Match stats

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45 Ball possession (%) 55
14 Goal attempts 18
5 Shots on Goal 3
5 Shots off Goal 7
4 Blocked shots 8

Villarreal vs Rayo Vallecano: prediction & betting odds 18 Dec 2024

Betting tips 18 Dec 2024

Over the past month, Villarreal have slipped down the La Liga standings, while Rayo Vallecano are climbing towards the top ten. During the weekend, they held Real Madrid to a draw at home (3:3), so an away trip to a struggling Villarreal might not pose a significant challenge for them.

Villarreal's attacking approach under the current coaching staff exposes their play on both ends. The bet on both teams to score has come through in six of their last nine matches. In the last round, they lost to Real Betis (1:2)—with Logan Costa, Santi Comesaña, and Alfonso Pedraza absent, which impacted their defence. In terms of xG, Villarreal were much more threatening than the Sevillians (2.01 against 0.60), and in the overall expected goals metric, Villarreal rank in La Liga's top four (32.00).

In Rayo's four December matches, the total over 2.5 has been seen three times. Their high-scoring draw with Real Madrid proved that Rayo Vallecano are in fine mental shape, creating far more chances (1.65 against 0.65 in xG). The coaching staff emphasise vertical play with a 4-4-2 formation—the wide midfielders frequently join the attack, forming an attacking quartet with the forwards.

Matches involving Villarreal and Rayo Vallecano regularly feature plenty of goals. The teams need points midweek to improve their league positions, so they will likely prioritise attacking play.

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La Liga: previous matches in the tournament

Villarreal
15.12.24
Villarreal
Real Betis
L
08.12.24
Athletic Bilbao
Villarreal
L
01.12.24
Villarreal
Girona
D
24.11.24
Osasuna
Villarreal
D
09.11.24
Villarreal
Alavés
W
26.10.24
Valladolid
Villarreal
W
20.10.24
Villarreal
Getafe
D
05.10.24
Real Madrid
Villarreal
L
30.09.24
Villarreal
Las Palmas
W
26.09.24
Espanyol
Villarreal
W
22.09.24
Villarreal
Barcelona
L
14.09.24
Mallorca
Villarreal
W
31.08.24
Valencia
Villarreal
D
26.08.24
Villarreal
Celta
W
23.08.24
Sevilla
Villarreal
W
19.08.24
Villarreal
Atlético Madrid
D
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Rayo Vallecano
14.12.24
Rayo Vallecano
Real Madrid
D
07.12.24
Valencia
Rayo Vallecano
W
01.12.24
Rayo Vallecano
Athletic Bilbao
L
24.11.24
Sevilla
Rayo Vallecano
L
08.11.24
Rayo Vallecano
Las Palmas
L
26.10.24
Rayo Vallecano
Alavés
W
20.10.24
Mallorca
Rayo Vallecano
L
05.10.24
Valladolid
Rayo Vallecano
W
28.09.24
Rayo Vallecano
Leganés
D
25.09.24
Girona
Rayo Vallecano
D
22.09.24
Rayo Vallecano
Atlético Madrid
D
16.09.24
Rayo Vallecano
Osasuna
W
31.08.24
Espanyol
Rayo Vallecano
L
27.08.24
Rayo Vallecano
Barcelona
L
24.08.24
Getafe
Rayo Vallecano
D
18.08.24
Real Sociedad
Rayo Vallecano
W
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H2H: Villarreal — Rayo Vallecano

La Liga 2023-2024
28.04.24
Villarreal
Rayo Vallecano
24.09.23
Rayo Vallecano
Villarreal
La Liga 2022-2023
28.05.23
Rayo Vallecano
Villarreal
30.01.23
Villarreal
Rayo Vallecano
La Liga 2021-2022
12.05.22
Rayo Vallecano
Villarreal
12.12.21
Villarreal
Rayo Vallecano
Copa del Rey 2019-2020
29.01.20
Rayo Vallecano
Villarreal
La Liga 2018-2019
17.03.19
Villarreal
Rayo Vallecano
11.11.18
Rayo Vallecano
Villarreal
La Liga 2015-2016
17.04.16
Rayo Vallecano
Villarreal
06.12.15
Villarreal
Rayo Vallecano
La Liga 2014-2015
15.02.15
Rayo Vallecano
Villarreal
21.09.14
Villarreal
Rayo Vallecano
La Liga 2013-2014
09.05.14
Villarreal
Rayo Vallecano
4
:
0
05.01.14
Rayo Vallecano
Villarreal
2
:
5
La Liga 2011-2012
24.03.12
Rayo Vallecano
Villarreal
0
:
2
28.10.11
Villarreal
Rayo Vallecano
2
:
0
La Liga 2002-2003
02.03.03
Villarreal
Rayo Vallecano
2
:
1
06.10.02
Rayo Vallecano
Villarreal
2
:
2
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Tables

