Real Madrid now look destined to finish 3rd and behind city rivals Atleti, not to mention Barcelona, for the second season running. They could only draw 0-0 at Getafe on Thursday night but they did impress at times in that game with Brahim Diaz showing his qualities in attack. It’s 14 points from 7 games since the return of Zinedine Zidane and they are strong favourites to improve on that here.
Real Madrid rotated a bit in their game at Getafe, with talisman Karim Benzema surprisingly left out. Having scored all of his team’s last 8 goals, Benzema should return to the eleven here and in that kind of form, he will fancy he can get on the score-sheet again. Backing Benzema to Score Anytime could certainly be worth a punt.
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Going for Real Madrid -1.0 Asian Handicap also looks good (see our Asian Handicap Guide for more on this market). Rayo Vallecano are set to be without top scorer Raul De Tomas again and their next highest scorer has just 3 league goals this term. De Tomas is on loan from Los Blancos and is ineligible to play unless Real give their neighbours late permission to field the striker, a situation which is possible given Zidane’s side look destined to finish 3rd whatever happens now.
Backing Real Madrid & Over 2.5 Goals also looks good, particularly when you consider that Rayo home games this term average 3.12 goals per game, while 71% of Real Madrid away games have seen three or more goals scored.
Rayo Vallecano vs Real Madrid Head-to-head (h2h)
- Madrid won the last 14 games in a row.
- Real recorded 19 wins and a draw from the last 21 games played so far.
- Except for a draw back in 2000, Real holds a 100% winning record in league encounters.
- Madrid won nine of the last ten games at this venue.
Rayo Vallecano vs Real Madrid Prediction
Rayo is the dead-last team in the league and is almost sure to ply their trade in the Segunda next season. They need to overcome a difference of seven points with only twelve left to play for.Things get difficult when it is known that three of those are on offer against Real Madrid – the current and hattrick Champions League winner.
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H2h games alone are enough to determine the winner and the nature of the win. Real won the last 14 h2h matches in a row. They also recorded 19 wins and a draw from the last 21 mixtures. Real holds a 100% winning record in league encounters.Importantly, Rayo was winless in 12 of their last 13 ties, and in six of their last seven. Meanwhile, Real was unbeaten in seven of their last eight match-ups.