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

On December 21, the match of the 17th round of the Spanish Primera will be held at Manuel Martinez Valero, in which Elche will meet Rayo Vallecano. The match will start at 19:30 Kyiv time.

Elche

It was not the first time that the team made its way to the highest level of Spanish football. His past attempts ended in a fall in Segundo, and quite quickly. Last time, the stay there began to drag on, moreover, in 2023/2024 there was even a finish in the eleventh position. However, it was after this that Eder Sarabia became a coach. And he succeeded on the first attempt to become the leader in that division and rise higher.

Moreover, already in La Liga, the rookie shows very nice statistics. At the moment, four victories and nineteen points have been collected in the asset, which allows you to stay comfortably in the middle of the table. Even in the cup of the country this week, they coped with another opponent – they scored 1:0 away from Elche.

Rayo Vallecano

The club has periodically shown that it is not only a strong and original team, but also one that can shoot. But the last season stands apart, in which they managed, albeit with considerable luck, to break into the European Cups: with 52 points, according to additional indicators, they were ahead of Osasuna in the dispute for the eighth place.

The Spaniards took the Conference League quite seriously: they beat Neman in the qualifiers and advanced to the playoffs early. But at the same time, such a load clearly affects the performance in the domestic arena. There, they fell to the bottom half of the tournament table and lose more often than they win. But, on the other hand, so far it is possible to score more points on average per tour, eighteen against sixteen, and the performances continue in the cup.

Statistics of personal meetings

In the last six matches, there were equal victories, three each, and mainly on their own fields.

Forecast

Bookmakers consider the hosts only nominal favorites in this match. But here it is clearly worth applying insurance – we bet on the newcomer of La Liga with a handicap of 0 (coefficient – 1.73).