Team Played W D L Goals Points Form
1
Barcelona
33 24 4 5 89:32 76
2
Real Madrid
33 22 6 5 66:31 72
3
Atlético Madrid
32 18 9 5 53:27 63
4
Athletic Bilbao
33 16 12 5 50:26 60
5
Villarreal
32 14 10 8 55:45 52
6
Real Betis
32 14 9 9 45:40 51
7
Celta
33 13 7 13 50:49 46
8
Mallorca
33 12 8 13 31:38 44
9
Real Sociedad
33 12 6 15 32:37 42
10
Rayo Vallecano
32 10 11 11 35:39 41
11
Osasuna
32 9 14 9 39:46 41
12
Getafe
33 10 9 14 31:30 39
13
Espanyol
32 10 9 13 35:41 39
14
Valencia
33 9 12 12 37:49 39
15
Sevilla
32 9 10 13 35:43 37
16
Alavés
33 8 10 15 35:46 34
17
Girona
32 9 7 16 39:51 34
18
Las Palmas
33 8 8 17 38:53 32
19
Leganés
32 6 11 15 29:48 29
20
Valladolid
32 4 4 24 23:76 16
Team Played W D L Goals Points Form
1
Barcelona
17 13 1 3 46:14 40
2
Real Madrid
16 13 1 2 38:16 40
3
Atlético Madrid
16 11 4 1 31:14 37
4
Athletic Bilbao
17 10 6 1 31:10 36
5
Celta
17 10 3 4 28:17 33
6
Real Betis
16 8 5 3 25:18 29
7
Valencia
17 8 4 5 23:19 28
8
Osasuna
16 7 6 3 28:23 27
9
Espanyol
16 7 6 3 20:16 27
10
Mallorca
17 6 6 5 17:18 24
11
Real Sociedad
16 7 2 7 17:17 23
12
Villarreal
15 5 7 3 31:23 22
13
Girona
16 6 3 7 26:25 21
14
Rayo Vallecano
16 5 6 5 21:24 21
15
Sevilla
16 5 5 6 14:19 20
16
Getafe
17 4 7 6 14:15 19
17
Alavés
16 5 4 7 12:16 19
18
Leganés
16 5 3 8 16:24 18
19
Las Palmas
16 4 5 7 19:24 17
20
Valladolid
16 3 4 9 10:28 13
Team Played W D L Goals Points Form
1
Barcelona
16 11 3 2 43:18 36
2
Real Madrid
17 9 5 3 28:15 32
3
Villarreal
17 9 3 5 24:22 30
4
Atlético Madrid
16 7 5 4 22:13 26
5
Athletic Bilbao
16 6 6 4 19:16 24
6
Real Betis
16 6 4 6 20:22 22
7
Getafe
16 6 2 8 17:15 20
8
Rayo Vallecano
16 5 5 6 14:15 20
9
Mallorca
16 6 2 8 14:20 20
10
Real Sociedad
17 5 4 8 15:20 19
11
Sevilla
16 4 5 7 21:24 17
12
Alavés
17 3 6 8 23:30 15
13
Las Palmas
17 4 3 10 19:29 15
14
Osasuna
16 2 8 6 11:23 14
15
Celta
16 3 4 9 22:32 13
16
Girona
16 3 4 9 13:26 13
17
Espanyol
16 3 3 10 15:25 12
18
Leganés
16 1 8 7 13:24 11
19
Valencia
16 1 8 7 14:30 11
20
Valladolid
16 1 0 15 13:48 3

Team lineups

Villarreal

coach
Player Matches Goals
Line-up
Luíz Lúcio Reis Júnior
gk. 4 -5
Sergi Cardona
df. 17 1
Logan Evans Costa
df. 14 1
Pau Navarro Badenes
df. 7 0
Willy Kambwala Ndengushi
df. 2 0
Santi Comesaña
mf. 17 2
Pape Alassane Gueye
mf. 16 0
Yeremy Jesús Pino Santos
mf. 16 0
Denis Suárez
mf. 8 0
Thierno Mamadou Barry
fw. 17 7
Ayoze Pérez
fw. 12 8
Substitutes
Rubén Gómez Peris
gk. 0 0
Raúl Albiol
df. 15 0
Juan Bernat
df. 10 0
Eric Bailly
df. 9 0
Juan Foyth
df. 2 0
Arnau Solà Mateu
df. 0 0
Thiago Ezequiel Ojeda
mf. 1 0
Gerard Moreno
fw. 8 2
Pau Cabanes de la Torre
fw. 7 1
Karl Edouard Blaise Etta Eyong
fw. 0 0
Rayo Vallecano

coach
Player Matches Goals
Line-up
Augusto Martín Batalla Barga
gk. 14 -16
Florian Lejeune
df. 19 0
Abdul Mumin
df. 17 2
Iván Balliu
df. 14 0
Alfonso Espino
df. 6 0
Óscar Valentín
mf. 19 0
Álvaro García
mf. 17 2
Pedro Díaz
mf. 9 0
Oscar Trejo
mf. 7 0
Jorge de Frutos
fw. 19 4
Sergio Camello
fw. 19 2
Substitutes
Daniel Cárdenas Lindez
gk. 5 -6
Andrei Raţiu
df. 17 1
Josep María Chavarría Pérez
df. 15 0
Aridane Hernández
df. 4 0
Isaac Palazón Camacho
mf. 19 3
Pathé Ismaël Ciss
mf. 16 1
Unai López
mf. 16 3
Randy Nteka
mf. 14 1
Gerard Gumbau
mf. 10 0
Jonathan Montiel
mf. 0 0
Adrian Embarba
fw. 17 1
Sergi Guardiola
fw. 5 0
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