Celta de Vigo favourites for feisty fight facing Rayo Vallecano

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Abanca-Balaídos

Which team will claim the points when Rayo Vallecano visit Celta de Vigo? In this match guide you'll find all the relevant facts and numbers necessary to enjoy the game more.

Insights:
  • Celta de Vigo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rayo Vallecano have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in La Liga

Rayo Vallecano could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa Del Rey game only three sleeps ago.

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Celta de Vigo form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the La Liga this season. Celta de Vigo have only managed 3 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Abanca-Balaídos. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Celta de Vigo after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Celta de Vigo shared the glory with Sevilla in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. The forward Aspas outdid all the other footballers in that match and got a match rating of 8.13 out of 10. Aspas scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.

Before that, Celta de Vigo had a home game versus Osasuna which ended with a victory 2-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Celta de Vigo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won five times, drawn four and lost one.

Celta de Vigo has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. 15 goals have been conceded.

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Rayo Vallecano form and stats

Rayo Vallecano have only collected 5 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 1-2-7 (10 played). Vallecano seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Trejo got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, top player of the team. Trejo scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A loss against Athletic Club was the result prior to that, in a La Liga home game.

The attacking power of Rayo Vallecano when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Rayo Vallecano have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Celta de Vigo and Rayo Vallecano have faced each other earlier this season: Rayo Vallecano - Celta de Vigo 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Celta victories, two draws and six Rayo Vallecano wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Celta de VigoI. Aspas Juncal
I. Aspas Juncal
11 goals
Celta de VigoS. Mina Lorenzo
S. Mina Lorenzo
7 goals
Rayo VallecanoÁ. García Rivera
Á. García Rivera
5 goals

Celta de Vigo missing players

Rayo Vallecano missing players

Celta de Vigo Rayo Vallecano
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 5 Played P 4 10 21
7 3 2 Won W 1 1 9
6 2 1 Drew D 1 2 4
9 6 2 Lost L 2 7 8
26 13 7 Scored S 3 7 27
25 15 5 Conceded C 5 17 22
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
64% 73% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 71%
41% 45% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 40% 43%
18% 18% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 19%
9% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
41% 55% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 43%
36% 18% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 29%
36% 27% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 33%
 
4 4.2 3.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.9 4.7
4.2 3.7 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.3 4.5
2.5 2.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.6 2.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.5 12.5 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.3 13.4
3.7 3.7 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.2 4.1
32% 32% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 22% 31%
 
11.1 9.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 12.6 11.3
4.1 3.5 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.3 4.3
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Celta de Vigo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Celta de Vigo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Rayo Vallecano have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Rayo Vallecano have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Rayo Vallecano have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in La Liga
  • Rayo Vallecano haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 22 15 5 2 47 20 11 7 4 0 24 8 11 8 1 2 23 12 27 50
2 Sevilla 22 13 7 2 34 16 11 8 3 0 24 10 11 5 4 2 10 6 18 46
3 Real Betis 22 12 4 6 41 25 11 6 2 3 23 12 11 6 2 3 18 13 16 40
4 Atletico Madrid 21 10 6 5 36 26 10 6 3 1 17 8 11 4 3 4 19 18 10 36
5 Barcelona 21 9 8 4 32 23 10 6 2 2 19 11 11 3 6 2 13 12 9 35
6 Real Sociedad 21 9 7 5 22 21 11 5 4 2 7 6 10 4 3 3 15 15 1 34
7 Villarreal 22 8 8 6 36 23 12 7 3 2 29 13 10 1 5 4 7 10 13 32
8 Rayo Vallecano 21 9 4 8 27 22 11 8 2 1 20 5 10 1 2 7 7 17 5 31
9 Athletic Club 22 7 10 5 21 17 10 4 2 4 13 12 12 3 8 1 8 5 4 31
10 Valencia 22 7 8 7 35 36 11 4 5 2 18 13 11 3 3 5 17 23 -1 29
11 Osasuna 22 7 7 8 22 27 11 2 5 4 10 16 11 5 2 4 12 11 -5 28
12 Celta de Vigo 22 7 6 9 26 25 11 3 2 6 13 15 11 4 4 3 13 10 1 27
13 Espanyol 22 7 6 9 26 30 11 6 2 3 16 13 11 1 4 6 10 17 -4 27
14 Granada 22 5 9 8 26 33 11 4 3 4 16 17 11 1 6 4 10 16 -7 24
15 Elche 22 5 8 9 23 30 10 3 5 2 10 10 12 2 3 7 13 20 -7 23
16 Getafe 22 5 7 10 17 23 11 5 2 4 14 11 11 0 5 6 3 12 -6 22
17 Mallorca 21 4 8 9 17 33 10 2 6 2 8 8 11 2 2 7 9 25 -16 20
18 Cádiz 22 3 9 10 19 36 11 0 6 5 8 17 11 3 3 5 11 19 -17 18
19 Deportivo Alaves 22 4 5 13 16 35 12 3 3 6 8 14 10 1 2 7 8 21 -19 17
20 Levante 21 1 8 12 21 43 11 1 6 4 11 17 10 0 2 8 10 26 -22 11

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