Villarreal vs Rayo Vallecano predictions and betting tips on January 30, 2023

Prediction on game W1(-1)

Odds: 2.375

4.15

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On January 30, Ciutat de València Stadium (Valencia) will host the match of the 19th round of the La Liga, in which Rayo Vallecano will compete with Verona. The battle will start at 21:00 CET.

Villarreal

The club has been playing under the rule of Quique Setién for several months. His appointment was a forced rotation, but, to tell the truth, no one had fired his predecessor, Unai Emery, the previous coach decided himself to try his hand in England again and agreed to lead Aston Villa. The new mentor had a hard beginning. Still, the winter performance of “the Submariners”, being headed by the higher mentioned coach, was more than optimistic. The team could not win only in the match against Celta, and that happened after a sensational victory over Real Madrid. In addition, “Los Merengues” were not the only rival, which was defeated – Valencia and Girona were also beaten. It goes without saying that Real Madrid has already taken revenge that has happened in the Copa del Rey. But the higher mentioned fact could benefit “the Yellow Submarine”, which has already risen to the 5th place in the current standings, and obviously continues to add in the game, claiming to do what Emery failed to – to finish the season in the Primera in the Champions League zone.

Rayo Vallecano

The team played in Segunda two years ago. Having hardly made it to the elite division (from the 6th place, through the play-offs), this time the traditional “elevator” was able to surprise everyone. Especially in the first lap of the previous temporada, which the team managed to finish in the group of leaders. Then, “the Bees” calmed down as everyone had expected, however, at the same time, it reached the semi-finals in the Copa del Rey. The current draw is pretty stable, and the Madrid club is holding the positions in the middle of the standings. It was possible to reach the peak in October-November (6 matches without any defeat, including 3 wins in a row), then after a long pause, the results worsened. But the higher mentioned process is easy to understand: in January, the team lost to Betis and Real Sociedad, which are the contenders for the Champions League. The match with Girona resulted in a draw, and Valladolid was completely beaten.

The statistics of head-to-head matches

Villarreal was able to win all 4 previous head-to-head matches. Speaking about May of the last season, the team got a tremendous 5-1 victory in the away battle.

Predictions

Bookmakers do not expect any intrigue; they do not mention any sensation. Thus, we bet on the victory of Villarreal with “a -1 goal handicap” (odd: 2.375).

Prediction on game W1(-1)

Odds: 2.375

4.15

Bet now