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Villarreal v Rayo Vallecano : La Liga match betting preview, prediction and odds

Wed 18th Dec, 20:30 BST, Estadio de la Cerámica, Castellón

Marcelino Toral and Iñigo Pérez Soto meet in the La Liga on Saturday evening, as Villarreal face Rayo Vallecano at the Estadio de la Cerámica. We've got predictions, tips, and odds from leading bookmakers and head-to-head stats across all the main betting markets, all with the aim of helping you find a winning bet on this La Liga clash.


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Best Tip: Both teams to score

Studying our match predictions, bookies' odds and relevant statistics, there's one market which jumps out ahead of the rest for this fixture: both teams to score. In Villarreal and R.Vallecano we have two sides going head-to-head with relative issues at both ends of the pitch, and we expect them to show themselves again on Saturday evening. BTTS – yes best odds: 1.73.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Villarreal are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 43% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.73.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Villarreal
43%
4/6
7%
8/11
4%
Draw
24%
14/5
6%
29/10
3%
R.Vallecano
34%
4/1
11%
18/5
10%
Draw 1-1
11%
13/2
7%
6/1
Villarreal 2-1
9%
15/213/2
R.Vallecano 2-1
8%
14/111/1
Villarreal 1-0
8%
7/113/2
7%
R.Vallecano 1-0
7%
14/1
15%
11/1
9%
Draw 2-2
6%
14/1
15%
11/1
Villarreal 2-0
6%
15/2
6%
7/1
6%
Villarreal 3-1
5%
12/110/1
8%
R.Vallecano 2-0
5%
25/1
13%
18/1
12%
Draw 0-0
5%
12/1
8%
10/1
10%
R.Vallecano 3-1
4%
33/125/1
13%
Villarreal 3-2
4%
22/116/1
Villarreal 3-0
3%
12/1
13%
11/1
R.Vallecano 3-2
3%
40/125/1
R.Vallecano 3-0
2%
50/1
24%
33/1
Over 2.5 Goals
59%
8/11
4%
7/10
3%
Under 2.5 Goals
41%
11/10
5%
21/20
3%
Home 1st Goal
50%
4/9
4%
-
Away 1st Goal
48%
15/8
5%
-
No 1st Goal
3%
12/1
8%
-
BTTS - Yes
61%
7/107/10
2%
BTTS - No
39%
21/2021/20
BTTS - Home Win
23%
9/4
10%
9/4
4%
BTTS - Draw
19%
15/4
6%
19/5
4%
BTTS - Away Win
19%
15/2
6%
6/1
Home/draw
66%
1/6
1%
1/5
2%
Away/draw
57%
23/20
10%
11/10
5%
Home/away
76%
1/4
3%
1/4
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
2/9
2%
2/9
2%
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
10/3
8%
29/10
4%
Over 3.5 Goals
37%
7/4
8%
17/10
4%
Under 3.5 Goals
63%
4/9
3%
4/9
3%
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
4/1
9%
19/5
4%
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
1/6
3%
2/13
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
9/1
9%
8/1
5%
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
1/16
1%
1/20
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/251/33
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
12/1
8%
10/1
10%
Home DNB
59%
1/4
6%
2/7
3%
Away DNB
50%
11/4
15%
23/10
10%
Villarreal win to nil
19%
2/1
8%
-
R.Vallecano win to nil
15%
9/1
25%
-
Villarreal / Villarreal
31%
13/8
9%
8/5
5%
Villarreal / R.Vallecano
3%
33/125/1
Villarreal / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
12/1
Draw / Villarreal
18%
7/2
5%
17/5
4%
Draw / R.Vallecano
8%
9/1
11%
8/1
6%
Draw / Draw
14%
5/19/2
R.Vallecano / Villarreal
4%
20/116/1
R.Vallecano / R.Vallecano
11%
7/1
14%
6/1
8%
R.Vallecano / Draw
6%
14/112/1
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Win / draw / win La Liga table

Villarreal have played 12 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the La Liga league table. Villarreal are unbeaten in 9 games against teams below them in the league and kept 1 clean sheet out of 9 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below in the table, having won 7, drawn 2 and lost no matches. They have kept 1 clean sheet and have scored in every game. Villarreal have outscored their opponents by 23 goals to 13 goals.

Home League Performance

Villarreal have played 6 games at home winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 14 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and conceded 12 goals at home.

