Rayo Vallecano vs Espanyol - prediction, team news, lineups

Reeling from a 4-1 thrashing astatine Real Madrid astatine the weekend, Rayo Vallecano desperately request a effect erstwhile they big Espanyol astatine the Estadio de Butarque connected Tuesday evening successful La Liga.

The hosts person won conscionable erstwhile successful 5 league outings truthful acold this season, portion a buoyant Espanyol broadside get connected the backmost of a 2-0 triumph and are looking to cement their spot successful the apical fractional of the aboriginal table.

Match preview

Rayo caput into Tuesday’s fixture with assurance astatine a debased ebb aft being swept speech 4-1 by Real Madrid connected Saturday, with a Kylian Mbappe brace and goals from Jude Bellingham and Alvaro Carreras doing the harm earlier Sergio Camello’s 51st-minute onslaught offered lone little consolation.

That decision leaves Benat San Jose’s broadside 16th successful the La Liga table with 4 points from 5 matches - 1 win, 1 gully and 3 defeats, and with superior antiaircraft concerns opening to mount.

Rayo person conceded 14 goals successful 5 league games, the highest tally successful LaLiga truthful acold this season, portion besides giving distant 3 penalties - much than immoderate different broadside successful the division.

Adding to the trouble of Tuesday’s fixture is the information that this lucifer volition again beryllium played astatine the neutral venue of the Estadio de Butarque successful Leganes, with ongoing issues astatine Vallecas continuing to disrupt Rayo’s location arrangements this season.

Espanyol, meanwhile, person made an encouraging commencement to the campaign, sitting seventh successful La Liga with 7 points from 2 wins, 1 gully and 2 defeats aft 5 games.

Manolo Gonzalez has stuck to his principles contempt the illness successful signifier that astir outgo his broadside their top-flight presumption past season, and the aboriginal signs suggest his squad person responded, with a disciplined antiaircraft operation having conceded conscionable 5 goals successful 5 matches.

The visitors get connected the backmost of a 2-0 triumph implicit Osasuna, with Roberto Fernandez’s aboriginal brace doing the damage, and that effect underlines the menace Espanyol transportation going forward.

Espanyol person won 4 of the past 5 meetings betwixt the 2 clubs, though crossed the past 10 encounters Rayo pb the wide number with six wins to Espanyol’s four.

The astir caller fixture betwixt the sides ended successful a 1-0 location triumph for Rayo, with Camello getting the lone goal, and San Jose volition beryllium hoping his side’s starring scorer tin again beryllium the quality connected Tuesday.

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Team News

Sergio Camello leads the enactment for Rayo arsenic the club’s apical scorer with six league goals, a tally that puts him level with Mbappe, Lamine Yamal and Raphinha astatine the apical of the La Liga scoring charts, and the striker volition beryllium cardinal to immoderate Rayo tin nutrient connected Tuesday.

Unai Lopez has been the main creator successful midfield with 3 assists and is expected to proceed successful that relation arsenic San Jose looks for a absorption from his side.

Rayo are without a fig of cardinal players, however, with Augusto Batalla sidelined with a breached leg, Jozhua Vertrouwd and Luiz Felipe some retired with hamstring injuries, and Isi Palazon and Randy Nteka missing done musculus complaints.

Jorge de Frutos besides misses out, serving the 2nd lucifer of a two-game suspension that kept him retired of the travel to Real Madrid and rules him retired present arsenic well.

For Espanyol, Fernandez and Edu Exposito are expected to proceed arsenic mainstays of Gonzalez’s setup and volition again beryllium pivotal to their chances of claiming a effect astatine Butarque.

Andoni Gorosabel is simply a uncertainty with a lingering groin and adductor occupation that has kept him from training, portion Javi Puado remains sidelined arsenic helium continues his betterment from ACL country connected his close knee.

Kike Garcia is besides unavailable with a hamstring and tendon injury, further limiting Gonzalez’s options going forward.

Rayo Vallecano imaginable starting lineup:

Audero; Ratiu, Lejeune, Ciss, Pedrosa; Lopez, Bouare Samake; Tsitaishvili, Diaz, Garcia; Camello

Espanyol imaginable starting lineup:

Dmitrovic; Hinojo, Cabrera, Riedel, El Hilali; Exposito, Gonzalez de Zarate; Dolan, Hernandez, M. Fernandez; R. Fernandez

We say: Rayo Vallecano 1-2 Espanyol

With 14 goals conceded successful 5 matches, Rayo simply cannot beryllium trusted astatine the back, and an Espanyol broadside gathering genuine momentum look susceptible of punishing them erstwhile again connected Tuesday.

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