Rayo Vallecano vs Villarreal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 24th September 2023

Rayo Vallecano enjoy home advantage, when visitors Villarreal swing by this coming Sunday for a La Liga clash.

Rayo Vallecano approach the next La Liga round as number 6 in the table, having claimed nine points this season so far. With five games behind them, Villarreal amassed six points, placing them as number 13 before their next fixture.

Although outsiders on Sunday, Rayo Vallecano will be highly motivated to keep their current gap in the La Liga table to visitors Villarreal. Simultaneously, the latter will not be short on motivation when trying to close the distance.

Rayo Vallecano only average a modest 1.1 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 11 goals. They also conceded 19 for an average of 1.9 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring three times.

Villarreal scored 20 goals, conceded 16 and held on for a clean sheet in two of their last ten matches.

Rayo Vallecano beat Villarreal in their last two meetings, as they followed up a 1-0 win with a 2-1 victory.

Rayo Vallecano vs Villarreal Prediction

Rayo Vallecano Form

Rayo Vallecano suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches, as they were run over by Atletico Madrid in a 0-7 defeat. Real Betis also proved too hard to handle, as they won 1-0, before Rayo Vallecano were able to strike back last time out in a 2-0 win against Deportivo Alaves. In their last six La Liga home matches, Rayo Vallecano have four wins, no draws and two defeats. They scored nine and conceded 12 goals.

Both fans and management alike always expect success in the La Liga to be more or less guaranteed for Villarreal. They are once again faced with the expectation of a season where the podium is the minimum outcome.

Villarreal Form

In their previous three outings, Villarreal lost 3-1 against Cadiz, beat Almeria 2-1 and lost 2-0 against Panathinaikos. Villarreal claimed two wins against one draw and three defeats in their last six away matches in the La Liga. The scoreline from these matches reads nine goals conceded and seven scored.

Villarreal go into a new season as candidates for the podium, but will count themselves lucky to achieve more than a third place.

Neither Rayo Vallecano nor Villarreal have been experts at maintaining a clean sheet in recent matches. We count on both to continue this trend and bank on both being able to score a goal.

Rayo Vallecano are yet to play a draw this season, in stead recording three wins and two defeats in the La Liga. Villarreal are yet to play a draw this season, in stead recording two wins and three defeats in the La Liga.

Rayo Vallecano vs Villarreal Squads

Rayo Vallecano Squad

Rodriguez will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Villarreal from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season):

Dani Cardenas (0/0), Stole Dimitrievski (0/5), Abdul Mumin (0/1), Alfonso Espino (0/5), Andrei Ratiu (0/0), Aridane Hernandez (0/5), Florian Lejeune (0/5), Martin Pascual (0/0), Alvaro Garcia (1/5), Diego Mendez (0/1), Isi Palazon (2/5), Ivan Balliu (0/5), Kike Perez (0/2), Oscar Valentin (0/5), Pathe Ciss (1/5), Pep Chavarria (0/2), Randy Nteka (1/4), Unai Lopez (0/4), Bebé (0/3), Jorge de Frutos (1/4), Jose Pozo (0/0), Oscar Trejo (0/4), Radamel Falcao (0/2), Raul de Tomas (0/4), Sergio Camello (0/3).

Villarreal Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 55 year-old Villarreal manager Pacheta will select his starting XI from these players:

Filip Joergensen (0/5), Pepe Reina (0/0), Adria Altimira (0/0), Aissa Mandi (0/1), Alberto Moreno (0/2), Jorge Cuenca (1/5), Juan Foyth (1/5), Kiko (0/1), Raul Albiol (0/3), Alejandro Baena (1/5), Daniel Parejo (0/4), Denis Suarez (0/4), Etienne Capoue (0/5), Francis Coquelin (0/0), Manuel Trigueros (0/0), Ramon Terrats (0/4), Santi Comesana (0/5), Alexander Soerloth (3/5), Alfonso Pedraza (0/4), Ben Brereton (0/4), Gerard Moreno (2/5), Ilias Akhomach (0/3), Jose Luis Morales (0/3), Yeremi Pino (0/2).

Rayo Vallecano vs Villarreal Team News

Villarreal are juggling with four absent players on on Sunday when travelling to Rayo Vallecano. For instance, Villarreal won't be able to field Alfonso Pedraza as he serves out a ban following too many cards.

Villarreal need to do without Ramon Terrats, Jorge Cuenca and Francis Coquelin, who are not fit enough to travel to Campo de Futbol de Vallecas.

Rayo Vallecano vs Villarreal Lineups

Rayo Vallecano vs Villarreal H2H

Rayo Vallecano beat Villarreal in their last two meetings, as they followed up a 1-0 win with a 2-1 victory. A draw might be high-priced, but nevertheless seems fairly unlikely, judging by their ten recent outings against each other. Rayo Vallecano managed four wins, while Villarreal grabbed all three points five times in these ten matches. Picking the home win gets you odds at 3/2 with the bookies, whereas the best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 13/8.

Rayo Vallecano vs Villarreal Results

The scenario of both teams to score came out seven times in the last ten matches between Rayo Vallecano and Villarreal.

Rayo Vallecano vs Villarreal Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Isi Palazon, who is performing well for Rayo Vallecano. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent La Liga outings. He'll be out to add more goals against Villarreal.The visitors will be looking to Alexander Soerloth to find the net once again, after managing three La Liga goals for Villarreal in recent matches.

Rayo Vallecano claimed all three points five times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured defeat in three of the games in this run. Villarreal won two of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing six in this series of matches. Rayo Vallecano have a justified hope of getting on the scoresheet at Campo de Futbol de Vallecas, since Villarreal only managed two clean sheets in their 10 most recent away matches. The hosts claimed two clean sheets in their last 10 matches on home soil.

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Rayo Vallecano managed an average of 1.4 goals, with Villarreal averaging two goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet seven times in this run of matches. In their last ten matches across all tournaments, Rayo Vallecano saw three of them finish with more than 2.5 goals, with themselves scoring an average of 1.3 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for Villarreal, who scored one time on average in these matches.