Open game expected at Anexo Estadio de los Juegos del Mediterráneo: Almería vs Rayo Vallecano preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Fri 11.Aug
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Anexo Estadio de los Juegos del Mediterráneo

A new La Liga season is ready to commence and this is the premier real fixture for Almería and Rayo Vallecano. Get ready!

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Almería form and stats

The previous season, Almería's league stats were 11 wins, 8 draws and 19 losses, resulting in 17th position in the La Liga. In these 38 matches they scored {49 goals} and conceded 65. Appearing at their own stadium in the former season Almería managed 10-3-6 (win-draw-lost) with {29 goals} and 22 conceded.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Almería have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Almería, who have participated in three training matches. Almería have won 2 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 0 games.

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Rayo Vallecano form and stats

Let's have a look at how Rayo Vallecano performed last season in the La Liga: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 10 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded {53 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 10 with 17/31 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Vallecano in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Rayo Vallecano, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Just as the home team, Rayo Vallecano have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Rayo Vallecano win, 2 draws and 0 losses.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings with these sides: Almería won three, Rayo Vallecano triumphed in six and we saw one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.

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Total First Half Second Half
Almería Rayo Vallecano
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Almería Last season Rayo Vallecano
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
11 10   Won W   4 13
8 3   Drew D   5 10
19 6   Lost L   10 15
49 29   Scored S   17 45
65 22   Conceded C   31 53
97% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 89%
82% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 79%
61% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 58%
34% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 21%
13% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
66% 63%   BTTS BTTS   53% 61%
11% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 24%
26% 21%   Failed to Score F T   26% 26%
 
3.9 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 5
6 5.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.7
2.6 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.4
4 2   Red cards R C   4 6
 
11.4 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   12.2 13.9
4.2 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.4
31% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 27%
 
14.7 13.2   Shots against (avg) S A   13.3 12
5.7 5.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Almería 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Athletic Club 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Atletico Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cadiz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Celta de Vigo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Deportivo Alaves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Barcelona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Getafe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Girona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Granada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Las Palmas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Mallorca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Osasuna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Rayo Vallecano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Real Betis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Real Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Real Sociedad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sevilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Valencia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Villarreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 38 28 4 6 70 20 19 15 3 1 37 4 19 13 1 5 33 16 50 88
2 Real Madrid 38 24 6 8 75 36 19 13 5 1 44 16 19 11 1 7 31 20 39 78
3 Atletico Madrid 38 23 8 7 70 33 19 13 3 3 41 15 19 10 5 4 29 18 37 77
4 Real Sociedad 38 21 8 9 51 35 19 11 5 3 26 16 19 10 3 6 25 19 16 71
5 Villarreal 38 19 7 12 59 40 19 12 3 4 36 18 19 7 4 8 23 22 19 64
6 Real Betis 38 17 9 12 46 41 19 9 5 5 26 18 19 8 4 7 20 23 5 60
7 Osasuna 38 15 8 15 37 42 19 11 1 7 24 21 19 4 7 8 13 21 -5 53
8 Athletic Club 38 14 9 15 47 43 19 8 3 8 22 15 19 6 6 7 25 28 4 51
9 Mallorca 38 14 8 16 37 43 19 10 5 4 22 12 19 4 3 12 15 31 -6 50
10 Girona 38 13 10 15 58 55 19 10 3 6 35 26 19 3 7 9 23 29 3 49
11 Rayo Vallecano 38 13 10 15 45 53 19 9 5 5 28 22 19 4 5 10 17 31 -8 49
12 Sevilla 38 13 10 15 47 54 19 7 5 7 24 25 19 6 5 8 23 29 -7 49
13 Celta de Vigo 38 11 10 17 43 53 19 7 6 6 26 21 19 4 4 11 17 32 -10 43
14 Cadiz 38 10 12 16 30 53 19 7 6 6 19 23 19 3 6 10 11 30 -23 42
15 Valencia 38 11 9 18 42 45 19 8 5 6 27 19 19 3 4 12 15 26 -3 42
16 Getafe 38 10 12 16 34 45 19 7 6 6 21 20 19 3 6 10 13 25 -11 42
17 Almería 38 11 8 19 49 65 19 10 3 6 29 22 19 1 5 13 20 43 -16 41
18 Real Valladolid 38 11 7 20 33 63 19 8 4 7 21 25 19 3 3 13 12 38 -30 40
19 Espanyol 38 8 13 17 52 69 19 4 7 8 27 35 19 4 6 9 25 34 -17 37
20 Elche 38 5 10 23 30 67 19 3 6 10 18 29 19 2 4 13 12 38 -37 25

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 Almería 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Athletic Club 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Atletico Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cadiz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Celta de Vigo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Deportivo Alaves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Barcelona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Getafe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Girona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Granada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Las Palmas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Mallorca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Osasuna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Rayo Vallecano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Real Betis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Real Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Real Sociedad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sevilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Valencia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Villarreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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