Eibar vs Rayo Vallecano

Eibar vs. Rayo Vallecano / La Liga – The first match in La Liga after a break caused by obligations of the Spanish national team is a the duel between a team that are positioned in the lower part of the table and are very close to the relegation zone and a team that are positioned in a quiet middle of the table. The hosts are those who are endangered due to a long lasting series without a victory, while the guests have no such worries having seven points more and being in a much better shape. Eibar is really under a lot of pressure and they must win, unlike Rayo Vallecano who can play its favourite game without much tactics. In the first part of the season Eibar had surprised at the Vallecas and won by 3-2, while out of their four La Liga matches each team won twice. Begins: 03.04.2015 – 20:45 CET
Eibar

Little by little Eibar is getting closer to the position that was predicted for them at the beginning of season. In the first part of the season this team was a real hit and was firmly positioned in the upper part of the table, while at the beginning of the second part of the season they won two victories. Then began their decline and this team didn’t win since the beginning of January. They have played exactly ten matches in this period and only two were not defeats, while those two were draws. The negative series has begun with a draw and they drew in the last round with Granada away, which is a very good result considering that the opponent were a team who are positioned in the relegation zone.

They were mostly in a subordinate position but they managed to preserve the initial 0-0 till the end of match. However, draws will not leave them in La Liga and instead they have to start winning. This seems like a pretty good chance but they will not be complete because stopper Raul Navas and midfielder del Moral are injured. On the other hand Ekiza is back in the team after expiration of the suspension and he will surely cover the stopper position, while Piovaccari goes in the attack.

Probable lineups Eibar: J. Jimenez – Boveda, Ekiza, Anibarro, L. Castellano – Dani Garcia, Borja – Lara, Saul, Arruabarrena – Piovaccari
Rayo Vallecano

Rayo Vallecano is worry-free in the middle of the table although they cannot simply completely relax since the relegation zone is not too far, just ten points below. This of course doesn’t mean that Rayo should start playing tactics because this team don’t play like that for a long time and in fact play quite openly in every match to win. They still have only two draws from the first two rounds, which means that they didn’t draw for 26 rounds and it is the best indicator of their play style. With such game they tend to receive a lot of goals and average more than two per game when play away.

They are currently in a quite good shape and have won four times in the last six rounds and they lost the two remaining matches to Athletic and Barcelona away, ??where objectively couldn’t do much. It should be said that all four victories were won at home and that they didn’t win away for a long time. Coach Jemez has a lot of problems with the team because stopper Amaya and midfielder Trashorras cannot play because of yellow cards, while attackers Baptistao and Miku are injured, but the good news is that stopper Abdoulaye is back in the team.

Probable lineups Rayo Vallecano: C. Alvarez – Tito, Abdoulaye, Ze Castro, Nacho – Raul Baena, J. Sanchez – Kakuta, Bueno, Lica – Manucho
Eibar – Rayo Vallecano PICK

This match is very important for Eibar and they really must try to win, while Rayo Vallecano will certainly not just defend their goal, simply because it is not their style and on top of it they are completely worry-free. Therefore, contrary to many expectations, we forecast here a match with plenty of goals.

Pick: over 2.5 goals

Stake: 5/10

Odds: 2.15