R.Vallecano are in 12th position in the La Liga on 16 points having played 12 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

2 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 5 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 5 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

6 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 2 and won 2. R.Vallecano have conceded 6 goals, scored 7, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Villarreal
R.Vallecano
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Barcelona1311022833 
l
 
1-5A
May 18
l
 
1-2F
Feb 16
2
Real Madrid128311427 
Mar 16
l
 
2-0A
Dec 14
Mar 9
3
A.Madrid137511226 
d
 
2-2F
Jan 26
d
 
1-1F
Apr 23
4
Villarreal 12732424 
-
-
Feb 23
Dec 18
5
Osasuna13634-321 
May 4
Nov 24
w
 
3-1A
Jan 19
6
A.Bilbao13553620 
Apr 6
Dec 8
Dec 1
Apr 13
7
Real Betis13553220 
Dec 15
Apr 13
May 14
Dec 22
8
R.Sociedad13535118 
Apr 20
Jan 11
Mar 16
w
 
1-2F
9
Mallorca13535018 
Jan 19
w
 
1-2F
May 25
l
 
1-0A
10
Girona13535-118 
Dec 1
May 11
Jan 26
d
 
0-00-0
11
Celta13526-217 
w
 
4-3A
Apr 23
Jan 11
May 18
12
R.Vallecano 12444016 
Dec 18
Feb 23
-
-
13
Sevilla13436-615 
May 25
w
 
