Gijon | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 28 |
| 7 | Girona | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 28 |
| 8 | Mirandes | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 27 |
| 9 | Ponferradina | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 27 |
| 10 | Lugo | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 26 |
| 11 | Real Oviedo | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 25 |
| 12 | Malaga | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 25 |
| 13 | Fuenlabrada | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 23 |
| 14 | Las Palmas | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 23 |
| 15 | UD Logrones | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 23 |
| 16 | FC Cartagena | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 17 | Castellon | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 18 |
| 18 | Sabadell | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 19 | Tenerife | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 20 | Alcorcón | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 16 |
| 21 | Real Zaragoza | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 13 |
| 22 | Albacete | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 14 | -16 | 11 |