Rayo Vallecano and Real Betis will take on on Sunday the 8th of January at 4:15 pm in the 16th week of the La Liga. The match will take place in Madrid at the Estadio de Vallecas. The referee will be Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos.
Rayo Vallecano occupies the 8th place in the standings with 23 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Girona in its last match in the La Liga. Until now, it has won 6 times, draw 5 times, and lost 4 times.
Real Betis sits in the 7th position in the table with 25 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Athletic Club in its last match in the La Liga. Up to now, it has won 7 times, draw 4 times, and lost 4 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Rayo Vallecano
Rayo Vallecano has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 86.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (13 times) and 4-4-2 (2 times).
Andoni Iraola Sagarna is expected to play against Real Betis with the following players: S. Dimitrievski, F. García Torres, A. Catena Marugán, F. Lejeune, I. Balliu, Ó. Trejo, Ó. Martín Luengo, S. Comesaña, Á. García, I. Palazón Camacho and S. Camello Pérez.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Rayo Vallecano would be 29.00.
Andoni Iraola Sagarna will probably not be able to employ R. de Tomás Gómez because of injury.
Real Betis
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (15 times).
Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti is expected to play against Rayo Vallecano with the following players: R. Dantas da Silva, A. Moreno, L. Felipe, E. González, S. Canales, W. Silva de Carvalho, G. Rodríguez, L. Rosa da Silva, N. Fekir and B. Iglesias Quintas.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Real Betis would be 28.50.
There are doubts about the presence of Y. Sabaly.
