Home advantage could prove decisive in Rayo Vallecano - Sporting Gijón battle

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Thu 25.June
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Vallecas (14708 seats)

It's advantage Rayo Vallecano so far with their 7th position in the La Liga 2 table, welcoming Sporting Gijón who are placed 10th.

The visiting Sporting Gijón played their last game only three days ago, a La Liga 2 match.

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Rayo Vallecano form and stats

8-6-3 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga 2 numbers at home for Rayo Vallecano so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Vallecano after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The home team returns to Estadio de Vallecas after being equal after 90 minutes with Deportivo La Coruna (placed 19th) on their last time out; the La Liga 2 game ended 3-3. Before that, Vallecano had a home game versus Fuenlabrada which ended with a victory 1-0.

Opportunity lost for Vallecano in the Deportivo La Coruna match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. A goal frenzy last time out for Rayo Vallecano, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Deportivo La Coruna. Fun stuff to watch!

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vallecano handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, four draws and two defeats.

There will be little rest for Vallecano after this match as they are travelling to Alcorcon for a La Liga 2 game in only four days.

Vallecano has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Rayo Vallecano are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio de Vallecas in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 16 from 17 matches.

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sporting Gijón so far with only 17 points returning home. The records show 4-5-8 (win-draw-lose).

The manager M. Đukić was unhappy after their last game, a La Liga 2 match played at their home ground Estadio Municipal El Molinón. Gijón suffered a 0-1 loss to Real Oviedo (placed 16th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Alcorcon with the score of 2-0.

Gijón are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and five defeats. From a total of seven matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Sporting Gijón are hosting Lugo in the La Liga 2 only three days away.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Gijón as they have only conceded 16 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Sporting Gijón - Vallecano 1-1. Rayo Vallecano-Sporting Gijón H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Rayo Vallecano one win, Sporting Gijón three wins, three draws. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Rayo VallecanoJ. Ulloa
J. Ulloa
6 goals
Sporting GijónU. Đurđević
U. Đurđević
6 goals
Rayo VallecanoM. Suárez Mata
M. Suárez Mata
5 goals

Rayo Vallecano missing players

Sporting Gijón missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rayo Vallecano Sporting Gijón
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 5 17 34
10 8 2 Won W 1 4 12
18 6 2 Drew D 1 5 9
6 3 1 Lost L 3 8 13
44 23 7 Scored S 3 10 34
36 16 7 Conceded C 7 16 31
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 76% 88%
76% 71% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 53% 56%
32% 29% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 18% 24%
24% 24% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 6% 18%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
65% 59% 80% BTTS BTTS 40% 24% 29%
29% 35% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 41% 41%
12% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 59% 41%
 
5.7 6.7 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.4 4.2
3.5 3.6 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.5 4.3
3.1 3.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.8
8 5 2 Red cards R C 3 3 5
 
385 212 59 Total Shots T S 48 169 365
141 75 22 Shots on Target S O 16 54 131
31% 31% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 19% 26%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Rayo Vallecano has the most matches under the total-line (20)
  • Rayo Vallecano have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sporting Gijón have scored away.
  • Rayo Vallecano haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sporting Gijón has the fewest points from losing position (1)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cadiz 34 17 10 7 45 32 17 9 6 2 26 16 17 8 4 5 19 16 13 61
2 Real Zaragoza 34 16 10 8 49 36 17 8 4 5 24 17 17 8 6 3 25 19 13 58
3 Almeria 34 15 11 8 54 33 16 8 3 5 25 14 18 7 8 3 29 19 21 56
4 Huesca 34 16 6 12 45 37 17 12 2 3 29 15 17 4 4 9 16 22 8 54
5 Elche 34 13 11 10 44 36 17 6 7 4 22 17 17 7 4 6 22 19 8 50
6 Girona 34 13 10 11 40 36 17 10 5 2 23 12 17 3 5 9 17 24 4 49
7 Rayo Vallecano 34 10 18 6 44 36 17 8 6 3 23 16 17 2 12 3 21 20 8 48
8 Mirandes 34 11 15 8 47 47 18 6 10 2 21 15 16 5 5 6 26 32 0 48
9 Ponferradina 34 11 14 9 40 36 17 8 8 1 23 11 17 3 6 8 17 25 4 47
10 Sporting Gijón 34 12 9 13 34 31 17 8 4 5 24 15 17 4 5 8 10 16 3 45
11 Alcorcon 34 10 15 9 42 41 17 4 4 9 17 25 17 6 11 0 25 16 1 45
12 Fuenlabrada 34 11 12 11 35 34 17 7 6 4 22 17 17 4 6 7 13 17 1 45
13 Las Palmas 34 11 12 11 36 39 17 6 6 5 21 19 17 5 6 6 15 20 -3 45
14 Tenerife 34 11 10 13 38 38 17 6 7 4 18 16 17 5 3 9 20 22 0 43
15 Malaga 34 8 16 10 29 31 17 5 8 4 20 18 17 3 8 6 9 13 -2 40
16 Real Oviedo 34 9 13 12 40 45 17 4 10 3 20 19 17 5 3 9 20 26 -5 40
17 Albacete 34 10 9 15 27 40 17 4 6 7 13 19 17 6 3 8 14 21 -13 39
18 Numancia 34 9 11 14 37 41 17 7 5 5 19 13 17 2 6 9 18 28 -4 38
19 Deportivo La Coruna 34 8 14 12 33 51 17 5 8 4 21 23 17 3 6 8 12 28 -18 38
20 Lugo 34 8 13 13 31 45 17 5 6 6 19 27 17 3 7 7 12 18 -14 37
21 Extremadura UD 34 7 12 15 32 46 17 4 4 9 15 22 17 3 8 6 17 24 -14 33
22 Racing Santander 34 4 17 13 33 44 17 2 9 6 21 23 17 2 8 7 12 21 -11 29

