Villarreal vs Rayo Vallecano Prediction, 12/18/2024 Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Villarreal vs Rayo Vallecano

Date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Location: Estadio de la Cerámica in Villarreal, Spain

TV: SlingTV Orange

Villarreal (7-5-4) hosts Rayo Vallecano (5-5-6) at Estadio de la Cerámica in Villarreal, Spain on Wednesday. Villarreal are priced at -196 while the Red Sashes are at +162. The total comes in at 3. The starting goalkeepers are Luiz Lucio Reis Junior for Villarreal and Augusto Batalla for Rayo Vallecano.

Villarreal has amassed 44 saves and hold a SV rate of 61.4% on the season. The team's goal differential is currently at 1 with 28 goals scored in addition to 27 goals conceded. This season, this club averages 1.63 pts/match (26 pts) and rank 28th in European soccer with 19 assists. The Submarino Amarillos rank 18th concerning expected goals with 26.6, and the team's expected goals against are 18.8. Villarreal has recorded 49 yellow cards so far this season and also 1 red card. Villarreal CF has surrendered 27 goals while conceding 1.69 goals per 90 min, and the opposition have recorded 70 SoT against them. They have earned 1 clean sheet, giving them a rate of 6.3% this season.

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This year, the Red Sashes have a save rate of 70.3% (64 SoT against), and sit at 54th in European soccer with 20 pts. The Red Sashes average 1.3 pts per match while compiling 13 assists and 2 red cards. Rayo Vallecano has compiled 18 goals and this squad's xG this year is 17.7. The Red Sashes have accounted for a clean sheet rate of 25.0% over the course of the season and also 40 yellow cards. The club's goals against/90 minutes is currently at 1.19 with 46 saves, and they have accounted for 4 clean sheets. Rayo Vallecano is 33rd in goals allowed with 19, and their difference in goals sits at -1.

Reis Junior has seen the pitch for 108 minutes and is sitting with 2 stops in his career. His goals allowed per 90 minutes is 1.67 (2 total goals surrendered) and his save percentage is 50.0%. The goalie hailing from Brazil has seen 4 shots tried at him in 1 career starts. Reis Junior (0-0-1 record in his career) has totaled 0 clean sheets, which gives him a 0.0%% shutout percentage. The man protecting the net for Villarreal is Luiz Lucio Reis Junior.

So far in his career, Batalla has allowed 42 goals while totaling 97 saves in 29 starting assignments. He has a save percentage of 70.3% and his clean sheet rate is 20.7%%. Augusto Batalla will be looking after the net for Rayo Vallecano. He has allowed 1.45 goals per 90 mins while earning a mark of 7-8-14. Batalla has accumulated 6 clean sheets while seeing 138 shots tried against him in 2,610 minutes in his career.

Ayoze Perez is one player who can make an impact for Villarreal. He has accounted for 36 assists while earning 224 pts in his career. The forward representing Spain has recorded 94 goals scored in 25,847 minutes. Perez has had a starting assignment in 293 outings during his soccer career and tallies 0.32 goals per 90 mins.

Rayo Vallecano is being led onto the pitch by Jorge de Frutos, who defenders will be preparing for in this game. The midfielder hailing from Spain has earned 10,662 mins and has scored 15 goals. He currently averages 0.12 goals per 90 and has been a starter in 114 games in his career. He has collected 54 pts thus far in his career and has assisted on a goal 24 times.

Who will win tonight's soccer game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Rayo Vallecano (-196)

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