Rayo Vallecano vs Girona - prediction, team news, lineups

Fresh from booking their spot successful the Conference League final, Rayo Vallecano volition resume their La Liga run astatine location to relegation-threatened Girona connected Monday night.

Rayo are presently 11th successful the La Liga table, 2 points down seventh-placed Getafe, portion Girona are 16th, 2 points extracurricular of the relegation zone.

Match preview

Rayo person spectacularly secured a spot successful a European final, beating Strasbourg 2-0 connected aggregate successful the semi-finals of the tournament, and they volition present instrumentality connected Crystal Palace successful a fascinating last connected May 27.

Winning this season's Conference League would spot Rayo suffice for the 2026-27 Europa League, and it would beryllium an incredibly peculiar infinitesimal successful their past to triumph a archetypal European trophy, but Palace volition participate the contention arsenic the favourites.

Los Franjirrojos person really won 4 of their past 5 matches successful each competitions during a beardown tally of form, including a 2-0 occurrence implicit Getafe successful La Liga past clip out, with the effect leaving them successful 11th presumption successful the table.

Inigo Perez's broadside are lone 2 points down seventh-placed Getafe and 5 from Celta Vigo successful sixth, truthful they could inactive unafraid European shot for adjacent play adjacent if they are unbeaten successful the Conference League final.

Rayo person picked up 27 points from their 17 location league matches this season, portion Girona person 16 points from their 17 games connected their travels.

Girona are 1 of a fig of clubs progressive successful a relegation conflict astatine this signifier of proceedings, with the Catalan broadside presently 16th successful the division, 2 points supra 18th-placed Levante.

Michel's broadside are successful worrying form, having mislaid their past 3 successful the league against Real Betis, Valencia and Mallorca, and their deficiency of goals is simply a concern, having lone recovered the backmost of the nett connected 36 times successful their 34 league fixtures.

The White and Reds volition instrumentality connected Real Sociedad, Atletico Madrid and Elche successful their last 3 league games of the campaign, truthful a decision present would permission them vulnerable.

Girona person lone faced Rayo connected 31 occasions passim history, and some teams person posted 12 wins, portion determination person been 7 draws.

Earlier this season, Rayo recorded a 3-1 triumph implicit Girona, but the Catalan outfit person won 3 of their past six fixtures against Monday's opponents, including a 2-1 occurrence successful the Spanish superior successful November 2023.

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Team News

Rayo volition beryllium without the services of Luiz Felipe done injury, portion Ilias Akhomach is regarded arsenic a fittingness uncertainty for the superior outfit connected Monday night.

Isi Palazon, who has scored 7 goals and registered 7 assists during a beardown campaign, is besides again unavailable for enactment done suspension.

Head manager Perez volition marque changes to the broadside that took to the tract for the clash against Strasbourg connected Thursday evening, with Sergio Camello, Pedro Diaz, Alvaro Garcia and Randy Nteka expected to beryllium among those to diagnostic successful the archetypal XI.

As for Girona, 4 players are decidedly retired of the lucifer done injury, with Juan Carlos, Portu, Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Vladyslav Vanat unavailable for selection.

Abel Ruiz and Donny van de Beek are doubts, portion Bryan Gil is suspended, truthful Girona could beryllium missing 7 players for the contention successful the Spanish capital.

Claudio Echeverri has lone netted erstwhile for the Catalan outfit this season, but determination should beryllium different spot successful the last 3rd of the tract for the on-loan Manchester City attacker.

Rayo Vallecano imaginable starting lineup:

Batalla; Ratiu, Lejeune, Mendy, Chavarria; Diaz, Valentin; Perez, Nteka, A Garcia; Camello

Girona imaginable starting lineup:

Gazzaniga; Martinez, Blind, Reis, Moreno; Witsel, Beltran; Tsygankov, Ounahi, Roca; Echeverri

We say: Rayo Vallecano 2-1 Girona

Rayo volition beryllium connected a precocious pursuing their Conference League semi-final success, and we are backing the in-form hosts to flooded a Girona outfit that are successful superior relegation danger.

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