Mallorca vs Rayo Vallecano betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the La Liga match on October 20th, 2024

Mallorca and Rayo Vallecano are scheduled to play against each other on October 20th, 2024, Sunday at 12:00h (UTC), in a La Liga match to be held in Spain, check the Mallorca vs Rayo Vallecano betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Mallorca vs Rayo Vallecano will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Estadi Mallorca Son Moix stadium, in the city of Palma, with a capacity for 24642 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Mallorca vs Rayo Vallecano betting tip 2024/2025

The La Liga has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.64 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.49 goals per match played.

Mallorca last match

Mallorca comes from a loss in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Espanyol, in a match valid for La Liga, and the match ended 2-1. Coach J. Arrasate's team lined up with this formation: 4-4-1-1.

The match between the two teams was expected to be quite close, as evidenced by the fact that the home team's defeat had odds of 3.60.

If the entire defensive department of the team had considerable difficulties, the one who suffered the most is certainly Pablo Maffeo. The player made a lot of mistakes throughout the match, and he will have to work hard over the course of the season if he wants to help his team win and climb the standings.

Rayo Vallecano last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for La Liga, Rayo Vallecano, who used a 4-4-2 formation, faced the Real Valladolid team with a final score of 1-2.

A win for the home team had odds of 2.40, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

Mallorca vs Rayo Vallecano h2h

The last time these teams faced off against each other in La Liga, Rayo Vallecano was in 14th place while Mallorca was in the 17th place. Rayo Vallecano opened with a 4-2-3-1 arrangement while Mallorca charged with a 5-4-1 formation.

The last time these teams met was for a La Liga match, on 11-02-2024, referring to the 2023/2024 season, which ended with a 2-1 win for Mallorca.

The last time these two teams faced off, neither team had a decisive advantage.

The Mallorca team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 3 wins, compared to the Rayo Vallecano team, which won only 2 games.

Mallorca

La Liga leaderboard now

Considering the home team Mallorca, standing in 7th place with 14 points in the La Liga competition in Spain. Their performance statistics have been such as 4 wins, 3 losses and, 2 draws.

The team, has the same score that the Athletic Club team who occupies position 6 in the 10th round.

Mallorca analysis

After 9 matches, Mallorca shows a positive goal difference: in fact, the team has scored 9 goals and conceded 8.

The Mallorca team comes from a defeat in the La Liga, and its coach Jagoba Arrasate Elustondo wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

An average of 4.22 shots on goal per game is certainly not exciting for Mallorca, which is therefore a team that does not score many goals, nor does it particularly engage the goalkeepers. This will be an important factor to consider when evaluating the match.

Mallorca, with a ball possession of 46.89% per game on average, is not the team that imposes its game, and rather prefers a tactic devoted to waiting and counterattacks. However, in the match against Rayo Vallecano of 2024/2025 they will have to do something more, try to maintain possession of the ball and attack the opponent's goal with more continuity.

One of the team's signings for the season still seems to be in a slow pace of adaptation. Johan Mojica played another underwhelming game in the club's last appearance, against Espanyol. He failed to show the expected security and did not help Mallorca to come out with the victory.

Best goalscorer from Mallorca

In this season, the individual highlight is Valery Fernández that has dominated the offensive side. The Attacker has already scored 2 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that Mallorca achieved in several matches.

Rayo Vallecano

La Liga leaderboard now

Rayo Vallecano arrives in this game with 13 points, and in 8th place in the La Liga, having won 3 games in total and lost 2 times, making a total of 4 draws.

Which means that the team is over Celta de Vigo team who is in the position 9 in the 10th round but with the same number of points.

Rayo Vallecano analysis

Currently, in the La Liga, Rayo Vallecano sums 11 goals for and a total of 9 goals against, after 9 rounds played.

With a balance of 2 wins, 1 loss, and 2 draws in the La Liga, Rayo Vallecano playing away does not usually give much chance to opponents.

Best goalscorer from Rayo Vallecano

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Jorge De Frutos. With 3 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Rayo Vallecano team achieving several victories this season.

For bettors some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

Between 75-90 minutes is a good time to bet as some study have shown this to be the time where most goals occur.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Mallorca 0.75 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Rayo Vallecano 1 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.44.

Corners Top Betting Tips

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 5.28 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Mallorca has an average of 1.9 yellow cards per game over the 9 rounds, while Rayo Vallecano has an average of 2.2. In other words, these teams together are averaging 4.56 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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