Comments and predictions for Rayo Vallecano vs Real Betis: Last minute finish

Latest Rayo Vallecano vs Real Betis team information

Rayo continue to be without Randy Nteka and Abdul Mumin due to knee injuries, while Jonathan Montiel is absent with a thigh injury.

Pathe Ciss will return to the starting line-up after serving a one-match suspension, while Isi Palazon is suspended for picking up enough yellow cards.

Striker Raul de Tomas is expected to be in the squad after missing the Las Palmas game with a minor injury.

On Real Betis' side, coach Pellegrini still cannot use three long-term injured players including Diego Llorente, Marc Roca and Chimy Avila.

Defender Hector Bellerin is also certain to miss the rest of the season after suffering a hamstring injury in the win over Fiorentina.

After rotating his squad last weekend, Pellegrini could recall Youssouf Sabaly, Ricardo Rodriguez, Johnny Cardoso, Isco, Antony, Pablo Fornals and Cedric Bakambu to the starting line-up.

Rayo Vallecano vs Real Betis latest expected lineup

Rayo Vallecano:
Batalla; Ratiu, Lejeune, Hernandez, Chavarria; Ciss, Lopez; De Frutos, Diaz, Garcia; Embarba

Real Betis:
Adrian; Sabaly, Bartra, Natan, Rodriguez; Cardoso, Lo Celso; Antony, Isco, Fornals; Bakambu

Latest Rayo Vallecano vs Real Betis football review

Rayo Vallecano have 47 points from 35 games and are dreaming of qualifying for Europe for the second time in their history, and for the first time since reaching the UEFA Cup final in the 2000-01 season.

Los Franjirrojos currently hold the Conference League qualification spot, but all bets are off: they could miss out on Europe altogether, or even climb into the Europa League, sitting just two points behind seventh-placed Celta Vigo.

In the context of the race for European tickets still extremely tense, Rayo is regaining form at the right time with two consecutive 1-0 wins, ending a previous 4-match winless streak.

In their most recent home game, Florian Lejeune's seventh-minute header saw them past Getafe, and Alvaro Garcia then scored the only goal in a win over Las Palmas on Friday. With that result, Rayo became the first team in La Liga history to win four consecutive away games against Las Palmas without conceding a goal.

If Rayo keep another clean sheet, they will set a new record: three consecutive wins without conceding for the first time in La Liga.

However, they do not have a good record against Real Betis, winning only 1 of their last 11 meetings in La Liga (D4, L6). However, that only victory came at home in the last meeting in March 2024, when Lejeune and Sergio Camello scored to bring a 2-0 victory.

Real Betis are looking forward to their first European final after a dramatic win over Fiorentina in the second leg of their Conference League semi-final in Florence last week.

Carrying a slim advantage from the first leg, Betis trailed 2-1 in the return leg, forcing the match into extra time, where Abde Ezzalzouli scored the winner, sending the Spanish side into the final against Chelsea in Poland later this month.

Betis, however, had little time to celebrate as they had to quickly return to La Liga duty, where they were held to a 1-1 draw by Osasuna on Sunday, after Cucho Hernandez's goal was pulled back by Ante Budimir.

With that result, the Andalusian team is having difficulty in the race for the top 5 and a place in the Champions League, as they are currently three points behind Villarreal (5th) and six points behind Athletic Bilbao (4th).

To keep their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League alive for the second time in their history, Betis are almost forced to win all three remaining games against Rayo, Atletico Madrid and Valencia.

Notably, Betis have had a pretty good away record recently, winning four of their last five away trips in La Liga, including the last two against Girona and Espanyol.

Latest Rayo Vallecano vs Real Betis score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Rayo Vallecano vs Real Betisas follows:

• Sportsmole:Rayo Vallecano 0-2 Real Betis

• WhoScore:Rayo Vallecano 1-2 Real Betis
• Our newspaper predicts:Rayo Vallecano 1-2 Real Betis

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