On the 13th of March, Rayo Vallecano plays host to Sevilla in a La Liga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 13th placed Rayo Vallecano, recorded a 0-2 loss against Cádiz. Rubén Alcaraz struck first for Cádiz in the 55th minute on a feed from Oussama Idrissi, then Oussama Idrissi added another in the 63rd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Rayo Vallecano couldn’t manage to score, and Cádiz took the shutout win. Rayo Vallecano looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10, while in their last match, 2nd placed Sevilla, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Deportivo Alavés. Neither Deportivo Alavés nor Sevilla could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 15 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Sevilla should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Rayo Vallecano and Sevilla last played eachother at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán on Sunday Aug 15th. Sevilla was victorious by a score of 3 to 0 in front of almost 14000 excited fans. Youssef En-Nesyri scored the first goal for Sevilla in the 19th minute on a penalty kick, then Érik Lamela added another in the 55th minute In the end, Rayo Vallecano was frustrated by Sevilla’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sevilla ended the match with the shutout victory.
Ivan Rakitić has been the most prolific scorer on Sevilla in the last five matches with 2 goals. Rayo Vallecano hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Fran García and Dias Correia, and they each have 1 goal
Rayo Vallecano will be without Unai López, Martín Merquelanz, Alejandro Catena and Nikola Maraš, while Sevilla will be without Anthony Martial, Fernando, Karim Rekik, Suso and Diego Carlos.