In this week 7 match, on Mon Oct 3rd, Elche and Rayo Vallecano will play a match in Madrid in a clash of the La Liga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, a perfect day for football. Rayo Vallecano sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-3 loss against Athletic Club. Oscar Trejo scored the first goal for Rayo Vallecano in the 5th minute, then Williams tied it up for Athletic Club in the 14th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 28th minute on a goal by Oihan Sancet to cap off a wild match. Rayo Vallecano is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while elche is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Barcelona. Robert Lewandowski struck first for Barcelona in the 34th minute, then Memphis Depay added another in the 41st minute In the end, Elche was frustrated by Barcelona’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Barcelona ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 5 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Saturday Jan 16th, Rayo Vallecano won by a score of 2 to 0. Tiago Manuel Dias Correia scored the first goal for Rayo Vallecano in the 36th minute, then Alejandro Catena added another in the 78th minute In the end, Elche couldn’t muster any offence and Rayo Vallecano ran away with the shutout win.
Elche is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Álex Collado and Ezequiel Ponce each only have 1 goal in their last five. Rayo Vallecano’s most prolific scorer has been Isaac Palazon Camacho. The Spanish midfielder has netted two goals over the last five matches
Andrés Martín, Salvi and Pep Chavarría are unavailable to play for Rayo Vallecano, while Elche will be without Omar Mascarell, Pol Lirola, Pere Milla, Cacicedo Verdu and Francisco Javier Rodriguez Vilchez.