Our prediction for this Primera Division match:
There will be fireworks when Rayo Vallecano and Leganes square off against each other in a small Madrid derby on Saturday. Los Vallecanos did well to hold Girona to a goalless draw in midweek and they are now on a quest to return to winning ways in La Liga. Pep Chavarria limped off with injury in the last league match, with Jorge de Frutos likely to sneak into the starting XI.
Leganes, on the other hand, head into the match following a 1-1 draw with Getafe. Borja Jimenez’s troops are not regarded as good travellers and seeing that Rayo Vallecano produced a fine display in a goalless draw with Atletico Madrid at the weekend, home win should be considered. Yvan Neyou remains on the sidelines with injury, while both Javi Hernandez and Naim Garcia are major doubts and the duo will be assessed ahead of the kick-off.
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.