Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 26th April 2023

Rayo Vallecano come up against visiting side Barcelona in a La Liga fixture this coming Wednesday at Campo de Futbol de Vallecas.

Barcelona have taken the lead in the La Liga after collecting 76 points from their initial 30 encounters. Rayo Vallecano trail them by 40 points after 30 rounds, leaving them as number 9 in the table.

Top side Barcelona will be hoping to inflict more misery on lowly placed Rayo Vallecano this coming Wednesday. The hosts should simply be able to bring far too much to the table for the visitors to have any say on Wednesday.

Rayo Vallecano scored nine goals, conceded 14 and fought their way to one clean sheet in their previous ten matches.

Barcelona hit the target 12 times in the last ten outings, which creates an average of 1.2 goals a game. They conceded 0.2 goals per match for a total of two goals, while claiming eight clean sheets as well.

Rayo Vallecano and Barcelona settled for a point in a 0-0 draw, when last faced with each other. The best betting odds on a another draw at full-time with the bookies are at 14/5.

Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona Prediction

Rayo Vallecano Form

Rayo Vallecano are currently performing inconsistently, as they lost against Atletico Madrid by a 1-2 score, before winning 2-1 against Osasuna. They lost again in their most recent match, this time 2-1 against Real Sociedad. Rayo Vallecano managed to win two of their past six home matches in the La Liga. In the remaining four, they drew three and lost one, as they scored eight and conceded six goals.

Barcelona Form

Barcelona claimed five points in their previous three matches, which started with a 0-0 draw with Girona. This was followed by another draw with Getafe, this time 0-0, before they outclassed Atletico Madrid by 1-0. Barcelona won four times in their last six away games in the La Liga, in which they drew once and lost once. They conceded two goals while scoring eight themselves.

Bookmakers have Barcelona down as rather big favourites for the win against Rayo Vallecano. While the hosts will obviously come out fighting, we still think the visitors will prevail in the end.

Rayo Vallecano have taken 12 points from their last 13 games against teams from the top half of the La Liga table. They won three of these matches with a scoreline of 13 goals to 19. Barcelona won 11 games, picked up 34 points, scored 23 and conceded seven goals in their last 13 games against teams from the top half of the La Liga table. Rayo Vallecano are looking at a record of ten wins, ten draws and ten defeats in the La Liga this season. Barcelona are looking at 24 wins, four draws and two defeats in the La Liga.

Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona Stats

Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona Squads

Rayo Vallecano Squad

Andoni Iraola will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Barcelona from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season):

Diego Lopez (0/1), Mauricio Arboleda (0/0), Miguel Morro (0/0), Stole Dimitrievski (0/29), Abdul Mumin (0/10), Alejandro Catena (1/27), Esteban Ariel Saveljich (0/0), Florian Lejeune (4/27), Mario Hernandez (0/3), Alvaro Garcia (4/27), Andres Martin (0/7), Diego Mendez (0/0), Francisco Garcia (1/30), Isi Palazon (8/29), Ivan Balliu (0/29), Mario Suarez (0/1), Oscar Valentin (0/27), Pablo Munoz (0/2), Pathe Ciss (1/26), Pep Chavarria (0/11), Salvi Sanchez (0/18), Santi Comesana (2/28), Unai Lopez (1/27), Jose Pozo (0/7), Oscar Trejo (3/28), Radamel Falcao (2/22), Raul de Tomas (0/11), Sergio Camello (5/30).

Barcelona Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Barcelona players that the manager Xavi Hernandez will choose from for the upcoming game:

Arnau Tenas (0/0), Inaki Pena (0/0), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (0/30), Alex Balde (0/26), Andreas Christensen (0/16), Eric Garcia (1/18), Jordi Alba (1/19), Jules Kounde (0/22), Marcos Alonso (1/17), Ronald Araujo (0/18), Sergi Roberto (4/20), Ferran Torres (4/27), Franck Kessie (1/22), Frenkie de Jong (2/25), Gavi (1/29), Marc Casado (0/0), Pablo Torre (0/4), Pedri (6/22), Sergio Busquets (0/25), Angel Alarcon (0/4), Ansu Fati (4/28), Ousmane Dembele (5/18), Raphinha (6/28), Robert Lewandowski (17/26).

Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona Team News

Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona Lineups

Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona H2H

Rayo Vallecano and Barcelona had to settle for a point each in their most recent match, which finished with a 0-0 scoreline. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 14/5. Barcelona will be excited about a meeting with Rayo Vallecano, who have found it hard to deal with their upcoming visitors. Barcelona go into the match with a 7-1-2 advantage. The bookies have Barcelona to win this match at best price odds of 3/4.

Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona Results

In five of the previous ten matches between Rayo Vallecano and Barcelona both teams scored.

Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona Betting Tips

It has been a great season for Robert Lewandowski who bagged 17 for his club so far and bringing that kind of form to the table is crucial for the success of Barcelona.

Goals are flowing freely for Rayo Vallecano on home soil currently, as both teams scored in six of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target two times in Barcelona''s last 10 league games away from home.

Both teams scored five times in the last ten encounters between Rayo Vallecano and Barcelona, while over 2.5 goals came out six times. Rayo Vallecano scored 0.9 goals on average, while Barcelona pulled three goals on average. Rayo Vallecano witnessed over 2.5 goals in five of their previous ten matches across all tournaments in which they averaged 0.9 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals appeared in three of the last ten matches that Barcelona played across all tournaments. They scored one time on average in the process.