Evenly matched teams: Almería vs Rayo Vallecano match preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 08.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Anexo Estadio de los Juegos del Mediterráneo

Almería - Rayo Vallecano in La Liga: Statistics, team sheets, fixtures, the latest developments and news. Check out our full preview!

Insights:
  • Almería have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Rayo Vallecano have scored more than double the goals of Almería.

Both participants have had plentiful rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an active fixture!

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Almería form and stats

Three La Liga home games done for Almería, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches. It's trouble wherever Almería are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 395 minutes without scoring a league goal. Sadiq was the last player to find the net.

No payout for Almería in their previous match, an away game at Athletic Club that ended in defeat 0-4. Almería were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. The striker Sousa won the honour of being "man of the match" for Almería with a rating of 7.12/10. Sousa hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that, an away loss at Mallorca.

On the other hand, Almería have conceded 4 goals.

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Rayo Vallecano form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Rayo Vallecano playing as the away team in the La Liga this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Rayo Vallecano have lost on their last two travels.

López and Camello scored in Rayo Vallecano's previous match, the home game against Elche that ended 2-1. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Iraola when López scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute. Attacker Camello got a player rating of 7.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Camello scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 20 successful passes (of 24 total).

A 2-3 defeat away at Athletic Club before that.

The visiting Rayo Vallecano have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 4 games. As opposed to that, Vallecano have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two sides are: three wins for Almería, one draw and six wins for Rayo Vallecano. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

AlmeríaL. Ramazani
L. Ramazani
2 goals
Rayo VallecanoI. Palazón Camacho
I. Palazón Camacho
2 goals
Rayo VallecanoP. Ciss
P. Ciss
1 goals

Almería missing players

Rayo Vallecano missing players

Almería Rayo Vallecano
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 1 4 7
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
5 2 0 Lost L 0 2 3
4 3 0 Scored S 2 5 9
11 4 0 Conceded C 0 5 9
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 86%
57% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 86%
43% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 57%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 14%
43% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 57%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 29%
57% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 29%
 
4.1 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.2 5.1
7.3 9 0 Corners against (avg) C A 9 5.8 5.1
3.9 2.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 3.8 3.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.8 11
3.6 4.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 3.9
16% 23% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 38% 33%
 
14.9 19.3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 13 17 14.1
5.4 8.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 6 5
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Almería have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Almería have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Almería have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Almería haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rayo Vallecano have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Rayo Vallecano have scored more than double the goals of Almería.
  • Rayo Vallecano have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Barcelona 7 6 1 0 19 1 3 2 1 0 7 0 4 4 0 0 12 1 18 19
2 Real Madrid 7 6 1 0 18 7 3 2 1 0 7 3 4 4 0 0 11 4 11 19
3 Athletic Club 7 5 1 1 16 4 5 3 1 1 8 3 2 2 0 0 8 1 12 16
4 Real Betis 7 5 0 2 10 5 4 4 0 0 7 1 3 1 0 2 3 4 5 15
5 Atletico Madrid 7 4 1 2 12 6 3 1 0 2 5 5 4 3 1 0 7 1 6 13
6 Osasuna 7 4 1 2 8 6 4 3 0 1 6 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 13
7 Real Sociedad 7 4 1 2 12 11 3 1 1 1 4 6 4 3 0 1 8 5 1 13
8 Villarreal 7 3 3 1 10 2 2 1 1 0 5 1 5 2 2 1 5 1 8 12
9 Valencia 7 3 1 3 12 7 4 3 0 1 9 2 3 0 1 2 3 5 5 10
10 Rayo Vallecano 7 3 1 3 9 9 3 2 0 1 4 4 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 10
11 Celta de Vigo 7 3 1 3 9 13 4 2 1 1 7 6 3 1 0 2 2 7 -4 10
12 Mallorca 7 2 2 3 6 8 4 1 1 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 -2 8
13 Girona 7 2 1 4 10 12 4 2 0 2 8 8 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 7
14 Getafe 7 2 1 4 8 15 4 1 1 2 4 7 3 1 0 2 4 8 -7 7
15 Real Valladolid 7 2 1 4 6 13 3 1 0 2 1 4 4 1 1 2 5 9 -7 7
16 Espanyol 7 1 2 4 9 14 4 0 1 3 5 10 3 1 1 1 4 4 -5 5
17 Sevilla 7 1 2 4 7 13 3 0 1 2 1 6 4 1 1 2 6 7 -6 5
18 Almería 7 1 1 5 4 11 3 1 0 2 3 4 4 0 1 3 1 7 -7 4
19 Cadiz 7 1 1 5 1 14 4 0 1 3 0 9 3 1 0 2 1 5 -13 4
20 Elche 7 0 1 6 3 18 3 0 1 2 2 6 4 0 0 4 1 12 -15 1

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.