Mallorca vs Rayo Vallecano Prediction & Betting Tips

Rayo Vallecano will visit Estadi de Son Moix on Sunday for the La Liga 2 game with home side Mallorca.

To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Mallorca v Rayo Vallecano, scroll down - as well as up-to-date odds.

📏 Form Guide

Mallorca WLWLLD

Mallorca go into this fixture after a 2-2 La Liga drawn match vs Osasuna.

In that match, Mallorca had 56% possession and 12 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For Mallorca, goals were scored by Lumor Agbenyenu (45') and Ante Budimir (65'). For their opponents, CA Osasuna had 12 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Adrian López (21') and Iñigo Pérez (68') scored for Osasuna.

Matches featuring Mallorca have often been exciting encounters of late with plenty of scoring anticipated. Over their past half dozen games, the sum total of 20 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 10 of these coming from Los Bermellones. That sort of pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this next game, though.

Rayo Vallecano DWWLDW

Rayo Vallecano will go into the match following a 1-2 La Liga 2 win with the downing of Racing de Santander in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Rayo Vallecano managed 55% possession and 20 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. For Rayo Vallecano, the goalscorers were Álvaro García (50') and Mario Suárez (63'). Racing de Santander got 5 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Siverio (44') was the scorer for Racing de Santander.

In as many as 5 out of the previous 6 clashes involving Rayo Vallecano, three or more goals have been struck. The overall average goals scored per match within that spell is 3.83, with the number of goals averaged by Franjirrojos being 2.17.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head to head clashes going back to 22/01/2012 tells us that Mallorca have won 3 of them and Rayo Vallecano 2, with the number of draws standing at 1.

A combined total of 10 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 5 of them from Los Bermellones and 5 being from Franjirrojos. The average goals per game has been 1.67.

The last league game featuring these clubs was LaLiga2 match day 25 on 12/02/2017 which ended up with the score at Mallorca 2-1 Rayo Vallecano.

The match was refereed by Oliver De La Fuente Ramos.

ℹ️ Team News: Mallorca

Álex López (Knee Injury) and Enzo Lombardo (Ruptured cruciate ligament) won’t be playing for Mallorca boss Luis García.

📰 Team News: Rayo Vallecano

Rayo boss Andoni Iraola has to choose a team with limited availability. Stole Dimitrievski (Corona virus) and Bebé (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) can’t be considered.

🧠 Prediction

For this match, we think that Rayo Vallecano will surely be able to put one past this Mallorca outfit, however it probably won’t be enough to avoid a loss.

Our selection here is for both teams to score in a 2-1 win for Mallorca when all is said and done. Should be a good one.

Victor Martins, 23:17 08/09/2020