📊 Form Guide

Rayo Vallecano

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Rayo Vallecano head into this game coming off the back of a 0-0 La Liga draw against Getafe.

In that match, Rayo Vallecano managed 64% possession and 10 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. At the other end, Getafe had 7 shots on goal with 0 of them on target.

Rayo Vallecano haven’t made the most of their chances of late. Their ‘goals for’ figure stands at just 3 vs opposing sides during the course of their last 6 outings. In those meetings, Rayo Vallecano have also seen the number of goals against them total 5. That sort of trend might not be carried forward into this game, though.

Coming into this contest, Rayo Vallecano are undefeated in their previous 4 league matches at home.

Osasuna

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Valencia in La Liga action, Osasuna will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Osasuna had 65% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 2 on target. On the other side, Valencia had 4 attempts at goal with 3 on target. André Almeida (18') was the scorer for Valencia.

Jagoba Arrasate's Osasuna have found the back of the net a total of 7 times in the course of their previous six matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during that same period equals 8.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 02/02/2018 shows us that Rayo Vallecano have won 1 of these games & Osasuna 4, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

A sum of 13 goals were scored between them in these games, with 4 of them for Franjirrojos and 9 being from Los Rojillos. The average goals per game has been 2.17.

The previous league meeting featuring the two was La Liga match day 17 on 15/12/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Osasuna 1-0 Rayo Vallecano.

That day, Osasuna had 61% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player to score was Raul García (95').

For their opponents, Rayo Vallecano got 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

The referee was Javier Iglesias Villanueva.

ℹ️ Team News: Rayo Vallecano

The Rayo Vallecano boss Iñigo Pérez does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this match owing to a completely healthy squad available for selection.

In all likelihood, Franjirrojos will possibly make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation this time, utilising Stole Dimitrievski, Ivan Balliu, Abdul Mumin, Florian Lejeune, Pep Chavarria, Oscar Valentin, Unai Lopez, Isi Palazon, Oscar Trejo, Jorge de Frutos and Sergio Camello.

ℹ️ Team News: Osasuna

Osasuna manager Jagoba Arrasate has a number of players out of action. Aimar Oroz (Hamstring injury), Unai García (Hamstring injury) and Kike Barja (Cruciate ligament tear) can’t be considered.

We reckon that Los Rojillos will likely begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation, giving starts to Sergio Herrera, Jesus Areso, David Garcia, Jorge Herrando, Juan Cruz, Jon Moncayola, Iker Munoz, Ruben Garcia, Moi Gomez, Jose Arnaiz and Raul Garcia.

💭 Prediction

Our thinking is that Osasuna may find it difficult to breach the defence of this Rayo Vallecano lineup who we think might well score at least once to gain the upper hand.

With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very even contest with a 1-0 advantage for Rayo Vallecano at full-time.

It should be a good one.

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

Andre Moura, 14:01 20/04/2024