Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 17th February 2025

Barcelona are highly favoured to claim a win against Rayo Vallecano, whom they face this coming Monday. In their current shape, a win at a neutral venue seems to be the obvious outcome.

Barcelona are third in the LaLiga standings after collecting 48 points from their initial 23 encounters. Rayo Vallecano trail them on 35 points after 23 rounds, leaving them as number 6 in the table.

Barcelona took down Rayo Vallecano in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario on Monday.

Barcelona scored 2.4 goals on average in their past ten matches, hitting the target 24 times. They conceded 13 goals, an average of 1.3 and pulled off one clean sheets.

Rayo Vallecano are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 14 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.4 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of ten goals, and while Rayo Vallecano claimed three clean sheets, they conceded an average of one goals per match.

Barcelona go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 3-0 and 2-1 the last two times they played Rayo Vallecano.

Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano Prediction

Barcelona Form

Barcelona swept all aside in their last three matches and started off by winning 1-0 against Deportivo Alaves. They went on to defeat Valencia 0-5 and made it three on the spin against Sevilla in a 1-4 victory. Barcelona claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the LaLiga. They also drew zero and lost three, as they scored 13 and conceded seven goals.

Rayo Vallecano Form

Rayo Vallecano look fabulous with three wins on the trot, starting off against Girona, who were defeated by 2-1. Then, Leganes got outclassed in a 0-1 win, before beating Real Valladolid by 1-0. Rayo Vallecano won twice, while also recording three draws, and one defeat in their last six away matches in the LaLiga. The scoreline from these matches says four goals conceded and five scored.

Anything but a home win would be a stunning result, and we back Barcelona not to be stunned, just like we back numerous goals to be scored when they face Rayo Vallecano.

Barcelona have been in commanding form in matches against their fellow top six teams. From their last five outings against these top rivals, they picked up four wins, 12 points, scored 14 goals, while allowing five against. From their last five games against teams in the top six, Rayo Vallecano secured three points and zero wins. They conceded nine goals while scoring seven themselves. Barcelona are looking at a record of 15 wins, three draws and five defeats in the LaLiga this season. Rayo Vallecano have a record of nine wins, eight draws and six defeats in the LaLiga.

Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano Squads

Barcelona Squad

The 59-year-old coach of the home team, Hans-Dieter Flick, will select the lineup against Rayo Vallecano from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season:

Inaki Pena (0/15), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (0/6), Wojciech Szczesny (0/3), Alejandro Balde (0/21), Andreas Christensen (0/0), Eric Garcia (1/14), Gerard Martin (0/14), Hector Fort (0/10), Inigo Martinez (0/19), Jules Kounde (2/23), Pau Cubarsi (0/23), Ronald Araujo (0/3), Fermin Lopez (3/15), Frenkie de Jong (2/12), Gavi (0/13), Marc Bernal (0/3), Marc Casado (0/19), Pablo Torre (3/8), Pedri (4/22), Ansu Fati (0/4), Dani Olmo (5/13), Ferran Torres (4/16), Lamine Yamal (5/20), Pau Victor (2/15), Raphinha (13/23), Robert Lewandowski (19/22).

Rayo Vallecano Squad

Here is the full team squad of Rayo Vallecano. The 37 year-old Inigo Perez will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Augusto Batalla (0/18), Dani Cardenas (0/5), Abdul Mumin (2/21), Alfonso Espino (0/6), Andrei Ratiu (1/21), Aridane Hernandez (0/4), Florian Lejeune (0/23), Ivan Balliu (0/17), Pelayo Fernandez (0/0), Pep Chavarria (0/19), Alvaro Garcia (3/21), Gerard Gumbau (0/11), Jonathan Montiel (0/0), Marco de las Sias (0/0), Oscar Trejo (0/9), Oscar Valentin (0/23), Pathe Ciss (2/19), Pedro Diaz (0/11), Unai Lopez (3/20), Adrian Embarba (1/21), Etienne Eto'o Pineda (0/0), Isi Palazon (3/23), Jorge de Frutos (4/23), Randy Nteka (3/17), Raul de Tomas (0/0), Sergi Guardiola (0/7), Sergio Camello (3/23).

Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano Team News

Rayo Vallecano have just one player unavailable for selection, when visiting Barcelona at a neutral venue. Abdul Mumin is suspended from the Rayo Vallecano squad with too many penalty points to his name.

Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano Lineups

Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano H2H

Barcelona won the last two meetings against Rayo Vallecano, as they followed up a 3-0 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 2-1 score. Barcelona were a little more successful than Rayo Vallecano in recent meetings, and go into their next encounter with a 5-2-3 advantage. Naturally, betting on Barcelona has more often than not proved the profitable way to go. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 2/9.

Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano Results

Of the last ten encounters between Barcelona Rayo Vallecano over 2.5 goals came out four times. Odds on over 2.5 goals are at 3/10 with bookies.

Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano Betting Tips

Scoring 19 goals during a LaLiga campaign is just the sort of form, every club adores in a player. Robert Lewandowski is out to extend his current momentum, and the upcoming game should be a good opportunity to add another goal to his name. Picking Robert Lewandowski to score seems like a no-brainer currently.

In their last 10 matches at a neutral venue across all tournaments Barcelona won six times, drew one and lost three times. Rayo Vallecano claimed five wins, three draw and two defeats in their last 10 games away. Goals are usually flowing for Barcelona on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in seven of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened six times for Rayo Vallecano in their last 10 league games away from home.

Both teams scored six times in the last ten encounters between Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano, while over 2.5 goals came out six times. Barcelona scored 1.8 goals on average, while Rayo Vallecano pulled one goal on average. Barcelona saw over 2.5 goals in seven of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 3.7 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Rayo Vallecano, who managed to score 1.6 times in those matches.