Rayo Vallecano vs Athletic Club — La Liga: stats, lineups & analysis
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Rayo Vallecano vs Athletic Club — the facts
Rayo Vallecano meet Athletic Club in the La Liga (Regular Season - 8). Kick-off is Saturday, 10 October 2026, 12:00 UTC at Estadio de Vallecas. Referee: Jose Maria Sanchez Martinez.
Team pages: Rayo Vallecano · Athletic Club · La Liga
Key moments
- 7' Goal:
Starting line-ups
Rayo Vallecano (4-3-3)
Athletic Club (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Rayo Vallecano 44% · Draw 27% · Athletic Club 29%
Level sides, home ground holds off Athletic Club's cold finishing due to recover — Nothing separates them on our strength rating, and La Liga home advantage gives Rayo Vallecano the lean. The draw at 27% is what level sides usually produce.
Why Rayo Vallecano in front?
Home ground, mostly. Almost nothing between them on our strength rating — 1690 to 1654. Sides this close won 45.8% of 13,702 home games (draw 27.7%, visitors 26.6%). La Liga home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (28.3% vs 30.0%). La Liga homes won 46.6% of 6,150 games vs 44.6% across all 101,016 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why only 44%?
Because on our strength rating there is nothing in it. Athletic Club sit -0.49 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Visitors this cold went on to win 31.7% of 1,357 games, vs 27.9% for visitors finishing normally.
Why the draw at 27%?
Between sides this level the draw starts at 27.7%. These teams' recent games average 2.8 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.8% of 25,118.
What did we measure but not count?
Rayo Vallecano are unbeaten in their last 12 home La Liga games: 7 wins and 5 draws. The run began on 15 February 2026. Last recorded home league defeat: 24 January 2026 — Rayo Vallecano 1–3 Osasuna. Latest home league result: 15 September 2026 — Rayo Vallecano 2–1 Espanyol. Across 13,679 historical matches following an unbeaten home league run of at least six games, hosts won 56.0%, compared with 54.8% expected from team strength. Out: Augusto Batalla, an important player and Rayo Vallecano's first-choice goalkeeper. In the past games we have checked, a missing first-choice goalkeeper made no measurable difference, so this stays at 0 points. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
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- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
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