Stat Attack – Rayo Vallecano vs. Real Zaragoza
The newly promoted side, Rayo Vallecano are going to be facing Real Zaragoza in the Spanish La Liga on this weekend.
Currently, Rayo Vallecano are on the eighth spot in the Spanish La Liga as they drew their first fixture of the league. On the other hand, Real Zaragoza are right at the bottom of the table as they lost 6-0 to Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid.
While Rayo Vallecano have been promoted in the top flight this season, Real Zaragoza finished 13th in La Liga last season.
Rayo Vallecano have met Real Zaragoza ten times in their home in the Spanish La Liga top flight. Out of those ten fixtures, Rayo Vallecano have only won two matches.
Half of the meetings between these two sides which took place at Rayo took place in the first eight match days. Five out of ten fixtures taking place at Rayo were scheduled to take place in the first ten weeks of La Liga.
Real Zaragoza are the only side who have conceded six goals in the first match of the Spanish La Liga. That is the reason why they are currently at the bottom of the points table with a goal difference of -6.
Rayo Vallecano are going to continue their run of the Spanish La Liga top flight after a few years as they have been promoted this season. Their last run in the top flight ended with fourteen games without a win. In case they don’t win against Real Zaragoza,
it will be their fifteenth game without a win in the Spanish top flight.
Rayo Vallecano do not have a good record in the Primera Division. The newly promoted Spanish La Liga side have been in the Primera Division for twelve times. Out of those twelve, they have managed to be in the bottom five of the points table five times.
Last season, only three sides conceded fewer goals than Real Zaragoza – Real Madrid, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863. This shows that Zaragoza are a strong side defensively.
While playing in the top flight, Rayo Vallecano have drawn five of their last six fixtures at home.
Moreover, they haven’t been the best at winning against Real Zaragoza as well. In the last 19 meetings with Real Zaragoza, Rayo Vallecano have won only one.
Real Zaragoza, on the other hand, don’t look to be a big fan of drawing games. While Rayo Vallecano have drawn five of their last six fixtures, Zaragoza have drawn none of their last fourteen.
In their last fourteen fixtures in the Spanish La Liga, Real Zaragoza have won seven and lost seven and drawing none.
Zaragoza are the favourites to win this away fixture despite the six goal loss against Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid.
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