Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 24th April 2025

When Rayo Vallecano come to Riyadh Air Metropolitano for the LaLiga match on Thursday, Atletico Madrid will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Atletico Madrid are currently looking at 63 points on their account, having played 32 matches, leaving them two places off the current LaLiga leaders. Meanwhile, Rayo Vallecano find themselves as number 9 in the LaLiga with 41 points following 32 rounds.

Rayo Vallecano will not be short on motivation for their clash with the match favourites Atletico Madrid. Although the odds are against them, a narrow win on Thursday will see them move ahead of their upcoming opponents in the table.

Atletico Madrid scored an average of 1.6 goals in ten matches or a total of 16 while allowing 13 goals against. This is an average of 1.3 goals against per match with two clean sheets along the way.

Rayo Vallecano travel to their next LaLiga match, averaging a lowly 0.9 goals per game in their last ten matches. They scored a disappointing total of nine goals, while also conceding 15 goals. That amounts to an average of 1.5 per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring two times.

It finished all square on when Atletico Madrid last faced Rayo Vallecano. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 1-1 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 11/4.

Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano Prediction

Atletico Madrid Form

Atletico Madrid are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Sevilla by 1-2, before beating Real Valladolid by 4-2. The winning streak came to an end against Las Palmas, who ran out 1-0 winners. Atletico Madrid claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the LaLiga. They also drew two and lost one, as they scored 11 and conceded eight goals.

Rayo Vallecano Form

Rayo Vallecano came away from their previous three games with just one draw, as they lost 0-4 against Espanyol. A 3-1 defeat against Athletic Club followed, before a 1-1 draw with Valencia. Rayo Vallecano claimed two wins against one draw and three defeats in their last six away matches in the LaLiga. The scoreline from these matches reads seven goals conceded and six scored.

Rayo Vallecano and Atletico Madrid are almost always cautious, when going toe-to-toe with each other, which makes under 2.5 goals the value bet this coming Thursday.

Atletico Madrid won six matches, scored 18 goals and conceded 14 in their last 15 games against teams from the top half of the LaLiga table. This earned them 25 points. Rayo Vallecano took 11 points from their last 14 games against teams from the top half of the LaLiga table. They won two, scored 16 goals and conceded 22. Atletico Madrid claimed 18 wins, nine draws as well as five defeats in the LaLiga this season. Rayo Vallecano enjoy a record of ten wins, 11 draws and 11 defeats in the LaLiga.

Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano Squads

Atletico Madrid Squad

Simeone will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Rayo Vallecano from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season):

Antonio Gomis (0/0), Bernabe Barragan (0/0), Jan Oblak (0/31), Juan Musso (0/1), Axel Witsel (0/12), Cesar Azpilicueta (1/11), Clement Lenglet (1/19), Geronimo Spina (0/0), Ilias Kostis (0/0), Javi Galan (0/20), Jose Gimenez (0/25), Nahuel Molina (0/24), Reinildo (0/19), Robin Le Normand (0/22), Conor Gallagher (2/26), Javier Serrano (0/0), Koke (1/26), Marcos Llorente (2/27), Pablo Barrios (1/26), Rodrigo De Paul (3/28), Thomas Lemar (0/4), Alexander Soerloth (12/29), Angel Correa (3/26), Antoine Griezmann (8/32), Giuliano Simeone (2/27), Julian Alvarez (14/32), Rodrigo Riquelme (0/16), Samuel Dias Lino (3/25), Victor Mollejo (0/0).

Rayo Vallecano Squad

Below is the full team squad of Rayo Vallecano. The manager Perez will pick his starting XI against Atletico Madrid from these players:

Augusto Batalla (0/27), Dani Cardenas (0/5), Abdul Mumin (2/24), Alfonso Espino (0/11), Andrei Ratiu (2/30), Aridane Hernandez (0/10), Florian Lejeune (0/31), Ivan Balliu (0/20), Pelayo Fernandez (0/1), Pep Chavarria (0/28), Alvaro Garcia (3/30), Gerard Gumbau (0/17), Jonathan Montiel (0/0), Marco de las Sias (0/0), Oscar Trejo (1/16), Oscar Valentin (0/29), Pathe Ciss (4/28), Pedro Diaz (3/20), Unai Lopez (3/26), Adrian Embarba (1/30), Etienne Eto'o Pineda (0/2), Isi Palazon (3/29), Jorge de Frutos (4/30), Randy Nteka (3/23), Raul de Tomas (0/2), Sergi Guardiola (0/13), Sergio Camello (3/23).

Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano Team News

Atletico Madrid are as close to having an entire squad available as they can, with only one playerout for the side which faces Rayo Vallecano. There is no need for Angel Correa to show up in the Atletico Madrid dressing room, as he is suspended.

At the time of writing, Rayo Vallecano just have two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match this coming Thursday. Florian Lejeune and Abdul Mumin sit this one out for Rayo Vallecano, serving a suspension instead of travelling to meet Atletico Madrid.

Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano Lineups

Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano H2H

Betting on the draw would have earned you a sound profit the last time Atletico Madrid played Rayo Vallecano. The pair finished even in a 1-1 match, where no one managed to get the upper hand. Atletico Madrid enjoy a good 8-2-0 advantage against Rayo Vallecano, and the bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 3/5.

Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano Results

A high scoring match is a fairly rare occurrence when Atletico Madrid face Rayo Vallecano as under 2.5 goals happened in seven times in the last ten matches. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 4/5 with the bookies.

Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano Betting Tips

It has been a superb season for Julian Alvarez so far as he managed to score impressive 14 goals across all tournaments during the current campaign. He appears to be in great form currently, as he hit the target four times in his last six games, and Atletico Madrid rely on his abilities against Rayo Vallecano. Siding with him to find the back of the net on Thursday seems like a decent punt.

Atletico Madrid won six of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Riyadh Air Metropolitano. They drew two and lost two as well, while Rayo Vallecano won three of their last 10 games away. They drew three and lost four. Both teams scored in six of the last 10 LaLiga matches for Atletico Madrid at Riyadh Air Metropolitano. Both teams also found their way to the target in five of the previous 10 away games for Rayo Vallecano.

Under 2.5 goals happened three times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Atletico Madrid managed an average of 1.9 goals, with Rayo Vallecano averaging 0.4 goals in these. Both teams not to score was a winning bet six times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Atletico Madrid, who scored an average of 1.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals appeared in four of the last ten matches that Rayo Vallecano played across all tournaments. They scored 0.9 times on average in the process.