Ace Football previews the LaLiga game between Deportivo Alaves and Rayo Vallecano who meet up on Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Mid-placed Rayo Vallecano travel to Estadio Mendizorroza to face struggling Deportivo Alaves in a round 29 game, which kicks-off this coming Saturday. The home side could do with a win to ease their trouble at the wrong end of the table.
Form: Deportivo Alaves vs Rayo Vallecano
Deportivo Alaves Form
Deportivo Alaves are unbeaten in their last three games after drawing 1-1 with Mallorca, beating Villarreal 1-0 and drawing 2-2 with Las Palmas. Deportivo Alaves just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six LaLiga matches at the Estadio Mendizorroza. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored three and conceded five goals.
Rayo Vallecano Form
Rayo Vallecano have been a tad mediocre in their last three matches where a win has failed to come their way. Against Sevilla, they got a 1-1 draw, before coming up short against Real Madrid, who ran out 2-1 winners. Lately, they managed to draw once again in a 2-2 game with Real Sociedad. Rayo Vallecano managed to win just once in their past six away games in the LaLiga. On top of winning once they also drew three as well as losing two, while scoring six time and letting in five.
Betting stats and facts for Deportivo Alaves and Rayo Vallecano
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Deportivo Alaves and Rayo Vallecano played across all tournaments.
- In 19 of the last 21 Deportivo Alaves home matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 14 of the last 15 Deportivo Alaves home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 8 Deportivo Alaves home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In the last 8 Deportivo Alaves home matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In the last 3 Deportivo Alaves home matches the sum of goals was under 1.5
- In the last 25 Rayo Vallecano away matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 14 of the last 16 Rayo Vallecano matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 8 of the last 9 Rayo Vallecano away matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 8 of the last 9 Rayo Vallecano matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Rayo Vallecano away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
In-form players: Deportivo Alaves vs Rayo Vallecano
Kike Garcia is the most prolific LaLiga marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Rayo Vallecano look to Pedro Diaz, hoping he can add to his current total of two LaLiga goals in his latest games.
Betting markets: Deportivo Alaves vs Rayo Vallecano
Full-time result
Deportivo Alaves claimed two wins, drew three and lost five of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Rayo Vallecano won four, drew three and lost three of their last 10 games away.
Both teams to score
Deportivo Alaves scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. Rayo Vallecano scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Rayo Vallecano managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals happened in three of Deportivo Alaves’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.1 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Rayo Vallecano, who managed to score one time in those matches.
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