📊 Form Guide

Rayo Vallecano

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Rayo Vallecano are hoping to win again after their last result, a 1-3 Copa del Rey triumph versus Granada.

In that match, Rayo Vallecano managed 60% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Rayo Vallecano, the goals were scored by García (49') and Díaz (74'). At the other end, Granada had 9 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Sáenz (9') and Juanjo (92' Own goal) scored for Granada.

Iñigo Pérez's Rayo Vallecano have found the net a sum total of 9 times in their past 6 outings. The number of goals that have been scored against them in those same fixtures is 7.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Rayo Vallecano:

• have not won against Mallorca in their previous 7 league matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 5 league matches at home.
• are without a win at home for the past 4 league matches. That's never good.

Mallorca

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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Girona FC in La Liga competition, Mallorca will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Mallorca managed 49% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Mallorca was Vedat Muriqi (91'). For their opponents, Girona had 9 shots on goal with 4 on target. Viktor Tsygankov (25') and Vladyslav Vanat (63') scored for Girona FC.

Looking at their form, and Mallorca have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 7 goals overall. In defence, Mallorca have been far from perfect.

Looking at their past form shows that Mallorca:

• have not emerged victorious against Rayo Vallecano when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• remain unbeaten by Rayo Vallecano when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.
• are without an away win for the past 4 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An inspection of their past head to head results stretching back to 27/08/2022 reveals that these encounters have not been fruitful for Rayo Vallecano. They’ve not managed to get themselves any wins at all whereas Mallorca have maintained the edge over them, beating them in 67% of those matches played.

A combined total of 13 goals were scored between them in these games, with 3 from Franjirrojos and 10 being from Los Bermellones. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.

The last league game featuring the two was La Liga match day 38 on 24/05/2025 which ended up with the score at Rayo Vallecano 0-0 Mallorca.

That time, Rayo Vallecano had 57% possession and 27 shots at goal with 8 of them on target.

Mallorca got 9 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

The referee was Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea.

📰 Team News: Rayo Vallecano

We think that Franjirrojos could opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game with Augusto Batalla, Andrei Ratiu, Florian Lejeune, Nobel Mendy, Pep Chavarria, Oscar Valentin, Gerard Gumbau, Jorge de Frutos, Isi Palazon, Alvaro Garcia and Sergio Camello.

🗞️ Team News: Mallorca

We’re of the thinking that Los Bermellones will likely utilise a 4-2-3-1 lineup, settling for Leo Roman, Pablo Maffeo, Martin Valjent, Marash Kumbulla, Johan Mojica, Omar Mascarell, Samu, Takuma Asano, Sergi Darder, Jan Virgili and Vedat Muriqi.

💡 Prediction

We think that Mallorca could find themselves struggling to be putting a goal past this Rayo Vallecano side who we reckon will be able to grind out a win.

We’re therefore predicting a very even match with a 1-0 winning margin for Rayo Vallecano at the end of the match.

Let’s see how it plays out.

Lucas Pereira, 12:01 11/01/2026