La Liga match tips and news & stats for the Rayo Vallecano vs Mallorca encounter

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 27.August
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Vallecas (14708 seats)

This has the looks of yet another exciting contest at Estadio de Vallecas in the La Liga. Rayo Vallecano is in 4th position and receive Mallorca in 12th place. Read all about the fixture here!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Rayo Vallecano form and stats

Rayo Vallecano are confident in defense, having played 194 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Rayo Vallecano enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Espanyol's place. The match ended 2-0 with Palazón and Ciss scoring. Midfield player Ciss got a match rating of 7.55 in that game, the max score being 10. Ciss scored one goal and had 42 successful passes (of 47 total).

Preceding that game was the away draw at Barcelona that finished 0-0.

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 Vallecano have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 5.

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Mallorca form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first La Liga away game of the season. During their previous season 19 away games resulted in 3 wins, 3 draws and 13 defeats.

Mallorca might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Real Betis proved too strong as Mallorca slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Iberostar Estadi. Midfield player Lee was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.12/10. Lee hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 7 of 8 times and had 24 successful passes (of 29 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Athletic Club that ended 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mallorca playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 5 Mallorca wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Mallorca has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Rayo Vallecano wins - draws - Mallorca wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VallecanoP. Ciss
P. Ciss
1 goals
Rayo VallecanoI. Palazón Camacho
I. Palazón Camacho
1 goals
MallorcaV. Muriqi
V. Muriqi
1 goals

Rayo Vallecano missing players

Mallorca missing players

Rayo Vallecano Mallorca
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 0 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
50% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
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% 50%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 3.5
8.5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 4.5
5.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 6 6.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 9
2.5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 3
40% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 17%
 
18 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 23 15.5
3.5 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6 4.5
Rayo Vallecano Last season Mallorca
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
11 8   Won W   3 10
9 5   Drew D   3 9
18 6   Lost L   13 19
39 26   Scored S   16 36
50 22   Conceded C   38 63
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 89%
68% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 66%
39% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 47%
18% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 24%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 16%
45% 47%   BTTS BTTS   47% 47%
24% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 24%
37% 26%   Failed to Score F T   42% 39%
 
5 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.2
4.7 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.2
2.7 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.3 3
3 0   Red cards R C   6 7
 
13.6 15.3   Shots (avg) S (   10.3 11.9
3.7 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.9
28% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 24%
 
11.4 10.2   Shots against (avg) S A   14.3 12.5
4.7 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 4.3

  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 2 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 6 2 4 6
2 Real Betis 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
3 Osasuna 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6
4 Rayo Vallecano 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 4
5 Atletico Madrid 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
6 Villarreal 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
7 Real Sociedad 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Valencia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Athletic Club 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Barcelona 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Sevilla 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
12 Mallorca 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
13 Espanyol 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 1
14 Celta de Vigo 2 0 1 1 3 6 2 0 1 1 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 1
15 Real Valladolid 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 1
16 Almeria 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Girona 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Cadiz 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
19 Elche 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 Getafe 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 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 Real Madrid 38 26 8 4 80 31 19 13 5 1 44 13 19 13 3 3 36 18 49 86
2 Barcelona 38 21 10 7 68 38 19 12 2 5 37 19 19 9 8 2 31 19 30 73
3 Atletico Madrid 38 21 8 9 65 43 19 12 5 2 33 16 19 9 3 7 32 27 22 71
4 Sevilla 38 18 16 4 53 30 19 12 6 1 36 17 19 6 10 3 17 13 23 70
5 Real Betis 38 19 8 11 62 40 19 10 2 7 34 22 19 9 6 4 28 18 22 65
6 Real Sociedad 38 17 11 10 40 37 19 10 5 4 16 9 19 7 6 6 24 28 3 62
7 Villarreal 38 16 11 11 63 37 19 10 6 3 40 18 19 6 5 8 23 19 26 59
8 Athletic Club 38 14 13 11 43 36 19 10 4 5 29 18 19 4 9 6 14 18 7 55
9 Valencia 38 11 15 12 48 53 19 6 8 5 26 24 19 5 7 7 22 29 -5 48
10 Osasuna 38 12 11 15 37 51 19 5 7 7 17 26 19 7 4 8 20 25 -14 47
11 Celta de Vigo 38 12 10 16 43 43 19 7 4 8 26 23 19 5 6 8 17 20 0 46
12 Rayo Vallecano 38 11 9 18 39 50 19 8 5 6 26 22 19 3 4 12 13 28 -11 42
13 Elche 38 11 9 18 40 52 19 7 6 6 24 21 19 4 3 12 16 31 -12 42
14 Espanyol 38 10 12 16 40 53 19 9 6 4 25 19 19 1 6 12 15 34 -13 42
15 Getafe 38 8 15 15 33 41 19 7 7 5 21 15 19 1 8 10 12 26 -8 39
16 Cadiz 38 8 15 15 35 51 19 3 9 7 19 24 19 5 6 8 16 27 -16 39
17 Mallorca 38 10 9 19 36 63 19 7 6 6 20 25 19 3 3 13 16 38 -27 39
18 Granada 38 8 14 16 44 61 19 5 7 7 22 29 19 3 7 9 22 32 -17 38
19 Levante 38 8 11 19 51 76 19 5 7 7 28 30 19 3 4 12 23 46 -25 35
20 Deportivo Alaves 38 8 7 23 31 65 19 7 4 8 17 21 19 1 3 15 14 44 -34 31

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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.