Getafe vs Rayo Vallecano Prediction, 5/8/2022 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 5/4/2022

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Game: Getafe vs Rayo Vallecano

Date: Sunday, May 8, 2022

Location: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez in Madrid, Spain

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Getafe (+180) Rayo Vallecano (+185)

Borja Mayoral and Getafe (8-11-14, 15th in La Liga) host Rayo Vallecano (11-7-15, 11th in La Liga) at Coliseum Alfonso Pérez on Sunday. The men protecting the net are David Soria for Getafe and Stole Dimitrievski for Rayo Vallecano. The line on this matchup has Getafe coming in at +180 and the Red Sashes are at +185. The total opens at 2.5.

Getafe faced off with Betis in their most recent match and walked away with a draw with a final of 0-0. When talking about passing the ball, they earned a 74.5% passes received percentage by connecting on 242 out of their 325 passing targets in their last game. Getafe tried 10 dribbles in this game and successfully completed 5 of those attempts for a percentage of 50.0%.

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Regarding shot accuracy, Getafe ended this match at a 15.4% clip by putting 2 SoT out of 13 total shots. Getafe sports an average of 0.91 goals per 90 (31 goals in total) and are sitting with 25 assists in all matches for this campaign.

Borja Mayoral is one guy you are going to want to keep your eye on for Getafe. He has 9 assists while accumulating 8 yellow cards during his soccer career. Mayoral has been a starter in 75 games in his pro soccer career and tallies 0.40 goals per 90. The forward representing Spain has tallied 32 goals scored in 7,186 professional minutes played.

One more player who should impact this match is Enes Unal, the forward who is from Turkey. Unal has been on the field for 14,376 mins in 153 career starts and has been handed 29 yellow card warnings. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 16 times in his career while he has scored 68 goals. He currently averages 0.43 goals per 90 minutes during his pro soccer career.

The guy protecting the net for Getafe will be David Soria. Soria (50-50-53 record in his career) has accounted for 56 shutouts, which gives him a 36.6% clean sheet percentage. The goalkeeper from Spain has had 481 shots tried against him in 153 starting assignments. His goals allowed per 90 minutes is 1.0 (158 total goals allowed) and he has earned a save percentage of 71.1%. Soria has been on the field for 13,679 mins and has earned 346 stops in his pro soccer career.

For their last match, Rayo Vallecano weren't able to secure a win with a final of 1-1 against Real Sociedad. Rayo Vallecano finished the match with a 50.0% successful dribble percentage by connecting on 3 out of the 6 dribbles they attempted. They wrapped up this outing by completing 344 out of their 375 passing attempts earning a percentage of 91.7%. Rayo Vallecano converted 7 shots attempted out of 13 shots attempted which gave them a 53.8% clip in their last match. With 34 goals and 27 assists in all their matches, Rayo Vallecano averages 1.00 goal and 0.79 assists per 90 minutes.

Radamel Falcao will need to provide a lift for Rayo Vallecano. He scores 0.76 goals per 90 minutes and has had a starting assignment in 252 matches during his career. The forward from Columbia has 22,283 mins while scoring 188 goals. He has earned 46 yellow cards thus far in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 24 times. Be sure to watch out for Oscar Trejo, the forward hailing from Argentina. He has earned 62 goals during his career while helping on a goal 53 different times. Trejo has been handed a total of 108 yellow card cautions in 32,530 mins (379 career starting assignments). His goals per 90 minute average in his pro soccer career is 0.17.

Stole Dimitrievski will reside in front of the net for Rayo Vallecano. Dimitrievski has earned 44 clean sheets and has defended 598 shots attempted against him in 14,174 mins throughout his career. He has a save percentage of 73.7 and his shutout rate is 28.0%. He has allowed 1.17 goals per 90 mins and he has earned a record of 56-44-57. So far in his career, Dimitrievski has allowed 185 goals while tallying 438 stops in 157 starts.

Who will win tonight's La Liga game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Getafe (+180)

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