Both clubs are eager to take the three points at the Estadio de La Cerámica, where Villarreal and Rayo Vallecano recover the postponed match of the twelfth matchday of LaLiga EA Sports. The team led by Marcelino García Toral has not won in four matches and hopes to find success in front of its supporters.
In fact, last weekend they suffered a defeat at home against Manuel Pellegrini’s Real Betis, losing 1-2. They currently sit in sixth place in the table with 26 points, and a win in this recovered match would allow them to overtake RCD Mallorca.
Among the top players in attack are Gerard Moreno, Alex Baena, Yeremy Pino, Thierno Barry, Nicolas Pepé, Dani Parejo and Ayoze Pérez, who represent excellent options for the Castellón team. Baena scored against Real Betis, but the real concern lies with the defence, which has conceded 27 goals in 16 matches, while he has scored 28. As a result, Villarreal’s matches tend to be characterized by high scoring. Hopefully the team will be able to show more incisiveness in attack and take home the three points at the Estadio de La Cerámica. In the last 12 points available, they have only scored 2, and now they aim to return to winning ways. In a more favorable moment, Rayo Vallecano collected 4 of the 6 points available recently, interrupting a series of three defeats. Íñigo Pérez’s team achieved an important draw in their last match against Real Madrid (3-3) at the Vallecas stadium. Rayo led 2-0, but saw Ancelotti’s team take the lead 2-3. However, the franjirrojo never give up and managed to equalize thanks to a goal from Isi Palazón.
Rayo Vallecano occupies twentieth place in the LaLiga EA Sports rankings. In their last away match they achieved a 0-1 victory against Valencia at the Mestalla. The team hopes to maintain this positive momentum and get points on a difficult pitch like that of La Cerámica.
