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Will Barcelona Secure 2nd in La Liga When They Meet With Vallecano?

Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano - 19/05/2024

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Will Barcelona Secure 2nd in La Liga When They Meet With Vallecano?
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As most of the top European leagues finish this weekend, La Liga is set to continue for another gameweek, and Forebet is back once more for all the latest data, trends, mathematics and the probability of a win in these football predictions.

It’s Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano who will meet in this one at the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium, where the probability of a win for Barcelona is massive.

The club returned to second during the week when they witnessed Girona lose to Villarreal and as they beat Almeria on Thursday.

Just before this, Xavi's men managed to defeat Real Sociedad to move back into second, as Lamine Yamal got another goal for the season, alongside a penalty finish from Raphinha.

This game was also meant to be the final match in Xavi’s managerial career at Barcelona, but a dramatic turnaround in his decision to leave means he is staying for next season.

Oddly enough, Xavi's side did lose to Barcelona Girona in a recent outing, as Andreas Christensen gave his team the lead after three minutes before an equaliser a minute later.

Robert Lewandowski also got a penalty in what was his 24th goal of the season and his 17th in La Liga. He is still in for a shout at winning the Pichichi Trophy, but Artem Dovbyk - who scored in that win over Barcelona - is three goals clear of him.

Nevertheless, despite the two losses in the past five games meaning 43 goals conceded this year and a gap of 13 points on Real Madrid in first place, Barcelona are still in the Champions League for next season and should secure second in the next two games.

As for Rayo Vallecano, the club are down in 15th and with a gap of six points on the relegation zone.

This does still mean they can get relegated this season, but with six points left to play for and a gap of nine on Cadiz in terms of goals difference, they will need to lose their final two games and avoid a dramatic turnover in goals.

It's a massive difference to last season, but given how this is only Vallecano's third season in a row in La Liga, fans will just be pleased to have survived for another year. A point in this game will secure that survival.

Forebet predicts a win for Barcelona and over 2.5 goals.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
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Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
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Score
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coef.
Es1
572320
1
4 - 1
3.25
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1.25
1.25 6.00 12.00 no no no
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3 - 0(1 - 0)
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La Liga
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Real Madrid 95 38 29 8 1 61
2
Barcelona 85 38 26 7 5 35
3
Girona 81 38 25 6 7 39
4
Atlético Madrid 76 38 24 4 10 27
5
Athletic Bilbao 68 38 19 11 8 24
6
Real Sociedad 60 38 16 12 10 12
7
Real Betis 57 38 14 15 9 3
8
Villarreal 53 38 14 11 13 0
9
Valencia 49 38 13 10 15 -5
10
Deportivo Alavés 46 38 12 10 16 -10
11
Osasuna 45 38 12 9 17 -11
12
Getafe 43 38 10 13 15 -12
13
Celta Vigo 41 38 10 11 17 -11
14
Sevilla 41 38 10 11 17 -6
15
Real Mallorca 40 38 8 16 14 -11
16
Las Palmas 40 38 10 10 18 -14
17
Rayo Vallecano 38 38 8 14 16 -19
18
Cadiz 33 38 6 15 17 -29
19
UD Almería 21 38 3 12 23 -32
20
Granada CF 21 38 4 9 25 -41

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