Rayo Vallecano hosts Almeria
Almería and Rayo Vallecano have risen and fallen in recent years. Currently Almería is again the 1st and Rayo Vallecano the 2nd season first class . In the 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons, Almería managed to win once and draw against Rayo Vallecano away from home, but in the Segunda Division. This season they are still without a win abroad, whereas the hosts performed at least averagely in front of their home crowd.
The hosts have had a slightly better run this season than the newly promoted Almería. After 19 matchdays they are 7th with 29 points. Almería is 11th after just as many matchdays with 22 points. They are currently the strongest climbers.
The hosts from Madrid started the year 2023 stronger, at least on points . They had 2 wins and 3 losses. The guests were beaten only once, but could only win once, but caused 2 draws.
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Rayo Vallecano analysis
The team from Madrid surprisingly won 1-0 in the last game against Villarreal, so they celebrated their 2nd victory this year after 5 compulsory games . They had to admit defeat 3 times. They lost in the 3rd round of the Copa del Rey against Sporting Gijón. Rayo Vallecano has won 4 out of 9 games in front of their home crowd this season and has managed to draw 2 games. They gave up 3 times. They finished 13 times and allowed 11 goals . In 5 of the 9 home games, goals were scored here and there. 4 wins and 3 draws were possible abroad. They accepted 3 defeats. 12-11 is the away goal balance.
There are 2 players worth mentioning on offense, namely Isi Palazón and Sergio Camello. They both scored the most goals for their teams with 5 goals and provided the most assists with 3 assists . However, the consolation goal in the first leg was scored by Alejandro Catena, who is actually to be found in defense. Since Camello is mainly used as a center-forward, we would place a goalscorer bet on him.
Almeria analysis
Almería started 2023 with 1 win and 2 draws and only 1 loss . They recently won 3-1 against Espanyol and drew against Valencia and Atlético Madrid. Valencia cannot be seen as a yardstick at the moment, but the Rojiblancos can, as they are currently fourth in the table. However, Almería is still without a win abroad. Only 3 draws were possible and 6 times they gave up. They finished 6 times and allowed 17 goals.Both sides scored in 5 of the 9 away games. 6 wins and 1 draw were possible in front of a home crowd. They gave up 3 times. 17:12 is the home goal record.
Even if El Bilal Touré has scored the most goals for his team so far , we'd rather bet on Luis Suárez. He was only loaned from Marseille on January 1st, 2023 and has already scored 1 goal in 4 La Liga games, although he has never got full playing time. He scored the goal in the most recent competitive game against Espanyol Barcelona. Suárez also always came on for Touré. We can therefore recommend a goalscorer bet on him.
Rayo Vallecano - Almeria: What to expect?
The two teams have only faced each other 18 times so far. 10 games decided Rayo Vallecano and 6 UD Almería. They drew twice. They met 5 times in the Primera Division and 10 times in the Segunda Division. There was a Copa del Rey duel 3 times. Rayo Vallecano has won 5 and UD Almería 4 of the last 10 multi-competitive games. 1 time they shared the points. While the Madrid team scored 10 goals, Almería managed to complete 11. Only 3 times were more than 2.5 goals scored and only 2 times did both teams score.
Based on the team analysis, we suspect that both teams will score. We also assume over 2.5 goals. We also believe UD Almería are more likely to win, but don't rule out a draw. You could therefore add a Double Chance X/2 bet to the bet slip. In 3 of the last 4 games in Madrid and in 5 of the last 10 direct duels both drew at the break. As a risk bet, we would therefore consider a tip X for the 1st half.
- X2 double chance
- Both teams to score
- Over 2.5
- X 1st Half
* All odds and markets are correct at time of publication and subject to change.