La Liga 2 match preview: Rayo Vallecano versus Sporting Gijón

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Tue 30.March
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Vallecas (14708 seats)

The Rayo Vallecano & Sporting Gijón managers A. Iraola Sagarna and D. Gallego Rodríguez are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the La Liga 2 league table.

Insights:
  • Rayo Vallecano have the most points from losing position (18) in La Liga 2
  • Sporting Gijón have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Sporting Gijón could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a La Liga 2 game only four sleeps ago.

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Rayo Vallecano form and stats

Rayo Vallecano are steadily winning La Liga 2 games and points here at Estadio de Vallecas. 9 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 14 games.

A good away victory last time out for Vallecano, who won 3-0 against Alcorcón (placed 18th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Real Zaragoza in a game that was won 3-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rayo Vallecano handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, six draws and two defeats.

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

Rayo Vallecano have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio de Vallecas with 22 goals in 14 league matches. Rayo Vallecano have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sporting Gijón form and stats

5-4-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sporting Gijón in their La Liga 2 matches away. Two points from the last two away games for Sporting Gijón, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Gijón played 0-0 against Alcorcón in their previous match. A 1-1 draw at Sabadell's stadium before that.

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, four draws and four defeats. From a total of eight matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gijón as they have only managed to score 14 times from 15 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Gijón as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Sporting Gijón - Rayo Vallecano 1-1 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: one - five - three (Vallecano wins - draws - Sporting Gijón wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting GijónU. Đurđević
U. Đurđević
20 goals
VallecanoI. Palazón Camacho
I. Palazón Camacho
6 goals
Rayo VallecanoA. Cortés Heredia
A. Cortés Heredia
6 goals

Rayo Vallecano missing players

Sporting Gijón missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rayo Vallecano Sporting Gijón
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 14 4 Played P 4 15 31
14 9 1 Won W 1 5 14
7 2 1 Drew D 2 4 11
9 3 2 Lost L 1 6 6
38 22 3 Scored S 3 14 33
29 12 5 Conceded C 4 14 21
90% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 87% 84%
67% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 47% 52%
43% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 27% 23%
17% 21% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 13%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
43% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 27% 35%
33% 36% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 48%
33% 21% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 47% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.7 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2 1.8
4 3 2 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
9.4 9.8 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 8.2 8.4
3.6 3.7 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.5 3.6
35% 42% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 27% 30%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Rayo Vallecano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rayo Vallecano have the most points from losing position (18) in La Liga 2
  • Sporting Gijón have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 31 18 7 6 49 21 15 11 2 2 27 8 16 7 5 4 22 13 28 61
2 Mallorca 30 18 7 5 39 16 16 9 3 4 24 10 14 9 4 1 15 6 23 61
3 Almería 31 17 6 8 45 28 16 9 5 2 28 12 15 8 1 6 17 16 17 57
4 Leganes 31 16 6 9 35 25 16 12 1 3 21 10 15 4 5 6 14 15 10 54
5 Sporting Gijón 31 14 11 6 33 21 16 9 7 0 19 7 15 5 4 6 14 14 12 53
6 Rayo Vallecano 30 14 7 9 38 29 14 9 2 3 22 12 16 5 5 6 16 17 9 49
7 Ponferradina 31 13 8 10 34 33 15 8 4 3 20 15 16 5 4 7 14 18 1 47
8 Girona 30 11 9 10 26 28 15 6 4 5 11 10 15 5 5 5 15 18 -2 42
9 Málaga 31 11 9 11 29 35 15 4 6 5 14 16 16 7 3 6 15 19 -6 42
10 Mirandes 30 11 8 11 29 29 15 5 7 3 16 13 15 6 1 8 13 16 0 41
11 Tenerife 30 11 7 12 28 27 15 8 4 3 19 8 15 3 3 9 9 19 1 40
12 Fuenlabrada 30 8 15 7 32 31 15 2 10 3 12 13 15 6 5 4 20 18 1 39
13 Las Palmas 30 10 9 11 31 40 15 8 3 4 21 16 15 2 6 7 10 24 -9 39
14 Real Oviedo 31 8 14 9 34 33 16 5 6 5 22 19 15 3 8 4 12 14 1 38
15 Lugo 30 8 12 10 28 32 15 6 7 2 13 7 15 2 5 8 15 25 -4 36
16 Real Zaragoza 31 9 7 15 26 30 15 7 4 4 15 11 16 2 3 11 11 19 -4 34
17 UD Logroñés 31 8 8 15 21 40 15 5 3 7 12 18 16 3 5 8 9 22 -19 32
18 Alcorcón 31 8 7 16 20 32 15 6 0 9 13 19 16 2 7 7 7 13 -12 31
19 Castellon 31 8 6 17 30 40 16 7 0 9 19 16 15 1 6 8 11 24 -10 30
20 FC Cartagena 31 7 9 15 31 43 16 5 5 6 20 19 15 2 4 9 11 24 -12 30
21 Albacete 30 7 8 15 20 35 15 4 5 6 13 15 15 3 3 9 7 20 -15 29
22 Sabadell 30 6 10 14 25 35 15 2 7 6 12 16 15 4 3 8 13 19 -10 28

