Rayo Vallecano will want to employ their home advantage to help in closing the gap to today’s adversaries. The hosting team are currently 2 points behind Real Betis.
- Rayo Vallecano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Real Betis have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in La Liga
Real Betis could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa Del Rey game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Ibiza Islas Pitiusas, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Real Betis.
Rayo Vallecano form and stats
Rayo Vallecano are steadily winning La Liga games and points here at Estadio de Vallecas. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games.
The club members are hoping that Vallecano will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Copa Del Rey fixture against Sporting Gijon. Midfield player Nteka got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, the max score being 10. Nteka hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).
A 2-2 draw away in the La Liga before that, with Girona the opponent.This is expected to be a close game, with Rayo Vallecano perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Rayo Vallecano as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Rayo Vallecano has won 1 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.
Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 12 most recent league games shows that 9 of them had goals from both sides.
Vallecano have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio de Vallecas with 12 goals in 7 league matches.
Real Betis form and stats
2-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Real Betis in their La Liga matches away.
Real Betis have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 227 minutes ago. Navas (own goal) was the goal scorer.
Two trips in a row for Betis, whose coach Pellegrini could celebrate last time after the Copa Del Rey win against Ibiza Islas Pitiusas. Sánchez got a match rating of 8.4 in that game, top player of the team. Sánchez signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Athletic Club.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Real Betis in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Real Betis, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Real Betis, the Super Cup home match versus Barcelona. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
Real Betis have avoided defeat in the last 9 fixtures (4-5-0) against Vallecano.Top Goalscorers
  B. Iglesias Quintas 8 goals |   I. Palazón Camacho 4 goals |  Á. García 3 goals |
Rayo Vallecano missing players
Real Betis missing players
| Rayo Vallecano | Real Betis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 22 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 18 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 80% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 80% |
| 73% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 60% |
| 53% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 47% |
| 33% | 29% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 20% | 29% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 40% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 47% |
| 27% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 33% |
| 5.3 | 7.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 4.3 | 3.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5.5 | 3.1 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 13.2 | 16.3 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 8 | 10.5 |
| 4.9 | 5.9 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 30% | 29% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 24% | 28% |
| 12.6 | 9.7 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 14.4 | 12.7 |
| 4.3 | 2.9 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5 | 4.1 |
- Rayo Vallecano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rayo Vallecano have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Real Betis have scored away.
- Rayo Vallecano have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Rayo Vallecano have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Real Betis have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in La Liga
- Real Betis have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 28 | 38 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 21 | 38 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 29 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | Athletic Club | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 25 |
| 6 | Real Betis | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 23 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Valencia | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 19 |
| 11 | Mallorca | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Girona | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 13 | Almeria | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 14 | Getafe | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 17 |
| 15 | Real Valladolid | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 17 |
| 16 | Espanyol | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 17 | Celta de Vigo | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -12 | 13 |
| 18 | Sevilla | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -9 | 12 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 12 |
| 20 | Elche | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -23 | 4 |
