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Espanyol

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Espanyol go into this match following a 0-0 La Liga drawn match vs Atlético Madrid.

In that game, Espanyol had 38% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. For their opponents, Atletico Madrid had 25 shots on goal with 7 on target.

Espanyol haven’t made the most of their chances of late. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 3 versus opponents during their last 6 outings. In those games, Espanyol have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 3. It will be interesting to see if that trend can be sustained here.

Rayo Vallecano

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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Barcelona in La Liga competition, Rayo Vallecano and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Rayo Vallecano managed 35% possession and 7 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Rayo Vallecano was Unai López (9'). At the other end, Barcelona got 22 shots at goal with 5 on target. Pedri (60') and Dani Olmo (82') scored for Barcelona.

The numbers tell their own story, and Rayo Vallecano have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 8 goals in all. Defensively, Rayo Vallecano have been far from perfect.

Analysis of their past results shows that Rayo Vallecano:

• are undefeated by Espanyol in games played away from home for the previous 3 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 18/10/2020 tells us that Espanyol have won 1 of these games & Rayo Vallecano 5, with the number of drawn games being 0.

13 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 from Periquitos and 9 being from Franjirrojos. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.

The last league meeting between these clubs was La Liga match day 35 on 21/05/2023 which ended up with the score at Rayo Vallecano 1-2 Espanyol.

In that match, Rayo Vallecano managed 64% possession and 15 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer was Raúl de Tomás (42').

At the other end, Espanyol had 10 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Sergi Darder (23') and Nico Melamed (59') scored.

The match was refereed by Alejandro Hernández Hernández.

📰 Team News: Espanyol

There’s just a single fitness concern for the Espanyol boss Manolo González to be concerned with from an otherwise fully-primed group. Leandro Cabrera (Calf injury) is out of contention.

We are thinking that Periquitos may well employ a 4-4-2 formation this time with Joan Garcia, Omar El Hilali, Fernando Calero, Marash Kumbulla, Brian Olivan, Jofre Carreras, Jose Gragera, Alex Kral, Carlos Romero, Javier Puado and Alejo Veliz.

📋 Team News: Rayo Vallecano

There’s a good chance that Franjirrojos seem most likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 system with a starting lineup of Dani Cardenas, Ivan Balliu, Florian Lejeune, Abdul Mumin, Alfonso Espino, Oscar Valentin, Unai Lopez, Jorge de Frutos, Isi Palazon, Alvaro Garcia and Sergio Camello.

✨ Prediction

In our opinion, Rayo Vallecano and Espanyol should both be able to find the back of the net here although it’s difficult to select a clear winner.

Let’s see how this one goes, but it looks this could be a draw. We therefore think that it’s going to be a tight encounter with a 1-1 scoreline when the referee blows the full-time whistle.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 17:04 31/08/2024