📏 Form Guide

Rayo Vallecano

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Rayo Vallecano are hoping to win again after their last result, a 0-1 La Liga success over UD Las Palmas.

In that match, Rayo Vallecano had 59% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for Rayo Vallecano was Álvaro García (66'). At the other end, Las Palmas had 10 shots on goal with 2 on target.

Rayo Vallecano have really been misfiring of late. Their goals record stands at just 4 versus opposition teams during their previous six matches. In those meetings, Rayo Vallecano have also seen the tally of goals scored against them total 11. Still, time will tell if that trend will be maintained in this upcoming game.

A look at their previous results shows us that Rayo Vallecano:

• have not lost a league tie with Real Betis in their last 2 matches.
• are undefeated in their last 2 league matches at home.

Real Betis

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In the game prior to this, Real Betis drew 1-1 in the La Liga tie with Osasuna.

In that game, Real Betis managed 58% possession and 10 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for Real Betis was Cucho Hernández (64'). Osasuna had 17 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Ante Budimir (75') was the scorer for Osasuna.

In as many as 5 out of the previous 6 games featuring Real Betis, a minimum of three goals have been struck. The overall average number of goals per match in that time is 3.67, with the average number of goals for Real Betis coming out as 2.5.

Heading into this fixture, Real Betis are unbeaten in their previous 5 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 03/03/2022 shows that Rayo Vallecano have won 1 of these games & Real Betis 3, with the tally of drawn games standing at 2.

An aggregate of 14 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 6 for Franjirrojos and 8 belonging to Béticos. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.33.

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was La Liga match day 18 on 22/12/2024 when the final score was Real Betis 1-1 Rayo Vallecano.

In that game, Real Betis had 55% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Their only player to score was Isco (37').

Rayo Vallecano had 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Isi Palazón (51') scored.

The referee was Víctor García Verdura.

ℹ️ Team News: Rayo Vallecano

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just the lone fitness concern for the Rayo Vallecano manager Iñigo Pérez to be concerned with due to a largely intact group. Abdul Mumin (Knee injury) won’t play.

We think that Franjirrojos look set to employ a 4-2-3-1 system for this game, handing starts to Augusto Batalla, Andrei Ratiu, Florian Lejeune, Aridane Hernandez, Pep Chavarria, Oscar Valentin, Pathe Ciss, Jorge de Frutos, Unai Lopez, Adrian Embarba and Alvaro Garcia.

🗞️ Team News: Real Betis

Real Betis manager Manuel Pellegrini has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Marc Roca (Foot injury) and Diego Llorente (Hamstring injury) miss out here.

From our viewpoint, Béticos seem most likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 system, going with Adrian, Youssouf Sabaly, Marc Bartra, Natan, Ricardo Rodriguez, Johnny Cardoso, Pablo Fornals, Antony, Isco, Jesus Rodriguez and Juan Hernandez.

💭 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Real Betis and Rayo Vallecano won’t have much between them here, and goals could be hard to come by.

Let’s see what happens, but it could well be that we end up with scores level and two clean sheets. We’re therefore seeing a very close game with a 0-0 scoreline at the end of this game.

Andre Moura, 16:05 15/05/2025