Ace Football previews the Conference League game between Rayo Vallecano and Drita who meet up this coming Thursday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Rayo Vallecano enjoy home advantage, when visitors Drita swing by this coming Thursday for a clash in the Conference League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.
Team form: Rayo Vallecano vs Drita
Rayo Vallecano Form
In their last three matches, Rayo Vallecano lost 1-0 against Espanyol, won 1-2 against Jagiellonia Bialystok, before drawing 0-0 against Real Betis. Rayo Vallecano managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Conference League. In the remaining four, they drew zero and lost zero, as they scored five and conceded two goals.
Drita Form
Despite losing their latest outing, results have generally been decent in the last three matches for Drita. They first took out Shelbourne by 0-1 before downing KF Shkendija by 1-0. The winning streak came to an end against AZ Alkmaar, who ran out 0-3 winners. Drita only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Conference League. In these six matches they drew one and lost zero as well as being outscored by one goals to two.
Betting facts for Rayo Vallecano and Drita
Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Rayo Vallecano and Drita. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.
- In 7 of the last 8 Rayo Vallecano home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In the last 7 Rayo Vallecano matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 7 of the last 8 Rayo Vallecano home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 4 Rayo Vallecano matches in the Conference League, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 9 of the last 11 Drita away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 5 Drita matches in the Conference League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 6 of the last 7 Drita matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 3 Drita away matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Drita matches in the Conference League, the sum of goals was under 2.5
Players in form: Rayo Vallecano vs Drita
Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Alvaro Garcia, who is performing well for Rayo Vallecano. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Conference League outings. He’ll be out to add more goals against Drita.The visitors will be looking to Arb Manaj to find the net once again, after managing two Conference League goals for Drita in recent matches.
Popular markets: Rayo Vallecano vs Drita
Full-time result
Rayo Vallecano claimed four wins, drew five and lost one of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Drita won four, drew two and lost four of their last 10 games away. Rayo Vallecano didn’t lose any of their previous 6 matches at Campo de Futbol de Vallecas.
Both teams to score
Rayo Vallecano scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. Drita scored the opening goal in six of the last ten games. Of the previous 10 outings, Drita scored the opening goal six times, whereas Rayo Vallecano were first on target in four of their last 10 games.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Rayo Vallecano, who scored an average of 0.9 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Drita, who managed to score one time in those matches.
