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Alaves

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Alaves fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 0-1 La Liga victory against Real Oviedo.

In that game, Alaves had 30% possession and 7 shots at goal with 1 on target. The scorer for Alaves was Martínez (17'). At the other end, Real Oviedo got 7 shots on goal with 0 on target.

Alaves have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, finding the back of the net in one hundred percent of their last 6 games.

They’ve totted up the amount of 8 during that time and have conceded a total of 8. Let’s see if that trend can be continued on in this game.

Coming into this contest, Alaves haven't won against Rayo Vallecano in their last 3 matches in the league.

Rayo Vallecano

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Rayo Vallecano go into this meeting following a 2-0 La Liga win vs Villarreal in their previous fixture.

In that match, Rayo Vallecano managed 53% possession and 15 shots at goal with 7 on target. For Rayo Vallecano, the goalscorers were Camello (28') and Alemão (47'). On the other side, Villarreal got 11 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

A succession of resolute showings from the Rayo Vallecano defence has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 2 from their past 6 fixtures overall. Over that same period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 8.

Going into this contest, Rayo Vallecano haven't been defeated in their previous 2 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 15/09/2023 shows us that Alaves have won 2 of these & Rayo Vallecano 4, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 0.

In all, 9 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 3 of them for Babazorros and 6 belonging to Franjirrojos. That’s an average goals per game of 1.5.

🗞️ Team News: Alaves

In all likelihood, Babazorros look set to opt for a 3-5-2 system this time, utilising Antonio Sivera, Nahuel Tenaglia, Ville Koski, Victor Parada, Angel Perez, Jon Guridi, Antonio Blanco, Denis Suarez, Abderrahman Rebbach, Ibrahim Diabate and Antonio Martinez.

📋 Team News: Rayo Vallecano

It’s our belief that Franjirrojos might make use of a 4-2-3-1 lineup, settling for Augusto Batalla, Ivan Balliu, Nobel Mendy, Florian Lejeune, Jozhua Vertrouwd, Oscar Valentin, Gerard Gumbau, Fran Perez, Pedro Diaz, Alfonso Espino and Sergio Camello.

🧠 Prediction

We’re thinking that Rayo Vallecano have the ability to get a goal against this Alaves team, but that possibly won’t quite be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re tipping a very close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Alaves at full-time. It should be a decent one.

Victor Martins, 18:04 23/05/2026