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

On January 18, the match of the 20th round of the Spanish Primera will be held at the Balaidos stadium, in which “Celta” will host “Rayo Vallecano”.

The match starts at 19:30 Kyiv time.

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

Celta

The team often changes coaches – this is its survival mechanism, which, by the way, has not failed in recent years. That’s how Claudio Giraldez appeared in the club about two years ago, who successfully replaced the much more famous, but unsuccessful Rafael Benitez at Vigo. Moreover, having completed the usual task at first, in the 2024/25 season he achieved the long-awaited and at the same time unexpected rise to seventh place.

This made it possible to return to the Europa League – and there everything is going well for the Spaniards: a ticket to the playoffs is already in their pocket. Albacete lost in the Spanish Cup, but now it is clear that this was not the last trophy for that opponent. On the other hand, in the Premier League, after a difficult start to the season, “Celta” managed to regain the positions of the previous championship by the middle of winter. In particular, already in January, the team defeated “Valencia” at home (4:1), and also beat “Seville” on the road.

Rayo Vallecano

Last season, the club surprised no less than the current opponent. Yes, to some extent lucky: with only 53 points, the footballers managed to make it to the Conference League, finishing eighth, because Osasuna had worse additional indicators. In the European Cups, by the way, the Madrid players behave quite decently: starting from the summer qualification, they will play in the playoffs.

But in the domestic arena, things are not going so well. This week, the team was also eliminated from the Spanish Cup, losing to Alaves. Perhaps getting rid of this additional burden will even be beneficial, because the threat of relegation is still relevant in the Premier League. At the same time, the victory in the last round against Mallorca, a direct competitor, was very timely. Thanks to the three scored points, “Rayo Vallecano” even rose to the middle of the tournament table, to tenth place.

Statistics of personal meetings

In the last four face-to-face matches, two victories and two draws were recorded for the Madrid club.

Forecast

Bookmakers do not expect special results from guests of the capital. They look less motivated than the opponent, so let’s believe that “Celta” can finally beat this opponent (coefficient – 2.05 according to the BC betking line).