Athletic Club look to San Mamés Barria supporters for inspiration before Rayo Vallecano match

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Tue 21.September
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: San Mamés Barria (53289 seats)

Read up on this intriguing match in the La Liga. Athletic Club is in the 4th place from featuring in five fixtures. They receive Rayo Vallecano who are placed 8th from five fixtures.

Insights:
  • Athletic Club have the most clean sheets (4) in La Liga
  • Rayo Vallecano have yet to win a game away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Athletic Club form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Athletic Club's two home games in the La Liga so far this season, having collected 4 points here at San Mamés Barria.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Athletic Club, as their goalkeeper Unai Simon Mendibil has completely shut out the opponents for 285 minutes in the La Liga.

Club manager M. García Toral and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Atlético Madrid (placed 1st) in the La Liga. Daniel Vivian, defender, was given a rating of 7.13/10 in that game, top of the team. Vivian won 3 of 7 duels.

Ahead of that match, Athletic Club won a home game hosting Mallorca (2-0).

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

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Athletic Club as they are travelling to their away game against Valencia in the La Liga. That match is four days after this one.

Early season league goal statistics from Athletic Club's 2 home games: 3 goals, 1 conceded.

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Rayo Vallecano form and stats

Still no away game victory in the La Liga for Rayo Vallecano with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.

Vallecano go into this game after a win, the home game against Getafe that ended 3-0. Midfield player Ismaila Ciss was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.33/10. Ciss scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).

Before that, Vallecano travelled to Levante and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

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

Vallecano are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games. In the opposite end, Vallecano have conceded 5 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Club won six games, two matches ended with a tie and Rayo Vallecano got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

Athletic ClubI. Williams Arthuer
I. Williams Arthuer
2 goals
Rayo VallecanoÓ. Trejo
Ó. Trejo
2 goals
ClubÍ. Martínez Berridi
Í. Martínez Berridi
1 goals

Athletic Club missing players

Rayo Vallecano missing players

Athletic Club Rayo Vallecano
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 2 Played P 1 3 5
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 2
3 1 1 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 1 2 2
4 3 3 Scored S 0 1 8
1 1 1 Conceded C 1 5 5
60% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
40% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 80%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 20%
80% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
40% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 40%
 
7.4 10 10 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3 3.8
4 2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.7 4
1.4 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.7 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.8 18 18 Shots (avg) S ( 10 12 13.2
3.6 6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.3 4.4
22% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 10% 36%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • All of Athletic Club's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Athletic Club have not yet lost a game.
  • Athletic Club have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Athletic Club have the most clean sheets (4) in La Liga
  • Athletic Club have the most matches under the total-line (5) in La Liga
  • Athletic Club have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Athletic Club have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Rayo Vallecano have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Rayo Vallecano have yet to win a game away.
  • Rayo Vallecano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Athletic Club Last season Rayo Vallecano
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   23 46
11 8   Won W   10 22
13 6   Drew D   6 10
14 5   Lost L   7 14
46 29   Scored S   25 60
42 19   Conceded C   21 43
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 91%
71% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 67%
39% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 43%
21% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   9% 15%
5% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   4% 7%
53% 53%   BTTS BTTS   35% 43%
24% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   39% 33%
32% 26%   Failed to Score F T   39% 33%
 
5.2 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 4.9
4.1 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   3.4 3.5
2.2 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.8
3 1   Red cards R C   2 6
 
10.5 11.6   Shots (avg) S (   9.3 9.8
3.3 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.8
37% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 34%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlético Madrid 5 3 2 0 7 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 11
2 Real Madrid 4 3 1 0 13 6 1 1 0 0 5 2 3 2 1 0 8 4 7 10
3 Valencia 4 3 1 0 9 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 5 2 7 10
4 Athletic Club 5 2 3 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 3 9
5 Real Sociedad 4 3 0 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 9
6 Osasuna 5 2 2 1 6 6 3 0 2 1 1 4 2 2 0 0 5 2 0 8
7 Sevilla 3 2 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 7
8 Rayo Vallecano 5 2 1 2 8 5 2 2 0 0 7 0 3 0 1 2 1 5 3 7
9 Barcelona 3 2 1 0 7 4 2 2 0 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 7
10 Mallorca 4 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 7
11 Elche 5 1 3 1 3 3 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 6
12 Real Betis 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 5
13 Cadiz 5 1 2 2 6 8 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 1 1 0 3 2 -2 5
14 Levante 5 0 4 1 6 7 2 0 2 0 4 4 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 4
15 Villarreal 3 0 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 3
16 Espanyol 4 0 2 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 -2 2
17 Granada 4 0 2 2 2 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 4 -5 2
18 Celta de Vigo 5 0 1 4 4 10 3 0 0 3 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 5 -6 1
19 Getafe 5 0 0 5 1 8 2 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 3 1 6 -7 0
20 Deportivo Alaves 4 0 0 4 1 10 3 0 0 3 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 -9 0

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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.