Alaves – Rayo Vallecano. Forecast and announcement for the match of the Spanish championship

On January 14, Mendisorossa will host a match of the 1/8 finals of the Spanish Cup, in which Alaves will meet Rayo Vallecano.

The match will start at 22:00 Kyiv time.

Sport.ua together with the La Liga betting partner betting announces the upcoming match!

Alaves

The team has earned the status of the middle peasant of Spanish football. This was confirmed last season, when they managed to get ten victories and 42 points, and only based on additional indicators, they were limited to fifteenth place. Now the wards of Eduardo Coudet can only hope to repeat that result. At the moment, they already have ten defeats in nineteen matches with only five wins. In general, now the fight for survival is in full swing, and it promises to be extremely difficult.

At the same time, the club from Vitoria looks good in the cup. He didn’t just get past two fairly modest opponents, Guecho at the end of October and Portugalete at the beginning of December – then managed to get past Sevilla before Christmas – all decided by Vicente’s only goal, which he scored from the penalty spot in the 79th minute.

Rayo Vallecano

The club is currently playing a very busy schedule. The thing is that, after taking eighth place in the 2024/2025 Premier League, he got the right to play in the Conference League. There, the Spaniards started in the qualification and have already made it to the playoffs. At the same time, there were not the best performances in the national championship. But the victory over Mallorca in the last round was all the more useful – it even made it possible to climb to the top of the tournament table.

Despite all the various workloads, Iñigo Perez’s wards found strength at the Copa del Rey. Moreover, they won all three matches there on the road – first 6:1 against the little-known Yunkos, then a difficult 2:1 against Real Avila, and already at the beginning of 2026 – 3:1 against Granada.

Statistics of personal meetings

All three last head-to-head matches, including in October, were won by the club from the capital of Spain.

Forecast

Bookmakers see this pair as practically equal in strength. Here you can try an option with the fact that the clubs will eventually draw such a result as both sides score (coefficient – 2.15 according to the BC betking line).