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Rayo Vallecano v Elche
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Rayo Vallecano v Elche is one to leave alone. There is a likely outcome here, but every bookmaker has it shorter than it deserves, so there is nothing to take.
Preview
Elche might sit down in the bottom three and have dropped two of their last six, but the visitors travel well and hold a dominant historical edge with fourteen victories from the last twenty three meetings. The visitors arrive with five-goal top scorer Fernando Niño hitting form through three goals across the last five games, whereas Rayo Vallecano have won just two of their last six and face a tough test despite their strong home form. The hosts must reshuffle defensively without Luiz Felipe following a cruciate ligament problem, which will disrupt their defensive stability and hand the initiative to Elche's attack. Expect the visitors to exploit those defensive gaps and extend their historical dominance over a struggling home side.
Form
- Rayo Vallecano have won two, drawn two and lost two of their last six.
- Elche have won one, drawn three and lost two of their last six.
Head to head
23 meetings between them: Rayo Vallecano won five, Elche won 14, four were drawn. Last time: Rayo Vallecano 1–0 Elche, April 2026.
The table
Rayo Vallecano are 14th and Elche 18th.
Expected line-ups
Rayo Vallecano: Emil Audero, Adrià Pedrosa, Florian Lejeune, Mujaid Sadick, Iván Balliu, Unai López, Óscar Valentín, Álvaro García, Isi Palazón, Jorge de Frutos, Sergio Camello.
Elche: Matías Dituro, Víctor Chust, Pedro Bigas, Matia Barzić, Roy Revivo, Buba Sangaré, Germán Valera, Gonzalo Villar, Javi Morcillo, Federico Redondo, Fernando Niño.
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