On the 12th of December, in this week 17 match, Villarreal will host Rayo Vallecano at Estadio De La Cerámica in a meeting of these two mismatched La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. Villarreal sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Sevilla. Lucas Ocampos struck first for Sevilla in the 16th minute on a feed from Marcos Acuña, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Villarreal was frustrated by Sevilla’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sevilla ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while in their last match, 6th placed Rayo Vallecano, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Espanyol. Leandro Cabrera struck first for Rayo Vallecano on an own goal in the 54th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Espanyol couldn’t muster any offence and Rayo Vallecano ran away with the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Rayo Vallecano should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on Wed Jan 29th, Villarreal took the match by a score of 2 to 0 in front of almost eight thousand fans. Fernando Niño struck first for Villarreal in the 84th minute on a feed from Manu Trigueros, then Santi Cazorla added another in the 85th minute on a feed from Samuel Chukwueze In the end, Rayo Vallecano couldn’t muster any offence and Villarreal ran away with the shutout win.
Radamel Falcao and Oscar Trejo are the top scorers for Rayo Vallecano in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Villarreal’s most prolific scorer has been Alberto Moreno. The Spanish defender has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.