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 Cadiz 34 17 10 7 45 32 17 9 6 2 26 16 17 8 4 5 19 16 13 61
2 Real Zaragoza 34 16 10 8 49 36 17 8 4 5 24 17 17 8 6 3 25 19 13 58
3 Almeria 34 15 11 8 54 33 16 8 3 5 25 14 18 7 8 3 29 19 21 56
4 Huesca 34 16 6 12 45 37 17 12 2 3 29 15 17 4 4 9 16 22 8 54
5 Elche 34 13 11 10 44 36 17 6 7 4 22 17 17 7 4 6 22 19 8 50
6 Girona 34 13 10 11 40 36 17 10 5 2 23 12 17 3 5 9 17 24 4 49
7 Rayo Vallecano 34 10 18 6 44 36 17 8 6 3 23 16 17 2 12 3 21 20 8 48
8 Mirandes 34 11 15 8 47 47 18 6 10 2 21 15 16 5 5 6 26 32 0 48
9 Ponferradina 34 11 14 9 40 36 17 8 8 1 23 11 17 3 6 8 17 25 4 47
10 Sporting Gijón 34 12 9 13 34 31 17 8 4 5 24 15 17 4 5 8 10 16 3 45
11 Alcorcon 34 10 15 9 42 41 17 4 4 9 17 25 17 6 11 0 25 16 1 45
12 Fuenlabrada 34 11 12 11 35 34 17 7 6 4 22 17 17 4 6 7 13 17 1 45
13 Las Palmas 34 11 12 11 36 39 17 6 6 5 21 19 17 5 6 6 15 20 -3 45
14 Tenerife 34 11 10 13 38 38 17 6 7 4 18 16 17 5 3 9 20 22 0 43
15 Malaga 34 8 16 10 29 31 17 5 8 4 20 18 17 3 8 6 9 13 -2 40
16 Real Oviedo 34 9 13 12 40 45 17 4 10 3 20 19 17 5 3 9 20 26 -5 40
17 Albacete 34 10 9 15 27 40 17 4 6 7 13 19 17 6 3 8 14 21 -13 39
18 Numancia 34 9 11 14 37 41 17 7 5 5 19 13 17 2 6 9 18 28 -4 38
19 Deportivo La Coruna 34 8 14 12 33 51 17 5 8 4 21 23 17 3 6 8 12 28 -18 38
20 Lugo 34 8 13 13 31 45 17 5 6 6 19 27 17 3 7 7 12 18 -14 37
21 Extremadura UD 34 7 12 15 32 46 17 4 4 9 15 22 17 3 8 6 17 24 -14 33
22 Racing Santander 34 4 17 13 33 44 17 2 9 6 21 23 17 2 8 7 12 21 -11 29

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The Segunda División, also known as La Liga 2, is the second highest level of the football league pyramid in Spain. 22 teams play each other home and away for a 42 match season. Top two of the league table earns promotion and one more is promoted through playoff fixtures. The bottom four are relegated.