Head to Head Stats & Predictions

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3 total matches
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Rayo Vallecano vs Espanyol

Projected score
1 - 0
Alternative score
1 - 1
Featured pick
Goals: Under 3.5 @ 1.34
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Match analysis

Rayo Vallecano have conceded thirteen goals in their last five matches, including a 5-2 defeat, yet Superior still backs Under 3.5 for their meeting with Espanyol on 15 September, priced at 1.34 and read at 57 percent. Both sides have struggled to score as often as they concede, and this line leans on the final scoreline being lopsided rather than genuinely open.

Rayo have conceded thirteen goals across their last five matches

Rayo's defensive record this stretch includes a 5-2 home defeat and a 3-0 loss on the road, the kind of games where the goals have mostly gone one way rather than being shared. Espanyol have their own version of that problem, shipping three in one recent defeat and two in another, while managing only a single goal themselves in three of their last five. Superior's model reads this less as an open, high-event match and more as one side's defence failing badly while the other side's attack stays quiet, which still caps the total rather than inflating it.

Only one of the last three meetings reached four goals

Under 3.5 loses if this reaches four goals combined, and Rayo's 5-2 defeat earlier in this run shows exactly how that happens when their defence has a bad night. Espanyol won 3-0 in one of their own recent matches, proof their attack can turn up too. If either of those versions of these teams shows up alongside a routine goal from the other side, four goals is not far away. The head-to-head file leans the other way, though: three meetings have produced totals of one, one and four goals, and only the one finishing 0-4 actually beat this line.

AI-assisted analysis, written before kickoff from our model's numbers. Predictions are informed opinions, never guarantees.

Bookmaker odds

Home2.00
Draw3.50
Away3.74

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Total goals
Over 1.51.27
Under 1.53.34
Over 2.51.94
Under 2.51.86
Over 3.53.24
Under 3.51.29
Both teams to score
Yes1.76
No1.97
Odd/Even
Odd1.87
Even1.83
Handicap
Home -0.251.73
Away +0.252.11

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H2H Statistics

Total Goals
Espanyol 5
1 Rayo Vallecano
6 total goals · 2 per match
BTTS
0%
0 of 3 matches
Over 2.5 Goals
33%
1 of 3 matches
Clean Sheets2 : 1
Most Common Score0 - 1
Espanyol best4 - 0
Rayo Vallecano best1 - 0

Match History

Head to Head

Espanyol vs Rayo Vallecano: Head-to-Head History
DateHomeScoreAway
April 23, 2026Rayo Vallecano1 - 0Espanyol
December 7, 2025Espanyol1 - 0Rayo Vallecano
April 4, 2025Rayo Vallecano0 - 4Espanyol

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Head to Head

Espanyol vs Rayo Vallecano: Head-to-Head History
DateHomeScoreAway
September 12, 2026Osasuna0 - 2Espanyol
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Head to Head

Rayo Vallecano vs Espanyol: Head-to-Head History
DateHomeScoreAway
September 5, 2026Rayo Vallecano3 - 2Racing Santander
August 31, 2026Barcelona5 - 2Rayo Vallecano
August 20, 2026Rayo Vallecano1 - 1Alaves
August 15, 2026Sevilla2 - 1Rayo Vallecano