La Liga match prediction: Little separates Rayo Vallecano and Real Betis in quality

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 09.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Vallecas (14708 seats)

Rayo Vallecano and Real Betis are both successful in the La Liga with their 6th and 3rd places respectively. This could be a top match!

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

It's no vacation for neither Vallecano nor Real Betis as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Rayo Vallecano form and stats

8-1-0 is the performance here at Estadio de Vallecas so far in the La Liga, giving Rayo Vallecano a total of 25 from their 9 games here. Outstanding results! It’s been three wins in a row for Vallecano here at Estadio de Vallecas, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

A good away victory last time out for Rayo Vallecano, who won 1-0 against Mirandés. Midfield player Martín got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, the max score being 10. Martín scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Prior to that, an away loss at Atletico Madrid in the La Liga.

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 nine matches with the results: Won three, drawn three and lost three.

Goals decide football matches and Vallecano are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 9 league matches. Vallecano have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.

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Real Betis form and stats

5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Real Betis playing as the away team in the La Liga this season.

Betis play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Real Valladolid. Carvalho got a match rating of 8.14 in that game, top player of the team. Carvalho scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 38 successful passes (of 43 total).

A 0-2 loss hosting Celta de Vigo before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Real Betis in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Real Betis, three draws and three defeats.

Betis find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Betis have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date past meeting featuring both these sides is the Real Betis - Vallecano 3-2 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vallecano three wins, four draws and Real Betis three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Real BetisJ. Jiménez López
J. Jiménez López
12 goals
Real BetisW. da Silva
W. da Silva
6 goals
VallecanoÁ. García Rivera
Á. García Rivera
5 goals

Rayo Vallecano missing players

Real Betis missing players

Rayo Vallecano Real Betis
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 1 Played P 2 9 19
9 8 1 Won W 1 5 10
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
7 0 0 Lost L 1 3 6
26 19 1 Scored S 1 13 32
20 3 0 Conceded C 3 11 23
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 78% 84%
47% 56% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 53%
21% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 37%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 16%
42% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 47%
32% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 26%
32% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 22% 26%
 
4.4 4.9 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0.5 4.3 4.3
4.4 4.4 7 Corners against (avg) C A 9.5 6.4 5.6
2.5 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
12.5 13.8 13 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 12.8 14.6
4.1 5.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.6 5.3
33% 41% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 32% 32%
 
11.5 10.2 17 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 11.8 11.3
4.3 3.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.1 3.9
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Rayo Vallecano have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Rayo Vallecano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rayo Vallecano have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Rayo Vallecano have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in La Liga
  • Rayo Vallecano have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in La Liga
  • Rayo Vallecano have the most points (25) at home in La Liga
  • Rayo Vallecano have the the best goal difference (+16) at home in La Liga
  • Real Betis have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Real Betis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 20 14 4 2 41 17 9 6 3 0 18 5 11 8 1 2 23 12 24 46
2 Sevilla 19 12 5 2 30 13 9 7 2 0 21 8 10 5 3 2 9 5 17 41
3 Real Betis 19 10 3 6 32 23 10 5 2 3 19 12 9 5 1 3 13 11 9 33
4 Atletico Madrid 19 9 5 5 31 22 9 5 3 1 14 6 10 4 2 4 17 16 9 32
5 FC Barcelona 19 8 7 4 30 22 10 6 2 2 19 11 9 2 5 2 11 11 8 31
6 Rayo Vallecano 19 9 3 7 26 20 9 8 1 0 19 3 10 1 2 7 7 17 6 30
7 Real Sociedad 19 8 6 5 21 21 9 4 3 2 6 6 10 4 3 3 15 15 0 30
8 Villarreal 19 7 7 5 31 20 10 6 2 2 24 11 9 1 5 3 7 9 11 28
9 Valencia 19 7 7 5 31 28 10 4 4 2 17 12 9 3 3 3 14 16 3 28
10 Athletic Club 20 6 9 5 20 17 10 4 2 4 13 12 10 2 7 1 7 5 3 27
11 Espanyol 19 7 5 7 22 22 9 6 2 1 14 7 10 1 3 6 8 15 0 26
12 Celta de Vigo 19 6 5 8 22 22 10 2 2 6 11 15 9 4 3 2 11 7 0 23
13 Granada 19 5 8 6 23 26 9 4 2 3 15 14 10 1 6 3 8 12 -3 23
14 Osasuna 19 5 7 7 18 25 10 1 5 4 8 16 9 4 2 3 10 9 -7 22
15 Mallorca 19 4 8 7 17 28 10 2 6 2 8 8 9 2 2 5 9 20 -11 20
16 Getafe 19 4 6 9 13 20 10 4 2 4 10 9 9 0 4 5 3 11 -7 18
17 Elche 19 3 7 9 18 27 9 2 5 2 9 10 10 1 2 7 9 17 -9 16
18 Deportivo Alaves 19 4 4 11 16 30 10 3 2 5 8 13 9 1 2 6 8 17 -14 16
19 Cadiz 19 2 8 9 15 32 10 0 5 5 6 15 9 2 3 4 9 17 -17 14
20 Levante 19 0 8 11 19 41 9 0 6 3 9 15 10 0 2 8 10 26 -22 8

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