La Liga: Villarreal expected to win home game against Rayo Vallecano

Competition: Spain La Liga
Date: sø 17.mars
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica

This match features two teams living in the basement of the La Liga, Villarreal holding 16th place and Rayo Vallecano lying 19th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Villarreal have less rest than Rayo Vallecano in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa League game only two days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Zenit, was also a home game here at Estadio de la Cerámica. The away team is better rested. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Zenit.

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Villarreal form and stats

With 2 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Villarreal are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The Villarreal supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Zenit in Europa League and win 2-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Levante and winning 2-0.

The Villarreal fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 17 in 27 matches. Villarreal have conceded 19 in these home matches.

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Rayo Vallecano form and stats

The loot brought home from travels has not been plentiful for Rayo Vallecano as they have only collected 10 points from their 13 away games. Rayo Vallecano only has 3 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 1 draw. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Rayo Vallecano's last three away games as they have all been lost. With the Rayo Vallecano losing streak of six defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Rayo Vallecano, facing their second straight away game. Especially as that game, in the La Liga, ended a defeat 1-3 versus Barcelona. Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Girona.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 27 away games, an average of less than one per game. Rayo Vallecano have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Rayo Vallecano - Villarreal 2-2. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's 6 Villarreal victories, 1 draw and 2 Rayo Vallecano wins.

Top Goalscorers

Raúl de Tomás
11 goals
Santi Cazorla
4 goals / 6 assists
Gerard Moreno
4 goals

Villarreal missing players

Rayo Vallecano missing players

Over Villarreal (27 played) Rayo Vallecano (27 played)
Over 0.5 85% 100%
Over 1.5 74% 70%
Over 2.5 52% 59%
Over 3.5 22% 33%
Over 4.5 4% 15%
Stat Villarreal (27 played) Rayo Vallecano (27 played)
BTTS 52% 59%
CS 30% 15%
FTS 33% 26%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Barcelona 27 19 6 2 69 26 14 10 3 1 42 16 13 9 3 1 27 10 43 63
2 Atlético Madrid 27 16 8 3 39 17 14 11 2 1 23 7 13 5 6 2 16 10 22 56
3 Real Madrid 27 16 3 8 47 32 13 8 1 4 19 8 14 8 2 4 28 24 15 51
4 Getafe 27 12 9 6 36 24 13 8 1 4 20 9 14 4 8 2 16 15 12 45
5 Deportivo Alavés 27 11 8 8 28 30 13 6 6 1 14 8 14 5 2 7 14 22 -2 41
6 Sevilla 27 11 7 9 46 36 13 8 3 2 27 14 14 3 4 7 19 22 10 40
7 Valencia 27 8 15 4 30 23 14 4 9 1 16 8 13 4 6 3 14 15 7 39
8 Real Betis 27 11 6 10 31 32 14 6 4 4 18 17 13 5 2 6 13 15 -1 39
9 Real Sociedad 27 9 8 10 32 32 13 4 4 5 14 14 14 5 4 5 18 18 0 35
10 Eibar 27 8 11 8 35 36 14 7 5 2 25 15 13 1 6 6 10 21 -1 35
11 Athletic Club 27 7 13 7 26 31 14 5 7 2 14 13 13 2 6 5 12 18 -5 34
12 Espanyol 27 9 7 11 32 40 13 8 1 4 19 18 14 1 6 7 13 22 -8 34
13 Leganés 27 8 9 10 27 32 13 6 6 1 17 10 14 2 3 9 10 22 -5 33
14 Girona 27 7 10 10 29 37 14 2 6 6 13 21 13 5 4 4 16 16 -8 31
15 Levante 27 8 6 13 37 48 13 4 3 6 18 25 14 4 3 7 19 23 -11 30
16 Villarreal 27 5 11 11 29 35 14 2 6 6 17 19 13 3 5 5 12 16 -6 26
17 Real Valladolid 27 6 8 13 21 38 13 3 3 7 11 19 14 3 5 6 10 19 -17 26
18 Celta de Vigo 27 6 7 14 36 45 14 4 4 6 19 19 13 2 3 8 17 26 -9 25
19 Rayo Vallecano 27 6 5 16 29 48 14 3 4 7 20 29 13 3 1 9 9 19 -19 23
20 Huesca 27 5 7 15 27 44 13 3 4 6 14 17 14 2 3 9 13 27 -17 22

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