Our prediction for this Primera Division match:
Villarreal
Match Time & Date:
12/12/2021
14:00
Prediction: 2-1
Rayo Vallecano
Villarreal will look to bounce back from a 1-0 loss to Sevilla when they host Rayo Vallecano to their Estadio de la Ceramica on Matchday 17. The Yellow Submarine suffered a dip in form, with the team collecting only one point in total from the previous three league fixtures, but they are surely capable of beating los Vallecanos in front of home fans. Yeremi Pino returns from the Champions League ban, while important winger Arnaut Danjuma should be fit for the match.
The capital club, on the other hand, did well to beat Espanyol at home ground at the weekend, but given their anything but brilliant away record, we believe that there is a big value in betting on Unai Emery’s troops. Midfielder Santi Comesana is back from suspension for the visiting team, while Martin Merquelanz is likely to miss the game through injury.
Highlighted Player (Ramiro Funes Mori):
Argentina isn’t known to produce great talents in defence but Ramiro Jose Funes Mori is an exception. The 25-year-old started his football career in the United States with FC Dallas. He won an MLS talent competition to get into their youth team but it was less than a year before he moved back to Argentina.
Mori joined River Plate as a youth player in 2008 and progressed to their senior team within three years. The young defender is nothing short of a club legend at River Plate having won six titles with the team. More than the titles and his performances, it was his performances in important games that is still vividly remembered.
His iconic goal against Boca Juniors is still part of the folklore. Mori joined English Premier League club Everton in 2015 and soon established himself as a regular there. Mori represented Argentina seven times and yet to score in national colors.
Highlighted Team (Rayo Vallecano):
Rayo Vallecano is a Spanish football club from the Valleas neighbourhood in Madrid and are founded in the year 1924. The club is playing in the Primera Division since 2011 after being in active in the lower divisions for a longer period of time. Rayo Vallecano currently plays it’s home games in the Teresa Rivero Stadium which is also known as the Nuevo Vallecas stadium and holds a capacity of 15 500 seats. The Nuevo Vallecas stadium is one of the smallest ones in the Primera Division. The club colors of Rayo Vallecano are white and red and is also known as Los Vallecanos. Rayo Vallecano is known for it’s ultra’s which are radical left winged political sided.
In the clubs history Rayo Vallecano never won any big prizes. The biggest achievement was in 2000 when the club qualified for the UEFA Cup after winning the Fair Play spot. Rayo Vallecano was one of the biggest surprises in Europe that season and even managed to get to the quarter finals where Rayo got eliminated by Deportivo Alaves. There are a lot of famous players that played for Rayo Vallecano during their career such as: Julen Lopetegui, Jordi Figueras, Victor Onokpo and Ismael Urzaiz.
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