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 Espanyol 31 18 7 6 49 21 15 11 2 2 27 8 16 7 5 4 22 13 28 61
2 Mallorca 30 18 7 5 39 16 16 9 3 4 24 10 14 9 4 1 15 6 23 61
3 Almería 31 17 6 8 45 28 16 9 5 2 28 12 15 8 1 6 17 16 17 57
4 Leganes 31 16 6 9 35 25 16 12 1 3 21 10 15 4 5 6 14 15 10 54
5 Sporting Gijón 31 14 11 6 33 21 16 9 7 0 19 7 15 5 4 6 14 14 12 53
6 Rayo Vallecano 30 14 7 9 38 29 14 9 2 3 22 12 16 5 5 6 16 17 9 49
7 Ponferradina 31 13 8 10 34 33 15 8 4 3 20 15 16 5 4 7 14 18 1 47
8 Girona 30 11 9 10 26 28 15 6 4 5 11 10 15 5 5 5 15 18 -2 42
9 Málaga 31 11 9 11 29 35 15 4 6 5 14 16 16 7 3 6 15 19 -6 42
10 Mirandes 30 11 8 11 29 29 15 5 7 3 16 13 15 6 1 8 13 16 0 41
11 Tenerife 30 11 7 12 28 27 15 8 4 3 19 8 15 3 3 9 9 19 1 40
12 Fuenlabrada 30 8 15 7 32 31 15 2 10 3 12 13 15 6 5 4 20 18 1 39
13 Las Palmas 30 10 9 11 31 40 15 8 3 4 21 16 15 2 6 7 10 24 -9 39
14 Real Oviedo 31 8 14 9 34 33 16 5 6 5 22 19 15 3 8 4 12 14 1 38
15 Lugo 30 8 12 10 28 32 15 6 7 2 13 7 15 2 5 8 15 25 -4 36
16 Real Zaragoza 31 9 7 15 26 30 15 7 4 4 15 11 16 2 3 11 11 19 -4 34
17 UD Logroñés 31 8 8 15 21 40 15 5 3 7 12 18 16 3 5 8 9 22 -19 32
18 Alcorcón 31 8 7 16 20 32 15 6 0 9 13 19 16 2 7 7 7 13 -12 31
19 Castellon 31 8 6 17 30 40 16 7 0 9 19 16 15 1 6 8 11 24 -10 30
20 FC Cartagena 31 7 9 15 31 43 16 5 5 6 20 19 15 2 4 9 11 24 -12 30
21 Albacete 30 7 8 15 20 35 15 4 5 6 13 15 15 3 3 9 7 20 -15 29
22 Sabadell 30 6 10 14 25 35 15 2 7 6 12 16 15 4 3 8 13 19 -10 28

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