Rayo Vallecano will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind Real Zaragoza.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Rayo Vallecano form and stats
When playing at home in the La Liga 2, Rayo Vallecano have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 8 games.
Rayo Vallecano manager Paco Jémez and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Numancia (placed 5th) in the La Liga 2. In the match before that, Rayo Vallecano hosted Cádiz and drew the game 1-1.
A decent goal production from Rayo Vallecano in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Real Zaragoza form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga 2 travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Real Zaragoza failed to get anything from their last game, a La Liga 2 home match vs Albacete (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Almería that ended 1-1.
Real Zaragoza are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). 10 goals have been conceded by Real Zaragoza in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rayo Vallecano 3 wins, 3 draws and Real Zaragoza 4 victories. As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Adri Embarba 5 goals |
Rayo Vallecano missing players
Real Zaragoza missing players
| Rayo Vallecano | Real Zaragoza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 24 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 50% |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 81% | 88% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 44% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 38% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 6.6 | 8.1 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 4.3 | 5.3 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- All of Rayo Vallecano's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Rayo Vallecano have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Rayo Vallecano have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Rayo Vallecano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Real Zaragoza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Real Zaragoza have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Real Zaragoza haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Cádiz | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 35 |
| 2 | Fuenlabrada | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 |
| 3 | Almería | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| 4 | Huesca | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | Numancia | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Albacete | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 25 |
| 7 | Real Zaragoza | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Elche | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Girona | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 10 | Ponferradina | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 22 |
| 11 | Rayo Vallecano | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 21 |
| 12 | Alcorcón | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 13 | Las Palmas | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Lugo | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | Mirandés | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 18 |
| 16 | Sporting Gijón | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 17 | Extremadura UD | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 18 | Málaga | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 19 | Tenerife | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 14 |
| 20 | Real Oviedo | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 14 |
| 21 | Racing Santander | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
| 22 | Deportivo La Coruna | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -15 | 10 |