Rayo Vallecano vs Athletic Club betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the La Liga match on December 01th, 2024

A football match between Rayo Vallecano and Athletic Club of the La Liga will take place in Spain on Sunday, December 01th, 2024, at 17:30h (UTC), check the Rayo Vallecano vs Athletic Club betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Rayo Vallecano vs Athletic Club will occur

The game takes place in the small Estadio de Vallecas stadium, in the city of Madrid, with a capacity for 14708 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

See everything about the match live on Betarena, including statistics, events and odds, and everything that can help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Rayo Vallecano vs Athletic Club betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the La Liga has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.58 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.64 goals per game of the last championship.

Rayo Vallecano last match

Rayo Vallecano in its last official match lost (1-0) against Sevilla, in a match valid for La Liga. Coach I. Pérez Soto's lined up a 4-3-3 formation.

A defeat of the home team had odds of 2.00, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

If the entire defensive department of the team had considerable difficulties, the one who suffered the most is certainly Andrei Rațiu. 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.

Athletic Club 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, Athletic Club, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Real Sociedad team with a final score of 1-0.

A win for the home team had odds of 2.35, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

Rayo Vallecano vs Athletic Club h2h

Rayo Vallecano was in 16th place in the La Liga while Athletic Club was in 5th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Rayo Vallecano team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Athletic Club used in the match.

It was on 25-05-2024 when these two teams last clashed on the field. That match, which ended with the 0-1 win for Athletic Club, was valid for the 2023/2024 season of the La Liga.

The last encounter between these two it was a close fight.

Teams varying in strengths and motivations.

Rayo Vallecano

La Liga leaderboard now

With 16 points, 4 wins, 5 losses 4 draws, and a negative balance, Rayo Vallecano enters this game in 13th place in the La Liga.

In the 15th round, the team has an advantage of 2 points over the Leganés team which is just below, in 14th place and with 2 points less than Sevilla team that is in the 12th place.

Rayo Vallecano analysis

After 14 rounds, Rayo Vallecano has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 14 goals so far and scored 13 times.

Rayo Vallecano team comes to this game with a sequence of 2 losses in the La Liga that has been affecting the team's morale.

Rayo Vallecano is not a team that imposes its rhythms on the field, it usually has a rather counterattacking game: in fact, during this league we see that it has an average ball possession of 49.92%. In the next match against Athletic Club a change of attitude on the field will be needed, Rayo Vallecano will have to try to maintain possession to create goal chances and win.

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.

Athletic Club

La Liga leaderboard now

The Athletic Club team with 23 points currently occupies the 5th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Europa League, with a campaign of 6 wins, 5 draws, and 3 losses.

Which means that the team is over Osasuna team who is in the position 6 in the 15th round and has a 1 point disadvantage.

Athletic Club analysis

Athletic Club counted 20 goals scored and 13 conceded at the end of La Liga day number 14.

As we approach the Regular Season, Athletic Club is gearing up for another gripping match. In the opening game, the team managed 3.79 shots on target, offering a glimpse into their offensive capabilities.

This is a top 5 team in the La Liga that wants to keep up with the good performances!

Athletic Club is a more offensive team than Rayo Vallecano, having 1584 attacks vs. 1191 from Rayo Vallecano, having scored 20 times, in comparison, Rayo Vallecano converted into goal 13 times.

Best goalscorer from Athletic Club

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Oihan Sancet. The Midfielder has scored 5 times in this competition and helped Athletic Club avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Rayo Vallecano is Jorge De Frutos, who has already scored 3 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Athletic Club is Oihan Sancet, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

75-90 minutes into the game is where most goals occur, a good time to bet if one is following the live game.

Taking into consideration that Athletic Club scores an average of 1.33 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.53.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 5.34 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.43 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

On the Athletic Club side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 time this season, very different from Rayo Vallecano who only saw the red card twice. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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

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