Rayo Vallecano – Eibar SOCCER PICKS
Rayo Vallecano and Eibar meet at Estadio del Rayo Vallecano (Vallecas Teresa Riv, in a match for the 14th round of the First Division.) The history of recent direct confrontations between these two teams indicates total balance, since there was 1 draw and 1 victory for each team in the last 3 matches The last direct match between these two teams, on 12-03-2016, ended with a draw by (1-1), despite being a match between 19th and 8th of the table , in fact it is a confrontation between the 20th ranked in matches at home and the 16th as a visitor.
Rayo Vallecano:
After 1 win, 4 draws and 8 losses, the home team is currently in the 19th position, with 7 points won. In their last match, they lost with Valencia out by (3-0), after in the previous match they tied for (2-2) at home, in a match against Villarreal. This is a team that usually gets more positive results in away matches than at home, since they have won 4 points in away matches and 3 at their stadium, with 4 goals scored and 9 conceded in away matches, against 10 goals scored and 19 conceded at home. In the last 7 home league matches Rayo Vallecano has a record of 3 wins and 4 losses, so they have won 3 points out of 21 possible.
For this competition, he does not win in his stadium 7 games ago. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 16 of the last 22 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. This is a team that usually scores a few times first: it only opened the scoring in 3 of its last 13 matches for the First Division, of these 3 it reached the break in advantage in 2 and won at the end of the 90 ‘in 1. In 13 matches in this tournament, suffered the first goal 10 times and never got the comeback.
Rayo Vallecano is making a disastrous campaign in La Liga, comes from 6 losses and 4 draws and needs an urgent recovery, because it is already 6 points behind Leganes, the first team outside the relegation zone. The local team has as its biggest problem the enormous inefficiency of its defensive sector, which already suffered 28 goals and is the weakest in the national championship, so much so that in the last four rounds it suffered at least 2 goals, being a team that leaves many spaces, He finds enormous difficulties in aerial plays and it takes a long time to recover defensively. Rayo Vallecano, playing at home, as in the game this Friday, has the worst use of the competition and also the weakest defense, with 19 goals suffered in 7 games, again showing their defensive difficulties and not even before their fans he has managed to play minimally well. For the clash with Eibar, coach Míchel can not count on right-back Advíncula, for having been sent off on the last day, another problem for his already fragile defense.
Eibar:
The away team is currently in the 8 th position of the league, with 18 points won, after 5 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in an away match against Real Valladolid, by (0-0). In the last match, they won in a home match against Real Madrid, by (3-0). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 13 points, against only 5 in their away matches. For the championship, Eibar won 5 points out of 18 possible points, after 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses in the last 6 matches as a visitor. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 13 matches in this tournament, they suffered the first goal 7 times and only managed 2 comebacks.
The Eibar went up production in the last rounds, is undefeated 3 games ago, in which he won 2 wins and 1 draw, comes from an excellent and surprising victory over the strong team of Real Madrid and now goes in search of another 3 points for keep going up on the table. The team evolved a lot, both in the offensive and the defensive sector, so much so that in the last 3 matches they scored 5 goals and suffered only 1, because they played in a more organized way and managed to attack with regularity, but without leaving many spaces in their defense, being a team that prioritizes the defense first, then look for their goals. As a visitor, Eibar usually encounters great difficulties, mainly in the offensive sector, as he did not score in 3 of his last 4 matches in this type of situation, so he needs to be more effective and create more chances away from home and now he has a great opportunity against the worst attack of the national championship. For the game against Rayo Vallecano, coach Mendilibar goes to the field with the same team that beat Real Madrid 3×0 on the last day, in a great game, both his defense and his attack.
