Rayo Vallecano vs Elche Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form

Looking at the last 20 matches in all competitions, including friendlies, Rayo have won eight, drawn five and lost seven, while Elche have won seven, drawn seven and lost six. On that wider sample the two sides look fairly close.

Rayo Vallecano: 20 completed matches; Elche: 20 completed matches.

Rayo Vallecano

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

29

Conceded

32

Difference

-3

Elche

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

30

Conceded

33

Difference

-3

Narrow it down to their most recent league outings and the picture shifts a bit. Elche have lost three of their last five, including defeats to Real Madrid and Real Sociedad, with just one win in that spell. Rayo have been up and down too, beating Espanyol and Racing Santander but losing to Real Madrid and Barcelona in the same run.

Elche's recent league form looks shakier than the season-long numbers suggest.

Comparative Team Statistics: Rayo Vallecano vs Elche

Head-to-head

The last two meetings have gone Rayo's way, a 1-0 home win in April and a 4-0 thrashing at Elche's place back in December. Go back further and there's a similar heavy win for Rayo in 2023, also by four goals to nil.

Further into the history the results are more mixed, with several tight one-goal margins either way, so this isn't a case of one side always dominating. The recent trend, though, does lean towards Rayo.

Where they stand

Rayo Vallecano are 12th with eight points from seven matches, having won two, drawn two and lost three.

Elche are down in 18th on five points, with one win, two draws and four defeats from the same number of games. Both sides have shipped a fair few goals early on, Rayo conceding 16 and Elche 17.

There's a clear gap in the table, but neither side has been convincing defensively so far.

Players to watch

Sergio Camello has been in sharp form for Rayo, scoring seven goals in seven matches, while Elche's Fer Niño has chipped in with five in the same span. Tete Morente leads Elche's assist charts with three, matched by Rayo's Unai López, with Álvaro García not far behind on two.

Rayo Vallecano:

Best scorers:

Sergio Camello - 7

Best assist providers:

Unai López - 3

Álvaro García - 2

Penalty cards:

Fran Pérez x 1 x 1

Jorge de Frutos x 1

P. Ciss x 4

Elche:

Best scorers:

Fer Niño - 5

Best assist providers:

Tete Morente - 3

Penalty cards:

F. Redondo x 1 x 1

On the disciplinary side, Rayo's P. Ciss has picked up four yellow cards in seven appearances, and both Fran Pérez for Rayo and F. Redondo for Elche have seen red once in their last five outings.