This weekend holds yet another exciting match as Girona and Rayo Vallecano lock horns as they fight for the last spot in the Spanish top-tier next season in the second leg of the Spanish playoffs’ final at Estadi Montivili this Sunday with kickoff at 22:00.
Following their 2-1 win at Estadio de Vallecas against Rayo Vallecano, Girona is very close to getting a spot in the La Liga next season. Thus, they will need to hang and build on their first leg win, which is expected of them as they are the strong favorites to win the Sunday’s clash as they are bursting in a good form with eleven-match unbeaten run in the Segunda regular season and the playoffs as well.
Rayo finished the season one spot below Girona and will need a miracle to save their season as they have a tough task on Sunday since they need to overcome the first leg deficit to win the promotions. Vallecano are in tough spot indeed as they lost 1-2 to Girona in the first leg which gives Girona an advantage of two away goals.
Girona vs Rayo Vallecano head to head
With the addition of the first leg, these two have now met 15 times since 2008 with Rayo Vallecano still holding a slight advantage of six victories while Girona have five victories and they have drawn four times. Here are the results from their previous encounters;
- Vallecano 1-2 Girona Jun 13, 2021
- Vallecano 2-1 Girona Apr 10, 2021
- Girona 0-0 Vallecano Dec 14, 2020
- Vallecano 1-0 Girona Jan 05, 2020
- Girona 3-1 Vallecano Sep 08, 2019
Home
- Vallecano 1-2 Girona
- Almeria 0-0 Girona
- Girona 3-0 Almeria
- Cartagena 1-1 Girona
- Girona 1-0 Alcorcon
Away
- Vallecano 1-2 Girona
- Leganes 1-2 Vallecano
- Vallecano 3-0 Leganes
- Vallecano 0-1 Lugo
- Castellon 0-2 Vallecano
Girona team news
Girona will now have a full squad as they head into the final game since Cristhian Stuani was able to play 25 minutes in the first leg and he might feature for 90 minutes in the Sunday’s clash.
Rayo Vallecano team news
Rayo will miss some of their key players due to injuries and international duties including Joni Montiel (knee injury), Alberto Garcia (injury) and Stole Dimitrievski (international duty with North Macedonia).
Prediction and odds
- Girona win
- Both teams to score
- Goals over 2.5
