Sevilla vs Rayo Vallecano prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2024-11-23 15:15.
[p]The international break arguably came at a good time for Sevilla after they lost their last two La Liga games ‘to nil’. Hoping to avoid a third consecutive scoreless league defeat for the first time in over 20 years, Sevilla can at least take some slight solace in the fact that their current 15-point haul is a small improvement on their previous two campaigns in which they were at least three points worse off at this stage. [/p]
[p]Sevilla boss García Pimienta knows that obtaining a result against Rayo Vallecano is far from a given though, a side that the hosts have beaten in just one of the last five H2Hs (W1, D3, L1). Whatever happens, one may expect the three points to be won either way as Sevilla are on a run of 13 consecutive home league games without sharing the spoils (W7, L6), with three of the last four games seeing Sevilla win by a single-goal margin. [/p]
[p]Sitting one point above their hosts ahead of kick-off, Rayo travel here having lost as many games across their previous three league outings (W1, L2) as they did in the opening nine rounds (W3, D4, L2). Those recent wobbles have left the away side worse off in terms of points than at the same stage in each of their three La Liga seasons, possibly heightening early fears of a relegation scrap.[/p]
[p]Improving on their woeful away form may be key in securing a fifth straight season of top-flight football as the Thunderbolts have stormed to success in just two of their last 15 league trips (W2, D5, L8). Failing to score in nine of the last 12 of those trips, simply getting on the scoresheet here may be considered something of a success for the poor-travelling Rayo.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Sevilla’s Isaac Romero may feel he is due a goal as no player across Europe’s top-five leagues has attempted more shots (24) without scoring a league goal this season. For Rayo, Adrián Embarba has netted a joint-career high three goals against Sevilla, yet he’s never won across nine personal H2Hs (D4, L5). [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Rayo Vallecano have scored a league-high 92% (12/13) of their goals this season from set piece situations, a percentage which is coincidentally joint with Sevilla (11/12). [/p]
[p][i]Written by Matthew Billon[/i][/p]