Rayo Vallecano vs Deportivo Alaves Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 15th September 2023
When Deportivo Alaves come to Campo de Futbol de Vallecas for the La Liga match on Friday, Rayo Vallecano will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.
Rayo Vallecano are Deportivo Alaves equal on points in the table, with the home side sitting as number 12 on six points. The guests rank as number ten in the La Liga standings.
The prospect of overtaking Rayo Vallecano in the standings should provide Deportivo Alaves with a great incentive to secure an unexpected victory. Meanwhile, the home side should be determined to prevent their opponents from achieving that objective.
Rayo Vallecano go into their next La Liga match, scoring a humble average of 1.1 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 11 times, while conceding 20. That amounts to an average of two per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring two times.
Deportivo Alaves scored 11 goals, conceded 17 and managed one clean sheets in their previous ten matches.
Rayo Vallecano were defeated by 1-0 in their last encounter with Deportivo Alaves, but did win the reverse match 2-0, though.
Rayo Vallecano vs Deportivo Alaves Prediction
Rayo Vallecano Form
In their last three matches, Rayo Vallecano won 0-2 against Granada, before losing 0-7 against Atletico Madrid and 1-0 to Real Betis. It has been a bit hit-and-miss for Rayo Vallecano but at least mostly hit, as they put four wins on the board in their previous six La Liga matches. They didn't draw any matches, but lost twice, scoring nine goals while conceding 13.
A top half finish is the dream target for Rayo Vallecano, although keeping their La Liga status for another season has to be the priority.
Deportivo Alaves Form
Results have been up and down for Deportivo Alaves, who beat Sevilla by 4-3. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 1-0 against Getafe, before claiming three points in a 1-0 win against Valencia. In their last six La Liga away matches, Deportivo Alaves failed to win even once. In stead, they've drawn zero and lost six, scoring two while also conceding 12 times.
The relegation battle is a fiercely contested struggle season after season, and Deportivo Alaves is expected to be in the middle of this for the majority of the La Liga-campaign.
Rayo Vallecano find it tough these days to get a goal in, but Deportivo Alaves are equally lacklustre in front of goal currently, and going with under 2.5 goals in the betting market is the obvious choice.
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Rayo Vallecano vs Deportivo Alaves Stats
- In the last 8 Rayo Vallecano home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 7 of the last 8 home matches Rayo Vallecano played, both teams scored
- In 12 of the last 14 Rayo Vallecano home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 10 of the last 12 Rayo Vallecano matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Rayo Vallecano have scored in 12 of the last 14 matches
- In 24 of the last 26 Deportivo Alaves matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 12 of the last 13 Deportivo Alaves away matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 12 of the last 13 Deportivo Alaves away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Deportivo Alaves have lost 3 of the last 4 away matches without scoring a goal
- Deportivo Alaves have lost 3 of the last 4 away matches while scoring less than 0.5 goals
Rayo Vallecano vs Deportivo Alaves Squads
Rayo Vallecano Squad
The 45-year-old Rayo Vallecano manager, Francisco Rodriguez, will select the lineup against Deportivo Alaves from these players (the statistics in the brackets refer to scored goals and games played in the La Liga this season):
Dani Cardenas (0/0), Stole Dimitrievski (0/4), Abdul Mumin (0/1), Alfonso Espino (0/4), Andrei Ratiu (0/0), Aridane Hernandez (0/4), Florian Lejeune (0/4), Martin Pascual (0/0), Alvaro Garcia (1/4), Diego Mendez (0/1), Isi Palazon (1/4), Ivan Balliu (0/4), Kike Perez (0/1), Oscar Valentin (0/4), Pablo Munoz (0/0), Pathe Ciss (1/4), Pep Chavarria (0/2), Randy Nteka (1/4), Sergio Moreno (0/0), Unai Lopez (0/3), Bebé (0/2), Jorge de Frutos (0/3), Jose Pozo (0/0), Oscar Trejo (0/3), Radamel Falcao (0/2), Raul de Tomas (0/3), Sergio Camello (0/2).
Deportivo Alaves Squad
This is the full squad of players that the Deportivo Alaves head coach Garcia will select from for his starting XI:
Antonio Sivera (0/4), Jesus Owono (0/0), Abdallahi Mahmoud (0/0), Abdelkabir Abqar (0/3), Aleksandar Sedlar (0/4), Alex Sola (0/3), Andoni Gorosabel (0/4), Javi Lopez (0/2), Nahuel Tenaglia (0/1), Nikola Maras (0/0), Rafa Marin (0/4), Ruben Duarte (1/4), Ander Guevara (0/4), Antonio Blanco (0/4), Carlos Benavidez (0/4), Jon Guridi (0/4), Tomas Mendes (0/0), Xeber Alkain (0/3), Abderrahman Rebbach (0/2), Giuliano Simeone (0/0), Ianis Hagi (0/1), Joaquin Panichelli (0/0), Jon Karrikaburu (0/0), Kike Garcia (2/4), Luis Rioja (1/4), Marc Tenas (0/0), Samuel Omorodion (1/3).
Rayo Vallecano vs Deportivo Alaves Team News
When it comes to the match between Rayo Vallecano and Deportivo Alaves at Campo de Futbol de Vallecas, the former has only one player unavailable for selection.
Due to an injury, Rayo Vallecano are unable to field Jose Pozo in the line-up for the this coming Friday against Deportivo Alaves.
When Deportivo Alaves take on Rayo Vallecano at Campo de Futbol de Vallecas, they will only have one player missing from their selection.
Giuliano Simeone nurses an injury and won't be travelling with Deportivo Alaves.
Rayo Vallecano vs Deportivo Alaves Lineups
Rayo Vallecano vs Deportivo Alaves H2H
Deportivo Alaves celebrated a 1-0 win in their most recent meeting with their Rayo Vallecano. Are we in for something similar at Campo de Futbol de Vallecas this coming Friday, or does the latter have something else in store? Rayo Vallecano won four matches and Deportivo Alaves won four Matches of the latest ten encounters. Deportivo Alaves came out 1-0 winners in the most recent meeting, though, and the bookies best betting odds on another away win at full-time are at 3/1.
Rayo Vallecano vs Deportivo Alaves Results
Punters probably shouldn't go looking for both teams to score, when Deportivo Alaves come visiting Rayo Vallecano. At least one team managed to keep a clean sheet six times in their last ten matches. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 4/7 with the bookies.
Rayo Vallecano vs Deportivo Alaves Betting Tips
Isi Palazon managed to hit the target twice recently for Rayo Vallecano, while Kike Garcia, added two strikes in La Liga for Deportivo Alaves in his last six outings.
Campo de Futbol de Vallecas witnessed Rayo Vallecano winning four of their 10 latest matches across all tournaments here. They drew three and lost three in this run. Deportivo Alaves won two of their previous 10 games away, drew four and lost four. Goals should be on the menu at Campo de Futbol de Vallecas, with both teams scoring in eight of the last 10 matches at home for Rayo Vallecano. The same outcome paid dividends in three of the last 10 away games for Deportivo Alaves.
Less than three came out three times in the past ten encounters between Deportivo Alaves and Rayo Vallecano, as both teams not to score was a winning bet six times. Rayo Vallecano performed 1.2 goals on average, whereas Deportivo Alaves averaged 1.4 goals. Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Rayo Vallecano, who scored an average of one goal along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Deportivo Alaves, who managed to score 1.3 times in those matches.