Rayo Vallecano vs Alaves Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Rayo Vallecano

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Rayo Vallecano will be hoping for a better result following the 1-0 La Liga loss in their previous game against Real Betis.

In that match, Rayo Vallecano managed 43% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Real Betis had 14 shots at goal with 5 on target. Willian José (53') was the scorer for Real Betis.

A recurring feature of recent Rayo Vallecano games is the number of results with a nil in them.

From their previous 6 matches leading up to this one, in as many as 5 of them a bet on both teams scoring would've been a losing one. It will be interesting to see whether or not that trend can be continued on into this next match.

Alaves

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Alaves will come into the clash after a 1-0 La Liga win to beat Valencia in their last game.

In that game, Alaves managed 39% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. For their opponents, Valencia got 9 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Cenk Özkaçar (6' Own goal) scored for Valencia.

In 5 of the previous 6 games featuring Alaves, a relatively low number of goals have been struck between them and opposing sides. The overall average goals scored per game within that period works out to a meagre 1.83, with the average goals for Babazorros being 1.

Going into this one, Alaves are without an away win for the past 6 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 13/09/2008 tells us that Rayo Vallecano have won 4 of these games & Alaves 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 0.

A combined sum of 15 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 for Franjirrojos and 7 netted by Babazorros. The average goals per game has been 2.5.

The previous league contest featuring these sides was La Liga match day 32 on 16/04/2022 when the final score was Alaves 1-0 Rayo Vallecano.

That time, Alaves managed 39% possession and 11 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer was Joselu (64').

On the other side, Rayo Vallecano had 20 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

The referee was Juan Martínez Munuera.

📰 Team News: Rayo Vallecano

The Rayo Vallecano manager Francisco Rodríguez will be grateful to have no fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this match owing to a fully injury-free squad available for selection.

📰 Team News: Alaves

With a fully injury-free group available for selection, the Alaves boss Luis García Plaza has no fitness worries whatsoever before this clash.

💭 Prediction

We believe that Alaves should be able to breach the defence of this Rayo Vallecano lineup, although it is unlikely to prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We are anticipating a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 win for Rayo Vallecano after 90 minutes. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 08:13 13/09/2023