Rayo Vallecano will plan to utilise their home advantage to give everything they have against today’s opposition. The team playing at home are currently 14 points behind Real Madrid.
- Rayo Vallecano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Real Madrid have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in La Liga
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Rayo Vallecano and Real Madrid should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Rayo Vallecano form and stats
Rayo Vallecano have collected 10 points from their La Liga home games so far after 3-1-1.
Happy days for Rayo Vallecano in their previous game, a fixture away at Sevilla (placed 18th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Dimitrievski, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.9 out of 10 in that game. Dimitrievski topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against Cadiz.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Rayo Vallecano, as the La Liga home game vs Celta de Vigo is only three days away.
A decent goal production from Vallecano in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches.
Real Madrid form and stats
The away performances of Real Madrid have been very solid so far with 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats in the La Liga. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Real Madrid's record of six away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Almeria game.
The supporters enjoyed Madrid's previous fixture versus Celtic, a Champions League win (5-1) played at home. Midfield player Valverde was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.84/10. Valverde scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and had 58 successful passes (of 64 total).
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Girona in the La Liga.Observe that 9 of this side's 12 latest league rounds have ended with three or more goals.
A new game in only three days for Real Madrid, the La Liga home match versus Cadiz. Busy days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Real Madrid are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Real Madrid as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vallecano one win, zero draws and Real Madrid nine victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Valverde Dipetta 6 goals |  V. Júnior 6 goals |  K. Benzema 5 goals |
Rayo Vallecano missing players
Real Madrid missing players
| Rayo Vallecano | Real Madrid | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 29 |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 83% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 58% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 25% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.5 | 8.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 15 | 5.2 | 5.6 |
| 4.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5.2 | 3.8 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.4 | 17.6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 29 | 17.3 | 17.9 |
| 4.8 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 15 | 7.5 | 6.6 |
| 29% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 33% | 37% |
| 11.8 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11.8 | 10.7 |
| 4.2 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.3 | 3 |
- Rayo Vallecano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Madrid have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Real Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Real Madrid have scored in all their matches so far.
- Real Madrid have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in La Liga
- Real Madrid have the most matches over the total-line (9) in La Liga
- Real Madrid have the most points (18) away in La Liga
- Real Madrid have the most scored goals (15) away in La Liga
- Real Madrid have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in La Liga
- Real Madrid have the the best goal difference (+11) away in La Liga
- Real Madrid have won all their away games so far.
- Real Madrid 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 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 32 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 25 | 31 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Real Betis | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| 6 | Athletic Club | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 21 |
| 7 | Osasuna | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | Villarreal | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 9 | Rayo Vallecano | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Valencia | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 11 | Real Valladolid | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 13 | Almeria | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Getafe | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | Espanyol | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | Celta de Vigo | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 11 |
| 17 | Girona | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 18 | Sevilla | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -16 | 10 |
| 20 | Elche | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -19 | 4 |
