On the 18th of October, Atlético Madrid hosts Rayo Vallecano in a meeting of these two mismatched La Liga teams in the ever popular Madrid derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 4th placed Atlético Madrid, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Club Brugge. Neither Atlético Madrid nor Club Brugge could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 21 and 6 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Atlético Madrid should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Rayo Vallecano recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Getafe. Neither Rayo Vallecano nor Getafe could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 15 and 6 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Rayo Vallecano is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Atlético Madrid won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Rayo Vallecano hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Nico González and Palazon Camacho, and they each have 1 goal. Atlético Madrid’s top weapon lately has been Ángel Correa, who has two goals in the last five matches
Thomas Lemar, Felipe, Llorente and Reguilón are unavailable to play for Diego Pablo Simeone’s team, while Andoni Iraola Sagarna’s Rayo Vallecano squad will be without Andrés Martín.