Rayo Vallecano vs Real Sociedad Predictions

• There have been under three goals in eight of Rayo Vallecano’s last nine fixtures
• Seven of Real Sociedad’s last nine games have contained fewer than three goals
• Sociedad have only won once on the road against teams in the top 11

Vallecano finishing the season on a high

After an alarming run of 13 league games without a win, Rayo Vallecano have finally turned their form around with back-to-back away wins over Barcelona and Espanyol, both by a 1-0 scoreline.

Those successive clean sheets are particularly impressive given they had not kept one in those previous 13 matches, but fixtures have generally been low-scoring, with only three containing more than two goals.

Andoni Iraola’s side have actually failed to score in four of their last six at home, where only one of the last nine have contained three strikes or more.

Sociedad proving in-different on the road

Real Sociedad have been inconsistent away from home this season, registering just two wins in their last nine and managing only one victory against a side in the top half (2-0 vs Osasuna in October).

Imanol Alguacil’s side, who look set to qualify for European competition next season, have failed to score in five of those nine games, of which only four have contained three or more goals.

Indeed, they have kept three clean sheets over the same period, showing that both teams do not often score, but equally, no team in the top two thirds of the table have netted fewer than their 32 goals.

I predict that there will be fewer than three goals in this game, as neither team is particularly strong going forward, but Rayo Vallecano could sneak the win, with 1-0 to the hosts my correct score prediction.

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