La Liga: Two contenders in reasonable form get together for this game. Rayo Vallecano hold a wee edge with their 6th place in the standings?
- Villarreal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rayo Vallecano have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in La Liga
Villarreal have less rest than Rayo Vallecano in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Champions League game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Atalanta.
Villarreal form and stats
When playing at home in the La Liga, Villarreal have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.
Happy days for Villarreal in their previous game, a Champions League match away at Atalanta that ended with a 3-2 victory. The attacker Arnaut Danjuma was declared "man of the match" for Villarreal with the rating of 7.9/10. Danjuma scored two goals.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sevilla (0-1).The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Villarreal matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, one draw and one defeat (from three games).
Villarreal are traveling soon after this match as the Copa Del Rey match at Sanluqueno awaits in three days.
The Villarreal fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded.
Rayo Vallecano form and stats
Rayo Vallecano have only collected 5 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 1-2-5 (8 played).
Vallecano had fun at their own home (Estadio de la Cerámica) last time out, beating Espanyol 1-0. Goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski got the top player rating of the team with 7.45/10. Dimitrievski stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Rayo Vallecano travelled to Guijuelo (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) and returned home with a draw after the Copa Del Rey game finished 1-1.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Vallecano when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning one game.
Vallecano have another fixture away in just three days, a Copa Del Rey game vs Bergantinos. A strenuous itinerary for the guests!
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Vallecano as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. Vallecano have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Villarreal-Rayo Vallecano H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Villarreal seven wins, Rayo Vallecano two wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Groeneveld 5 goals |   Á. García Rivera 5 goals |  R. García Zárate 5 goals |
Villarreal missing players
Rayo Vallecano missing players
| Villarreal | Rayo Vallecano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 16 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| 17 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| 73% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 60% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 69% |
| 40% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 56% |
| 27% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 13% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 47% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 50% |
| 40% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 31% |
| 40% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 25% |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 5.8 | 4.1 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.2 | 13 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 11.4 | 12.2 |
| 3.8 | 5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
| 28% | 34% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 28% | 37% |
| 11.3 | 8.4 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 11.9 | 11.2 |
| 3.3 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
- Rayo Vallecano have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Rayo Vallecano have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in La Liga
- Rayo Vallecano haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Villarreal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 22 | 39 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 27 |
| 7 | Barcelona | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 8 | Valencia | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Athletic Club | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Osasuna | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -4 | 21 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Villarreal | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 14 | Celta de Vigo | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | Granada | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 | Elche | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 17 | Deportivo Alaves | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 14 |
| 18 | Cadiz | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -16 | 12 |
| 19 | Getafe | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -9 | 11 |
| 20 | Levante | 16 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -15 | 8 |