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Rayo Vallecano

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Rayo Vallecano will be looking for an improved result here after a 3-1 La Liga defeat in their last game at the hands of Athletic Bilbao.

In that match, Rayo Vallecano managed 46% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Rayo Vallecano was Pathé Ciss (37'). On the other side, Athletic Bilbao got 13 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Oihan Sancet (58', 94') and Nico Williams (80') scored for Athletic Bilbao.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times where Rayo Vallecano haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Rayo Vallecano have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 12 goals in the process. Let’s find out if that trend will be sustained in this game.

Taking a look at their past results, Rayo Vallecano:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Valencia in their last 2 games.
• are without a win at home for the past 4 league games. Their fans aren't happy.

Valencia

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Valencia go into this meeting following on from a 1-0 La Liga win to beat Sevilla in their last outing.

In that game, Valencia had 52% possession and 8 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Valencia was Javi Guerra (45'). Sevilla had 12 shots on goal with 5 of them on target.

In their previous 6 outings, Valencia have bagged the sum of 10 goals. Valencia have also scored in every single one of those games. During that period, they’ve had 6 goals go against them.

Coming into this clash, Valencia haven't been defeated in their previous 4 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 11/04/2022 shows that Rayo Vallecano have won 2 of these and Valencia 1, with the number of drawn matches being 3.

9 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them for Franjirrojos and 4 netted by Los Che. That is an average goals per game value of 1.5.

The last league meeting between the two was La Liga match day 16 on 07/12/2024 when the final score was Valencia 0-1 Rayo Vallecano.

That day, Valencia had 61% possession and 14 shots at goal with 6 on target.

Rayo Vallecano had 6 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Pathé Ciss (7') was the scorer.

The referee was José Luis Munuera Montero.

ℹ️ Team News: Rayo Vallecano

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just the lone fitness concern for the Rayo Vallecano boss Iñigo Pérez to be concerned with thanks to an otherwise robust group of players. Abdul Mumin (Knee injury) won’t play.

It seems likely that Franjirrojos look set to employ a 4-2-3-1 system for the game, utilising Augusto Batalla, Andrei Ratiu, Florian Lejeune, Aridane Hernandez, Pep Chavarria, Pathe Ciss, Gerard Gumbau, Jorge de Frutos, Pedro Diaz, Alvaro Garcia and Randy Nteka.

ℹ️ Team News: Valencia

Owing to an otherwise full-strength group, there is just a single fitness worry for the Valencia gaffer Carlos Corberán to contend with. Thierry Correia (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing here.

There’s a good chance that Los Che appear most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 formation, going with Giorgi Mamardashvili, Dimitri Foulquier, Cesar Tarrega, Cristhian Mosquera, Jose Gaya, Enzo Barrenechea, Javier Guerra, Luis Rioja, Andre Almeida, Diego Lopez and Umar Sadiq.

⚡ Prediction

Our feeling is that Valencia have it in them to score against this Rayo Vallecano outfit, however that may not be as many as they’ll concede.

We can see a 2-1 advantage for Rayo Vallecano at the end of the 90 minutes. Definitely a tough call.

Andre Moura, 11:02 19/04/2025