1-2F
Mar 2
Nov 24
14
Leganes13355-314 
May 14
Dec 22
d
 
1-1F
Feb 2
15
Alaves13418-813 
w
 
3-0F
Mar 9
w
 
1-0F
Mar 30
16
Las Palmas13337-612 
w
 
3-1F
Feb 9
l
 
1-3A
May 11
17
Getafe13175-310 
d
 
1-1F
Mar 30
May 4
d
 
0-00-0
18
Espanyol12318-1110 
Mar 2
w
 
1-2A
Apr 6
l
 
2-1F
19
Valladolid13238-159 
Feb 2
w
 
1-2F
Feb 9
w
 
1-2A
20
Valencia11146-97 
Feb 16
d
 
1-1A
Apr 20
Dec 7
Win / draw / win form
Villarreal 4TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Villarreal1 - 1Getafe
Villarreal3 - 1Las Palmas
Villarreal1 - 5Barcelona
Villarreal4 - 3Celta
Villarreal2 - 2A.Madrid
Villarreal4 - 4Real Madrid
Villarreal3 - 2Sevilla
Villarreal3 - 0R.Vallecano
Villarreal1 - 2A.Madrid
Villarreal1 - 0Valencia
Villarreal5 - 1Granada
Villarreal1 - 1Getafe
Villarreal0 - 0Cadiz
Villarreal1 - 1Mallorca
Villarreal3 - 2Celta
Villarreal0 - 3R.Sociedad
Villarreal3 - 1Osasuna
Villarreal2 - 3A.Bilbao
Villarreal1 - 1Alaves
Villarreal1 - 2Las Palmas
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AVillarreal2 - 1Valladolid
HVillarreal1 - 1Getafe
AVillarreal0 - 2Real Madrid
HVillarreal3 - 1Las Palmas
AVillarreal2 - 1Espanyol
HVillarreal1 - 5Barcelona
AVillarreal2 - 1Mallorca
AVillarreal1 - 1Valencia
HVillarreal4 - 3Celta
AVillarreal2 - 1Sevilla
HVillarreal2 - 2A.Madrid
AVillarreal1 - 1Osasuna
HVillarreal4 - 4Real Madrid
AVillarreal1 - 0Girona
HVillarreal3 - 2Sevilla
AVillarreal2 - 3Celta
HVillarreal3 - 0R.Vallecano
AVillarreal2 - 1Almeria
AVillarreal1 - 1A.Bilbao
HVillarreal1 - 2A.Madrid
R.Vallecano 12TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
10
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
7 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
13 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Mallorca1 - 0R.Vallecano
Valladolid1 - 2R.Vallecano
Girona0 - 0R.Vallecano
Espanyol2 - 1R.Vallecano
Getafe0 - 0R.Vallecano
R.Sociedad1 - 2R.Vallecano
Barcelona3 - 0R.Vallecano
Valencia0 - 0R.Vallecano
Villarreal3 - 0R.Vallecano
Celta0 - 0R.Vallecano
Alaves1 - 0R.Vallecano
Girona3 - 0R.Vallecano
Mallorca2 - 1R.Vallecano
A.Madrid2 - 1R.Vallecano
R.Sociedad0 - 0R.Vallecano
Getafe0 - 2R.Vallecano
Osasuna1 - 0R.Vallecano
A.Bilbao4 - 0R.Vallecano
Real Madrid0 - 0R.Vallecano
Las Palmas0 - 1R.Vallecano
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HR.Vallecano1 - 0Alaves
AR.Vallecano0 - 1Mallorca
AR.Vallecano2 - 1Valladolid
HR.Vallecano1 - 1Leganes
AR.Vallecano0 - 0Girona
HR.Vallecano1 - 1A.Madrid
HR.Vallecano3 - 1Osasuna
AR.Vallecano1 - 2Espanyol
HR.Vallecano1 - 2Barcelona
AR.Vallecano0 - 0Getafe
AR.Vallecano2 - 1R.Sociedad
HR.Vallecano0 - 1A.Bilbao
AR.Vallecano0 - 3Barcelona
HR.Vallecano2 - 1Granada
AR.Vallecano0 - 0Valencia
HR.Vallecano0 - 1Almeria
AR.Vallecano0 - 3Villarreal
HR.Vallecano2 - 1Osasuna
HR.Vallecano0 - 0Getafe
AR.Vallecano0 - 0Celta
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Villarreal since 2014
Villarreal
R.Vallecano
Goals: Scored
14
5
Games: Scored
5 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
1 / 6
VIL
5
VAL
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Villarreal
Villarreal3 - 0
0 - 1R.Vallecano
Villarreal2 - 0
Villarreal3 - 1
Villarreal2 - 1
Villarreal4 - 2
League games at R.Vallecano since 2015
R.Vallecano
Villarreal
Goals: Scored
10
10
Games: Scored
6 / 6
5 / 6
Clean sheets
1 / 6
0 / 6
VIL
1
D
2
VAL
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT R.Vallecano
Draw1 - 1Draw
R.Vallecano2 - 1
1 - 5Villarreal
Draw2 - 2Draw
R.Vallecano2 - 1
R.Vallecano2 - 0
Goal Statistics
Villarreal 4th R.Vallecano 12th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 81% probability that Villarreal will score 1 or more goals
0
24%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that R.Vallecano will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+23
Villarreal have scored 23% more goals at home than predicted
-45
R.Vallecano have scored 45% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.0
average goals scored
0.5
average goals scored
1.8
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
La Liga - 2024/2025 season
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Villarreal
PG (predicted goals)
R.Vallecano
1.6
1.4
Attack rating
33%
better
VIL
VAL
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Games scored11
9
Failed to score1
3
Scored first8
6
Goals scored23
13
Avg. goals scored1.9
1.1
Avg. shots per game11
10
Avg. shots per goal6
9
Conversion rate for17
11
Avg. XG for1.8
1.2
KickOff rating
+33%
Defence rating
VIL
VAL
26%
better
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Games conceded11
9
Clean sheets1
3
Conceded first4
4
Goals conceded19
13
Avg. goals conceded1.6
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded10
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
9
Conversion rate against17%
11%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.3
KickOff rating
+26%

Villarreal v R.Vallecano La Liga lLine ups will show here when available.

Villarreal La Liga squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
12754
D CondeA PérezÁlex BaenaK Femenía
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Conde GLK121
1
-
S Cardona DEF1211
3
-
K Femenía DEF121
4
-
S Comesaña MID1222
2
-
D Parejo MID122
4
-
P Gueye MID11
2
1
T Barry FWD1132
1
-
Álex Baena FWD1115
3
-
I Akhomach FWD111
1
-
Albiol DEF10
3
-
N Pépé FWD1012
1
-
Y Pino FWD101
2
-
L Costa DEF91
1
-
A Pérez FWD97
3
-
E Bailly DEF8
2
-
R Terrats MID8
1
-
J Bernat DEF61
-
D Suárez MID3
-
G Moreno FWD21
-
W. Kambwala DEF1
-
R.Vallecano La Liga squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
12315
F LejeuneJ FrutosF LejeuneA Mumin
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Lejeune DEF121
1
-
Óscar Valentín MID12
-
J Frutos FWD1231
-
S Camello FWD122
1
-
A Mumin DEF1111
4
1
U López MID112
5
-
I Palazón MID1111
1
-
A Embarba FWD111
2
-
I Balliu DEF10
2
-
A Rațiu DEF1011
1
-
Álvaro García MID101
1
-
P Ciss MID91
2
-
A Batalla GLK8
-
P Chavarría DEF81
1
-
G Gumbau MID81
1
-
R Nteka MID7
1
-
J Rodríguez MID6
1
-
D Cárdenas GLK4
-
A Espino DEF4
1
-
Óscar Trejo MID4
-
A Hernández DEF3
-
P Díaz MID3
1
-