Valencia have travelled here for an interesting fight versus the home side Rayo Vallecano. Read up on the game with this thorough La Liga preview!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Rayo Vallecano form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first La Liga game of the season here at Estadio de Vallecas. Last season these fans witnessed 8 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses from Rayo Vallecano's 19 home games.
The regulars are hoping that Rayo Vallecano will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Osasuna (placed 5th). Catena, defender, was given a rating of 7.82/10 in that game, top of the team. Catena won 5 of 7 duels.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Mallorca (0-2).This is expected to be a close game, with 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 10 games. Rayo Vallecano has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 5.
Early season league goal statistics from Rayo Vallecano's 1 home game: 0 goals, 2 conceded.
Valencia form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the La Liga ended in defeat. Last season Valencia had these away match statistics: Played 19; won 5, drew 7 and lost 7.
Impressive finishing from Castillejo, Lato, Duro, González and Lino secured the home win 5-1 against Getafe in their previous game. As you can tell from the results above, Valencia was very dominant against Getafe, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Castillejo, Lato, Duro, González and Lino providing the goals. Musah got a match rating of 8.6 in that game, top player of the team. Musah signed up for two assists, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 25 successful passes (of 29 total).
A 0-1 loss hosting Atletico Madrid before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Valencia in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Valencia, 6 draws and 5 defeats.
Valencia have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Rayo Vallecano-Valencia H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Rayo Vallecano one win, Valencia three wins, six draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Ciss 1 goals |  I. Palazón 1 goals |  F. Lejeune 1 goals |
Rayo Vallecano missing players
Valencia missing players
| Rayo Vallecano | Valencia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 2.2 | 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 5.5 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 3.2 |
| 3.5 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8.2 | 15 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 15.5 | 10 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15 | 10.5 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.8 |
| Rayo Vallecano | Last season | Valencia | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 7 | 15 | ||
| 18 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 39 | 26 | Scored | S | 22 | 48 | ||
| 50 | 22 | Conceded | C | 29 | 53 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 68% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 76% | ||
| 39% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 50% | ||
| 18% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 37% | 29% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 26% | 18% | ||
| 45% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 63% | 63% | ||
| 24% | 32% | Clean Sheets | C S | 32% | 32% | ||
| 37% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 21% | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 8 | ||
| 13.6 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 33% | ||
| 11.4 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.6 | 12.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Villarreal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| 4 | Real Betis | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Osasuna | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Athletic Club | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Atletico Madrid | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Celta de Vigo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Real Sociedad | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Valencia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Mallorca | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Almeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Girona | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Rayo Vallecano | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 15 | Espanyol | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Sevilla | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| 17 | Real Valladolid | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
| 18 | Elche | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -8 | 1 |
| 19 | Getafe | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 1 |
| 20 | Cadiz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -10 | 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 Alavés | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 31 | 65 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 44 | -34 | 31 |
