Rayo Vallecano vs Elche Match Analysis and Prediction

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Round seven of the Spanish La Liga comes to a close on Monday when Rayo Vallecano and Elche go head to head at the Estadoi de Vallecas.

The visitors head into the contest as they only side yet to pick up a win in the 2022-23 campaign and will be looking to end this poor run of results.

Rayo Vallecano’s bid to pick up a morale-boosting result before the return of La Liga football ended in disappointmen as they fell to a 1-0 friendly defeat to lower-tier Fuenlabrada two Thursdays ago.

Los Franjirrojos now turn their attention to La Liga where they were denied their first back-to-back victory since April as they suffered a 3-2 defeat to Athletic Bilbao when the teams met at the San Mames Barria on September 17.

Prior to that, Andoni Iraola’s side secured their first home win of the season on September 10 when a fifth-minute goal from Isi Palazon and a Nicolas Gonzalez second-half own goal helped they secure a 2-1 victory over Valencia and end their two-game losing run.

Meanwhile, Elche hit a new low in what had been a poor start to the season as they suffered a 3-0 defeat to Barcelona when the teams met at Camp Nou two Saturdays ago.

Francisco Rodriguez’s side have now lost each of their four most recent matches, scoring once and conceding 12 goals, while they have collected just one point from their six matches this season, with their last victory coming on August 7 over La Nucia in their final pre-season game.

Los Franjiverdes are currently rock-bottom in the league standings and their underwhelming start to the season has been owing to their struggles at both ends of the pitch as they have scored just two goals and hold the league’s worst defensive record, with 16 goals already conceded.

Rayo Vallecano vs Elche head to head

These two teams have previously met on 21 occasions across all competitions, where Rayo have claimed three victories while Elche have won 14, and they have drawn in four. Elche have scored 35 goals and conceded 24. In their last five meetings, they have won twice each and drawn once.

Elche 1-1 Rayo Vallecano 05/10/19

Rayo Vallecano 2-3 Elche 08/03/20

Rayo Vallecano 2-0 Elche 17/01/21

Rayo Vallecano 2-1 Elche 17/10/21

Elche 2-1 Rayo Vallecano 18/02/22

Rayo Vallecano latest home form

Rayo Vallecano managed to defeat Valencia 2-1 in their last home game in the league. However, they have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, having been winless in their previous eight matches. In their last five matches, they have scored five goals and conceded 12.

Rayo Vallecano 1-5 Villarreal 12/05/22

Rayo Vallecano 2-4 Levante 20/05/22

Rayo Vallecano 0-0 Real Valladolid 05/08/22

Rayo Vallecano 0-2 Mallorca 27/08/22

Rayo Vallecano 2-1 Valencia 10/09/22

Rayo Vallecano latest away form

Rayo Vallecano have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having lost each of their three most recent matches. They lost 1-0 to Fuenlabrada in their last away game in a friendly. In their last five matches, they have scored five goals and conceded six.

Barcelona 0-0 Rayo Vallecano 13/08/22

Espanyol 0-2 Rayo Vallecano 19/08/22

Osasuna 2-1 Rayo Vallecano 04/09/22

Athletic Bilbao 3-2 Rayo Vallecano 17/09/22

Fuenlabrada 1-0 Rayo Vallecano 22/09/22

Elche latest home form

Elche have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, having won just one of their five most recent matches. They were beaten 4-1 by Athletic Bilbao in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored four goals and conceded eight.

Elche 2-1 Leganes 23/07/22

Elche 0-1 Ibiza 02/08/22

Elche 1-1 Almeria 22/08/22

Elche 0-1 Real Sociedad 27/08/22

Elche 1-4 Athletic Bilbao 11/09/22

Elche latest away form

Elche have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having won just one of their five most recent matches. They were beaten 3-0 by Barcelona in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored three goals and conceded 12.

FC Cartagena 2-0 Elche 30/07/22

La Nucia 0-3 Elche 07/08/22

Real Betis 3-0 Elche 15/08/22

Villarreal 4-0 Elche 04/09/22

Barcelona 3-0 Elche 17/09/22

Rayo Vallecano news

Rayo Vallecano will be without the services of attacking duo of Andras Martin and Salvi Sanchez, who have been sidelined with shoulder and calf injuries respectively.

Pep Chaverria has missed the last five matches through injury and the full-back, who completed a summer move from Real Zaragoza, is out of contention.

Elche news

Elche will take to the pitch without Verdu, who will serve the first of a three-game suspension for picking up a straight red card against Barcelona.

Defender Pedro Bigas and Omar Mascarell will play no part in Monday’s contest as they are currently recuperating from Achilles tendon and groin issues respectively.

Prediction and Odds

Elche have had a tough start to the season and will set out to secure their first win of the campaign on Monday.

However, they have managed just three wins in 12 away matches this year, but given their fine record against Rayo Vallecano, we predict they will hold out for a draw.

Odds: 1 2.28 X 2.02 2 2.22