Rayo Vallecano vs Girona FC Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Rayo Vallecano

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Rayo Vallecano will be wanting a better result here after the 3-0 La Liga defeat last time out to Celta Vigo.

In that game, Rayo Vallecano had 57% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Rayo Vallecano was Pathé Ciss (52' Own goal). At the other end, Celta Vigo had 15 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Iago Aspas (51', 85') scored for Celta Vigo.

Rayo Vallecano have been quite ineffective in attack of late. Their sum of goals equals just 4 versus opposing sides during the course of their previous six fixtures. In those meetings, Rayo Vallecano have also seen the tally of goals scored against them total 6. That trend might not be sustained here, however.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Rayo Vallecano:

• have not lost a league tie with Girona FC in their last 4 games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches at home.
• have not won at home in their last 2 league games.

Girona FC

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Since tasting defeat last time out to Atlético Madrid in La Liga action, Girona FC will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Girona FC managed 50% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Atlético Madrid had 14 shots at goal with 4 on target. Álvaro Morata (91') scored for Atlético Madrid.

The numbers tell their own story, and Girona FC have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 10 goals overall. At the back, Girona FC have some weaknesses to address.

Coming into this clash, Girona FC haven't won against Rayo Vallecano when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head clashes going back to 14/12/2020 tells us that Rayo Vallecano have won 3 of these & Girona FC 1, with the tally of drawn games being 2.

A total of 15 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 9 from Franjirrojos and 6 for Blanquivermells. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.

The previous league clash featuring these sides was La Liga match day 15 on 29/12/2022 when it finished Girona FC 2-2 Rayo Vallecano.

On that occasion, Girona FC managed 60% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 7 on target. The scorers were Valentín Castellanos (34') and Samu Sáiz (75').

Rayo Vallecano had 12 shots at goal with 4 on target. Sergio Camello (2') and Isi Palazón (62') scored.

The match was refereed by Jorge Figueroa Vázquez.

🗞️ Team News: Rayo Vallecano

The Rayo Vallecano boss Andoni Iraola does not have any fitness concerns at all coming into this game thanks to a completely healthy squad available for selection.

It’s our opinion that Franjirrojos will possibly use the 4-2-3-1 system this time, utilising Stole Dimitrievski, Mario Hernandez, Florian Lejeune, Alejandro Catena, Francisco Garcia, Oscar Valentin, Santi Comesana, Isi Palazon, Oscar Trejo, Alvaro Garcia and Raul de Tomas.

📋 Team News: Girona FC

From a largely available group, there’s just the one fitness problem for the Girona FC manager Míchel Sánchez Muñoz to contend with. Ibrahima Kébé (Knee Problems) misses out for this game.

We believe Blanquivermells will likely elect for a 4-3-3 system, starting Paulo Gazzaniga, Arnau Martinez, Santiago Bueno, Bernardo, Miguel Gutierrez, Borja Garcia, David Lopez, Ivan Martin, Viktor Tsigankov, Valentin Castellanos and Rodrigo Riquelme.

🧠 Prediction

Our thinking is that Girona FC will have a tough ask to register a score against this Rayo Vallecano team who we think will likely get the vital goal that wins it.

We’re therefore predicting a very competitive game with a 1-0 winning margin for Rayo Vallecano at the end of the 90 minutes.

Should be a close one.

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

Victor Martins, 02:29 14/03/2023