Comments and predictions for Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano: Late finishing blow
The match between Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano in La Liga takes place at 2:30 a.m. on April 25. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano team information
Atletico have no fresh injuries and have a full-strength squad at their disposal for Thursday's home game.
Argentine midfielder Rodrigo De Paul is likely to start alongside Pablo Barrios in midfield.
Antoine Griezmann could also return to the starting line-up, replacing Alexander Sorloth in attack.
Julian Alvarez continues to be Atletico's biggest threat, having scored 14 goals in 32 La Liga games this season.
On the away side, Rayo Vallecano will be without Abdul Mumin and Jonathan Montiel due to knee and thigh injuries.
Sergio Camello is in the final stages of recovery from a foot injury, but is unlikely to feature at the Metropolitano.
Coach Inigo Perez may refresh his midfield by bringing in Unai Lopez, after the player only came off the bench in the last two matches.
Latest expected lineup Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano
Atletico Madrid:
Oblak; Llorente, Gimenez, Le Normand, Galan; Simeone, De Paul, Barrios, Gallagher; Alvarez, Griezmann
Rayo Vallecano:
Batalla; Ratiu, Lejeune, Ciss, Chavarria; Valentin, Lopez; De Frutos, Diaz, Garcia; Nteka
Latest football commentary Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano
The 2024–25 season had promised to be a successful one for Atletico Madrid as they entered March, but things have quickly fallen apart in a disappointing run of nine competitive matches.
During this run, Atletico were eliminated from the Champions League after a penalty shootout against city rivals Real Madrid in the round of 16, and then stopped in the semi-finals of the King's Cup after losing 4-5 on aggregate to Barcelona.
Their La Liga title hopes have all but evaporated after a poor run of form saw them lose three of their last six games, including a narrow defeat to Las Palmas at Gran Canaria on Saturday.
Diego Simeone's side looked set to end the match in a goalless draw, but a defensive error allowed Javi Munoz to score the winning goal in the 93rd minute, condemning Atletico to defeat in Gran Canaria for the second season in a row.
Despite being 13 points behind the leaders, Atletico still have reason to be confident of taking points in the next match on Thursday, as they are unbeaten in their last 17 matches against Rayo in all competitions (W13, D4).
Los Colchoneros are also enjoying an impressive home record this season with 11 wins, four draws and just one defeat in 16 games at the Metropolitano in La Liga.
Rayo Vallecano once held out hope of qualifying for Europe, but a recent slump in form has seen them win just one of their last nine league games (D3 L5).
The only win in this run was a 2-0 win away to Alaves late last month, when Pathe Ciss and Pedro Diaz scored respectively.
However, the excitement was quickly stopped when they lost 0-4 at home to Espanyol, then continued to let Athletic Club come back to win 3-1 despite Rayo opening the score.
Last weekend they were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Valencia, despite taking the lead through an own goal from Cesar Tarrega, only for Umar Sadiq to equalise. Rayo have now gone five consecutive home games without a win, since three successive victories at Vallecas in early 2025.
Despite their poor form, the 10th-placed team still has a chance to compete for a European spot, as they are only two points behind the Conference League spot and three points behind the Europa League spot.
Rayo will be looking to boost those hopes with their first win over Atletico since February 2013 (a 2-1 home win). Their last away win against Atletico in La Liga was in August 1999, when they won 2-0.
Latest score prediction Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecanoas follows:
- Sportsmole:Atletico Madrid 2-0 Rayo Vallecano
- WhoScore:Atletico Madrid 2-1 Rayo Vallecano
- Our newspaper predicts:Atletico Madrid 2-1 Rayo Vallecano
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