Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona Predictions

• Barcelona have kept a clean sheet in just two of their last ten away league games
• Both teams have scored in 12 of Rayo Vallecano’s last 15 league matches
• Four of Barcelona’s last six La Liga matches have been wins by a one-goal margin

Goals look likely in tricky Barca assignment

Barcelona have emerged from the international break with ground to make up on surprise La Liga leaders Girona and they will be mindful that they cannot take anything for granted at Rayo Vallecano.

Their opponents from Madrid have beaten them in three of their last four meetings and other big Spanish big hitters have found it difficult to get past them, with Real Madrid held to a goalless stalemate and another Champions League qualifier Real Sociedad had to be satisfied with a 2-2 draw.

Both teams look likely to score in this one, something that has happened in all but three of Vallecano’s last 15 home league games and Barca have also struggled to keep clean sheets on the road with both teams netting on eight of the last ten occasions they have been on their travels.

Visitors may just have the edge

Vallecano would be a lot higher than tenth in the table had they not developed a habit of claiming draws, something that has happened in six of their last eight league matches.

Barcelona, meanwhile, have won four of their last six games by a one-goal margin and they could just scrape this one, which would suit them ideally considering their recent results against these opponents.

With both teams set to score, a 2-1 Barcelona win is a correct-score bet to consider.

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