Spanish La Liga - Rayo Vallecano VS Athletic Bilbao Prediciton
Spanish La Liga - Rayo Vallecano VS Athletic Bilbao
Match Time:02-12-2024 01:30 Monday (GMT+8)
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Rayo Vallecano - WLWWLL
It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just the lone fitness concern for the Rayo Vallecano manager Iñigo Pérez to be concerned with from an otherwise complete group of players. Alfonso Espino (Broken fibula) is sidelined.
We think that Franjirrojos look set to kick off with a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game with Augusto Batalla, Andrei Ratiu, Florian Lejeune, Abdul Mumin, Pep Chavarria, Gerard Gumbau, Oscar Valentin, Jorge de Frutos, Isi Palazon, Alvaro Garcia and Sergio Camello.
Rayo Vallecano will be wanting a better result here following the 1-0 La Liga defeat last time out to Sevilla.
Iñigo Pérez's Rayo Vallecano have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a sum total of 9 times over their prior six outings. At the other end, the number of goals that have been scored against them in those same games is 6.
Going into this contest, Rayo Vallecano have not won against Athletic Bilbao in their previous 5 matches in the league.
Athletic Bilbao - DDWDWW
We reckon that Los Leones will likely make use of a 4-2-3-1 system, settling for Unai Simon, Oscar de Marcos, Daniel Vivian, Yeray Alvarez, Yuri Berchiche, Mikel Jauregizar, I. Ruiz de, Inaki Williams, Alex Berenguer, Nico Williams and Alvaro Djalo.
Athletic Bilbao will come into the game following on from a 3-0 Europa League win to beat IF Elfsborg in their last fixture.
In that match, Athletic Bilbao managed 70% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Athletic Bilbao, the goalscorers were Adama Boiro (6'), Beñat Prados (24') and Gorka Guruzeta (54'). At the other end, IF Elfsborg had 2 attempts on goal with 0 on target.
A series of effective showings by the Athletic Bilbao defence has seen their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 3 from their last 6 fixtures combined. Over that same period, their own attack force has managed to score 6.
Leading up to this clash, Athletic Bilbao:
haven't been defeated by Rayo Vallecano when they've played them away from home in the last 5 league games. Travelling fans have really enjoyed these clashes.
are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches away from home.
have not won away from home in their last 3 league games.
Rayo Vallecano possible starting lineup:
Batalla; Ratiu, Lejeune, Mumin, Chavarria; Gumbau, Valentin, Ciss; De Frutos, Camello, A Garcia
Athletic Bilbao possible starting lineup:
Simon; De Marcos, Vivian, Yeray, Yuri; Ruiz de Galarreta, Jauregizar; I Williams, Sancet, N Williams; Djalo
Rayo Vallecano vs Athletic Bilbao Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
Athletic Bilbao have a good recent record against Rayo Vallecano and have won 15 out of the last 28 matches played between the two teams, as opposed to Rayo Vallecano's six victories.
Rayo Vallecano are unbeaten in their last five matches at home against Athletic Bilbao in La Liga and have failed to find the back of the net in their last three such games.
Athletic Bilbao have won 10 of their last 14 matches against Rayo Vallecano in La Liga and have managed to keep clean sheets in each of their last three such games.
Athletic Bilbao have kept clean sheets in their last three matches away from home against Rayo Vallecano in La Liga and could equal their longest such streak against a single opponent in the top flight.
Prediciton: Rayo Vallecano 1-2 Athletic Bilbao
Rayo are better than what they have shown in recent weeks, and the hosts will certainly be the fresher of the two sides heading into Sunday's contest. Athletic are in strong form at the moment, though, and we are expecting the Lions to navigate their way to what would be an important victory at this stage of the campaign.
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