Week 15 brings us a match on Dec 29th where Girona hosts Rayo Vallecano at Estadi Municipal De Montilivi in a clash of these two closely matched La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Girona is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Cacereño. Grande Serrano struck first for Cacereño in the 17th minute on a feed from Gonzalez Martinez, but Valentin Castellanos got the equalizer for Girona in the 30th minute. Girona is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Rayo Vallecano recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Saguntino. Neither Saguntino nor Rayo Vallecano could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 7 and 22 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Rayo Vallecano should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Jan 15th, Girona hosted Rayo Vallecano in their last match together. Rayo Vallecano took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Bernardo Espinosa scored the first goal for Girona in the 26th minute, then Sergi Guardiola tied it up for Rayo Vallecano in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 48th minute on a goal by Sergi Guardiola.
Rayo Vallecano is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Sergio Camello and Mendez Molero each only have 1 goal in their last five. Valentin Castellanos has been the most prolific scorer on Girona in his last 5 matches with 2 goals
Miguel Ángel Sánchez Muñoz’s squad will be without Juan Pedro Ramirez Lopez, Kebe and Yan, while Alejandro Catena, Óscar Valentín, Andrés Martín and Iraola Sagarna are unavailable to play for Rayo Vallecano.