Rayo Vallecano vs Athletic Club Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 1st December 2024

Athletic Club go up against Rayo Vallecano this coming Sunday for a LaLiga meeting at Campo de Futbol de Vallecas.

Rayo Vallecano are number 13 in the table on 16 points after 13 matches. Athletic Club rank as number 5 with 23 points after 14 matches played.

Rayo Vallecano enter the match against Athletic Club hoping to gain some ground on the latter in LaLiga standings. A positive result could prove pivotal to their upcoming challenges this season.

Rayo Vallecano go into their next LaLiga match, scoring a humble average of one per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane ten times, while conceding 11. That amounts to an average of 1.1 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring two times.

Athletic Club scored 17 goals, conceded nine and managed three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Athletic Club beat Rayo Vallecano twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 1-0 and 4-0, respectively.

Rayo Vallecano vs Athletic Club Prediction

Rayo Vallecano Form

In their last three matches, Rayo Vallecano won 1-0 against Deportivo Alaves, before losing 1-3 against Las Palmas and 1-0 to Sevilla. Rayo Vallecano managed to win two of their past six home matches in the LaLiga. In the remaining four, they drew two and lost two, as they scored eight and conceded eight goals.

Athletic Club Form

Athletic Club went unbeaten through their last three matches, which began with a 1-1 draw against Real Valladolid. A 1-0 win against Real Sociedad followed, before they beat Elfsborg by 3-0. Athletic Club won twice, while also recording two draws, and two defeats in their last six away matches in the LaLiga. The scoreline from these matches says seven goals conceded and eight scored.

Rayo Vallecano and Athletic Club are mostly leaning towards matches shy on goals, as it seems that not conceding is more important than attempting to score. This indicates a close encounter is on the menu this coming Sunday.

Rayo Vallecano fought their way to one wins and four points from their last three games against teams inside the top six. They were on target five times in these matches, but also let in four goals. Rayo Vallecano have a record of four wins, four draws and five defeats in the LaLiga this season. Athletic Club are looking at six wins, five draws and three defeats in the LaLiga.

Rayo Vallecano vs Athletic Club Squads

Rayo Vallecano Squad

The 36-year-old coach of the home team, Inigo Perez, will select the lineup against Athletic Club from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season:

Augusto Batalla (0/9), Dani Cardenas (0/4), Abdul Mumin (1/12), Alfonso Espino (0/4), Andrei Ratiu (1/11), Aridane Hernandez (0/3), Florian Lejeune (0/13), Ivan Balliu (0/10), Pelayo Fernandez (0/0), Pep Chavarria (0/9), Alvaro Garcia (1/11), Gerard Gumbau (0/9), James Rodriguez (0/6), Jonathan Montiel (0/0), Marco de las Sias (0/0), Oscar Trejo (0/4), Oscar Valentin (0/13), Pathe Ciss (0/10), Pedro Diaz (0/4), Unai Lopez (2/12), Adrian Embarba (0/12), Etienne Eto'o Pineda (0/0), Isi Palazon (1/13), Jorge de Frutos (3/13), Randy Nteka (0/8), Raul de Tomas (0/0), Sergi Guardiola (0/5), Sergio Camello (2/13).

Athletic Club Squad

Below is the full team squad of Athletic Club. The manager Valverde will pick his starting XI against Rayo Vallecano from these players:

Alex Padilla (0/5), Julen Agirrezabala (0/11), Oier Gastesi (0/0), Unai Simon (0/0), Aitor Paredes (1/8), Andoni Gorosabel (0/5), Daniel Vivian (2/12), Inigo Lekue (0/6), Oscar de Marcos (0/10), Unai Nunez (0/3), Yeray Alvarez (0/7), Yuri Berchiche (0/11), Ander Herrera (0/8), Benat Prados (1/12), Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (0/10), Mikel Jauregizar (1/11), Mikel Vesga (0/8), Nico Williams (1/12), Oihan Sancet (5/11), Unai Gomez (0/13), Adama Boiro (0/5), Alex Berenguer (2/13), Alvaro Djalo (1/10), Gorka Guruzeta (3/13), Inaki Williams (3/13), Javier Marton (0/3), Nico Serrano (0/2).

Rayo Vallecano vs Athletic Club Team News

Rayo Vallecano could be looking at three players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Athletic Club. Rayo Vallecano have to alter their line-up, as both Unai Lopez, Unai Lopez and Abdul Mumin get a day in the shade.

Athletic Club have just one player unavailable for selection, when visiting Rayo Vallecano at Campo de Futbol de Vallecas. Benat Prados is suspended from the Athletic Club squad with too many penalty points to his name.

Rayo Vallecano vs Athletic Club Lineups

Rayo Vallecano vs Athletic Club H2H

Athletic Club got the better of Rayo Vallecano in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 1-0 and 4-0, respectively. Athletic Club will be excited about a meeting with Rayo Vallecano, who have found it hard to deal with their upcoming visitors. Athletic Club go into the match with a 7-2-1 advantage. The bookies have Athletic Club to win this match at best price odds of 17/10.

Rayo Vallecano vs Athletic Club Results

In the last ten matches between Rayo Vallecano and Athletic Club over 2.5 goals came out five times. Odds on at least three goals are at 11/8 with bookies.

Rayo Vallecano vs Athletic Club Betting Tips

Look no further than Jorge de Frutos, when searching for a marksman currently in good shape. He hit the target twice lately for Rayo Vallecano in the LaLiga, while Alex Berenguer managed two goals in the last half dozen matches for Athletic Club in this tournament. No doubt, both are looking to add to their total once again.

Rayo Vallecano won four of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Campo de Futbol de Vallecas. They drew two and lost four as well, while Athletic Club won three of their last 10 games away. They drew three and lost four. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Campo de Futbol de Vallecas since both teams scored in seven of the last 10 home matches for Rayo Vallecano. The same occurred in seven of the last 10 league games away from home for Athletic Club.

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Rayo Vallecano managed an average of 0.7 goals, with Athletic Club averaging 1.8 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet four times in this run of matches. Rayo Vallecano saw over 2.5 goals in four of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.4 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals appeared in four of the last ten matches that Athletic Club played across all tournaments. They scored 1.6 times on average in the process.