Vallecano, Rayo vs. Almaria forecast 11.08.2023 La Liga,

La Liga, is in opposition.
• Time: August 11, 2023, a Friday.
• Start: 1 / 19: 30 CEST + 18:30 UTC
• Estadio de los Mediterráneos( Almera ) is the location.

In the twenty-first centuries, Almeria made frequent trips between La Liga, and Liga 2. They were promoted to La Liga, in the 2021 — 2022 season, but since finishing 17th, just one point ahead of Real Valladolid, who finished 18th — place, they have come dangerously close to being demoted. Their only objective this year is to survive. ,

Vallecano, Rayo have been a mid-table team in two seasons since coming to La Liga,, finishing 12th and 11th. Still, the general impression of the last season is that they could have a much better year as they held the 5th place after 20 rounds. But due to a poor end of the season, Vallecano, Rayo dropped in the standings. Still, taking into account they had only the 17th-highest market value in La Liga,, we have to say the last season was a success. 

Almeria vs Vallecano, Rayo pick: Under 2.5 goals

In the summer, Almeria played almost entirely low-scoring activities. In five friendly games, they just scored more than 2.5 goals again. Almeria were relatively ineffective in the remaining four games against Granada, Antequera, Malaga, and Buenos Aires, aside from that one against El Eijdo, where they were expected to score some goals. However, given that they had some injuries up front and that their best goalie from the previous time had left the team, their lack of goals shouldn’t come as a surprise. ,

Similarly to Almeria, Vallecano, Rayo were also only once over 2.5 goals in five friendly matches over the Summer. Last season, Vallecano, Rayo were a terrible road team, winning only 17 points in 19 La Liga, games. Also, they managed to score just 17 goals in those 19 matches &— 0.89 per game. 

In the previous h2h game, Vallecano, Rayo won 2:0. Additionally, we have seen fewer than three goals in three of the last four h2h games. Considering the low-scoring trend of both teams in the preseason, problems for Almeria up front, the inability of Rayo to score on the road, and recent h2h games, we think that under 2.5 goals is the safest option for this tie.