Here's all you should be aware of, and a little bit more, before watching the Sevilla - Rayo Vallecano game!
- Sevilla have yet to win a game at home.
- Rayo Vallecano have scored at least twice as many goals away as Sevilla have scored home.
There have been little to rest for the hosting team, as they had a Champions League game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus København, was also a home game here at Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán. The away team is better rested.
Sevilla form and stats
Sevilla have played 5 La Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Sevilla.
Sevilla's previous match was a Champions League game also played at their home, finishing 3-0 versus København. The home side are looking to build on that result. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated through three league matches. Defender Montiel got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.02/10. Montiel scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 6 of 11 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Real Madrid in the La Liga.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sevilla have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 0.
Sevilla are traveling soon after this match as the Champions League match at Manchester City awaits in four days.
Sevilla have scored {3 league goals} here from 5 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sevilla defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Rayo Vallecano form and stats
Rayo Vallecano have only collected 5 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 1-2-3 (6 played).
Palazón, Lejeune (2), García and Camello scored in Rayo Vallecano's previous match, the home game against Cadiz that ended 5-1. That win felt nice as this side had gone three league rounds without victory. As mentioned above, Vallecano was the only team on the pitch versus Cadiz in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Midfielder García was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.84. García scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A 1-1 draw at Atletico Madrid's stadium before that.Rayo Vallecano are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
Rayo Vallecano have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 7 goals have been scored. Vallecano have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Sevilla have put together a streak of 13 consecutive matches without losing (10-3-0) when playing Rayo Vallecano.The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Lamela 3 goals |  Ó. Torres Muñoz 3 goals |   I. Palazón Camacho 3 goals |
Sevilla missing players
Rayo Vallecano missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 82% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 82% |
| 45% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 55% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 27% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 18% |
| 73% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 64% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 27% |
| 18% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 27% |
| 4.9 | 7.4 | 11.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.2 | 5.5 |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.5 | 4.4 |
| 4 | 3.2 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.4 | 15.6 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 9.7 | 13.3 |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
| 27% | 14% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 32% | 31% |
| 15 | 15.6 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 14.8 | 11.7 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 5.3 | 4.3 |
- All of Sevilla's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Rayo Vallecano have scored at least twice as many goals away as Sevilla have scored home.
- Rayo Vallecano have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sevilla have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Sevilla have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Sevilla have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sevilla have yet to win a game at home.
- Sevilla 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 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 31 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 28 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 23 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Athletic Club | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 18 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 8 | Osasuna | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | Valencia | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 10 | Rayo Vallecano | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Real Valladolid | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Celta de Vigo | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 11 |
| 14 | Espanyol | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Almeria | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -7 | 10 |
| 16 | Sevilla | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 17 | Getafe | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 10 |
| 18 | Girona | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -17 | 7 |
| 20 | Elche | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -18 | 4 |
