Rayo Vallecano are flying at 6th, while Athletic Club are lingering 2 points behind in the table. Can they reduce the gap?
- Rayo Vallecano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Copa Del Rey game only four days ago. That game, against Osasuna, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Athletic Club.
Rayo Vallecano form and stats
Rayo Vallecano have collected 18 points from their La Liga home games so far after 5-3-3.
Rayo Vallecano lost their last game at Cadiz (placed 16th) after a 0-1 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going unbeaten in four league rounds. Midfield player Palazón got a match rating of 7.15 in that game, the max score being 10. Palazón dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Sevilla that ended 1-1.Low on goals? Looking at this team's last 10 league games, 8 have contained zero, one or two goals.
Vallecano has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.
Athletic Club form and stats
The visitors are W3-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga.
Two away matches in a row for Athletic Club, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Osasuna in the Copa Del Rey. Midfielder García was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.13. García had 31 successful passes (of 36 total).
A loss against Girona was the result prior to that, in a La Liga home game.Athletic Club are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Athletic Club have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent reported meeting featuring both these teams is the Athletic Club - Vallecano 3-2 played earlier this season. Previous ten meetings featuring these participants: Rayo Vallecano won two, Athletic Club were winners in seven and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Sancet Tirapu 8 goals |   I. Palazón Camacho 5 goals |  S. Camello Pérez 5 goals |
Rayo Vallecano missing players
Athletic Club missing players
| Rayo Vallecano | Athletic Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 29 | 16 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 15 | 33 |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | 26 |
| 87% | 82% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 91% | 87% |
| 70% | 82% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 61% |
| 39% | 45% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 64% | 52% |
| 22% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 45% | 39% |
| 13% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 52% | 55% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 55% | 39% |
| 35% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 18% | 35% |
| 26% | 36% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 36% | 39% |
| 5.3 | 6.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4 | 5.8 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13.7 | 16 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 11.9 | 14.9 |
| 4.7 | 5.6 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 27% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 34% | 30% |
| 12.2 | 10.6 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 12.1 | 10.3 |
| 4 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4 |
- Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Athletic Club have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Rayo Vallecano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Barcelona | 23 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 37 | 59 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 29 | 52 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 43 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 42 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 40 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 34 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 34 |
| 8 | Osasuna | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 33 |
| 9 | Athletic Club | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 32 |
| 10 | Mallorca | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 31 |
| 11 | Girona | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 30 |
| 12 | Espanyol | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -5 | 27 |
| 13 | Celta de Vigo | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 27 |
| 14 | Almeria | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | -12 | 25 |
| 15 | Sevilla | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 16 | Cadiz | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -17 | 25 |
| 17 | Real Valladolid | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 24 | -17 | 24 |
| 18 | Valencia | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 23 |
| 19 | Getafe | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 22 |
| 20 | Elche | 23 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 28 | -31 | 9 |
