Preview: Racing Club de Ferrol vs. Rayo Vallecano - prediction, team news, lineups

Rayo Vallecano volition beryllium aiming to publication their spot successful the last-16 signifier of the Copa del Rey erstwhile they instrumentality connected Segunda Division outfit Racing Club de Ferrol connected Friday night.

The visitors person beaten Villamuriel and Unionistas de Salamanca successful the aboriginal stages of this season's competition, portion Racing Ferrol person flooded Cuarte and Barakaldo to unafraid their spot successful the circular of 32.

Match preview

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Racing Ferrol entered the wintertime interruption successful Spain disconnected the backmost of successive defeats to Almeria and Real Zaragoza, with the results seeing them driblet to 20th spot successful the Segunda Division table.

Cristobal Parralo's broadside person lone picked up 18 points from their 21 league matches this season, and they are facing relegation to the 3rd tier unless their signifier improves, with conscionable 3 victories coming successful Spain's 2nd tier successful 2024-25.

The Green Devils secured promotion from the 3rd tier successful 2022-23 and finished 10th successful the Segunda Division past term, successful summation to reaching the circular of 32 of the Copa del Rey, but they are bidding to spell 1 amended here.

Racing Ferrol reached the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey during the 1969-70 campaign, and they person had to triumph doubly to beforehand to this signifier of the 2024-25 Copa del Rey, beating Cuarte 3-1 and Barakaldo 2-1 connected their travels.

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Rayo, meanwhile, person besides played doubly successful this season's competition, beating Villamuriel and Unionistas de Salamanca, and the squad person really been victorious successful 5 of their past six matches successful the cup.

Inigo Perez's broadside person drawn their past 3 matches, including a 3-3 with Real Madrid connected December 14, and they presently beryllium 12th successful the La Liga table, boasting 22 points from their archetypal 18 matches.

Los Franjirrojos finished 17th successful La Liga past term, truthful determination is plentifulness of country for betterment during the 2024-25 campaign, portion they are chasing their first-ever occurrence successful the Copa del Rey.

Rayo really reached the semi-finals of the 2021-22 competition, which is their champion show successful the Spanish Cup, but they were contiguous successful the circular of 16 past term.

Perez's squad are unbeaten successful their past 4 matches successful each competitions connected their travels, including 1-1 draws with Villarreal and Real Betis successful Spain's apical flight.

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Team News

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Racing Ferrol person Bebe successful their ranks, with the 34-year-old, who famously represented Manchester United, joining the second-tier outfit from Rayo past year, and helium is acceptable to beryllium successful the starting side.

Head manager Parralo could sanction the aforesaid broadside that took to the tract for the archetypal whistle against Barakaldo successful the contention past clip out, with Chiki acceptable to pb the enactment for the hosts.

There should besides beryllium a relation successful the last 3rd of the tract for Aitor Gelardo.

As for Rayo, Raul de Tomas, Alvaro Garcia and Pelayo Fernandez volition miss the contention connected Friday night.

Head manager Perez volition marque changes to his accustomed XI, with a fig of squad players expected to beryllium fixed opportunities to impress, including Sergio Camello and Sergi Guardiola.

James Rodriguez is besides apt to beryllium among the starters; the 33-year-old provided an assistance successful his past quality successful the Copa del Rey against Unionistas de Salamanca and is expected to beryllium successful the XI connected Friday night.

Racing Club de Ferrol imaginable starting lineup:
Rodriguez; Delmas, Puric, Naldo, Castro; Gelardo, Vallejo, Perea, Lopez, Bebe; Chiki

We say: Racing Club de Ferrol 0-2 Rayo Vallecano

Racing Ferrol are susceptible of making this a tricky lucifer for Rayo; we are not expecting galore goals, but the visitors volition beryllium capable to telephone upon the superior quality, and we are backing the La Liga broadside to publication their spot successful the adjacent circular of the competition.

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