Game with a favorable prognosis for Rayo Vallecano, mainly for playing at home and despite arriving with poor results in the last few days. However, Ponferradina is showing itself very vulnerable as a visitor, so I think that will be the factor that the Madrid team can take advantage of to break its current bad trajectory.
Rayo Vallecano arrives without having managed to win in 4 of their last 6 Second Division matches (1 draw and 3 losses), a bad dynamic in which they have only beaten Espanyol (2-3), in which they have drawn outside home to Cartagena (2-2) and in which they have lost against Malaga (2-0), Tenerife (0-1) and Mallorca (1-3).
As a local, Rayo Vallecano has lost its last 2 games after having won in the previous 3, results that demonstrate the moment of crisis that the Madrid team has been going through in recent days. In this way, he faces this day knowing that he needs to win to stay in the playoff positions of promotion by taking only 1 point ahead of Ponferradina (7th), his rival of this day. Regarding the line-up, Rayo Vallecano will have Alberto Garcia removed [knee injury].
Ponferradina arrives having achieved victory in 3 of its last 5 Second Division matches, a dynamic in which it has alternated victory with defeat and in which it has defeated Mirandes (1-0), Alcorcon (2-0) and Malaga (0-2), also losing against Tenerife (1-0) and Zaragoza (1-0).
As a visitor, Ponferradina has been registering 4 defeats in their last 5 games played (1 victory), poor results for a team that is achieving its victories mainly at home. In this way, he faces this day knowing that a victory would allow him to get into promotion playoff positions by being only 1 point away from Rayo Vallecano himself (6th). As for the line-up, Ponferradina will have the casualties of Manu Hernando [internal lateral ligament tear], Jose Antonio Ríos Reina, Alex Aizpuru and Ivan Rodriguez [all of them with a hamstring injury].
-Rayo Vallecano have lost in their last 2 home matches in the Second Division.
-2.5 goals have been scored in 2 of the last 3 matches of Rayo Vallecano in the Second Division.
-Ponferradina have lost in 4 of their last 5 away matches in the Second Division (1 win).
-2.5 goals have been scored in 9 of Ponferradina’s last 10 matches in the Second Division.
As for H2H, the balance of recent direct confrontations is completely equal with victories for both teams both at home and away.
In short, for this match in which I believe that Rayo Vallecano will achieve a tight victory, probably without conceding goals.
Betting Tips: Rayo Vallecano to win
Odds: 1.84
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