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Real Madrid to Storm Past Local Rivals Rayo Vallecano

Rayo Vallecano vs Real Madrid - 26/02/2022

24/02/22
Real Madrid to Storm Past Local Rivals Rayo Vallecano
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Rayo Vallecano will welcome Real Madrid to the Estadio de Vallecas this weekend as the two play out a Madrid derby with both of them in the midst of very contrasting forms in La Liga as Madrid sit top with Vallecano slipping down into 11th.

Upon entering back into La Liga at the start of this season, a bit of optimism was flowing around Madrid with Atletico Madrid the reigning champions and Los Franjirrojos returning to the league to make it three names from Madrid in the Spanish top flight.

The signing of Radamel Falcao stunned La Liga too, and before he and his side knew it, he had five league goals and Vallecano were in fourth.

Falcao would score in victories over the likes of Barcelona, but fast forward to the end of February, and fans have rapidly been brought back down to earth.

Currently, last season’s Segunda Division play-off champions are sat in 11th and on a winless streak stretching four games in all competitions, while they haven't won in La Liga since the middle of December.

The only wins in 2022 have come in the Copa del Rey as they beat Girona, Mirandes, and Mallorca, but they did also fall to a 2-1 defeat in the first leg of the semi-finals to Real Betis recently.

In total, it’s now four defeats in a row for Vallecano and a winless run of six games in the league where they conceded 12 goals and scored just once.

Madrid, however, sit comfortably at the top of the table following their 3-0 demolition over Deportivo Alaves which has extended their lead at the top to six points over second-placed Sevilla.

Madrid themselves have had a bit of a hiccup in 2022 also, as they lost in the Copa del Rey quarter-finals to Athletic Club, while also drawing with Elche and Villarreal.

Furthermore, following losses in 2022 to Getafe and Paris Saint-Germain mean Madrid have won only three times in La Liga this calendar year.

The form of Vallecano has been exceptionally alarming as they have managed to drop out of a battle for the Champions League spots and end up outside of the top half of the table all within just two months.

With this in mind, it’s tough to see how they have a glorious day in Madrid over their local rivals and their losing ways are set to continue. Forebet predicts Madrid to roll their neighbours over here and win the game in a clash that sees over 2.5 goals.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
Es1
182359
2
0 - 3
2.61
1.67
4.75 3.75 1.67 no no no
FT
0 - 1(0 - 0)
-
- - -
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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