Elche vs Rayo Vallecano Prediction, 4/29/2023 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 4/25/2023

Game: Elche vs Rayo Vallecano

Date: Saturday, April 29, 2023

Location: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero in Alicante, Spain

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Elche (+380) Rayo Vallecano (-132)

Elche (2-7-21) are hosting Rayo Vallecano (10-10-10) at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero on Saturday. Elche opens at +380 and Rayo Vallecano are priced -132. The over/under has been set at 2.5. The goalies who are expected to start are Edgar Badia Elche and Stole Dimitrievski Rayo Vallecano.

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Elche tallied 109 SVs and had a SV percentage of 68.4 over the course of last season. This team's differential on goals was -41 by means of 20 goals tallied and also 61 goals allowed. For the prior year, the squad finished with an average of 0.43 pts per match (13 points) and had a ranking of 20th in La Liga with 13 assists. The Green-Striped Ones had a ranking of 19th for goals expected with 26.2, and the expected goals against were sitting at 57.6. Elche recorded 87 yellow cards in the previous season and also 12 red cards. Elche gave up 61 goals while surrendering 2.03 goals per 90 min, and the opposition had a total of 171 shots on target against them. They finished with 1 clean sheet, which had them sitting at a percentage of 3.3 last season.

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Last season, the Red Sashes had a save percentage of 70.4 (108 SoT against), and also were 10th in the league with 40 points. The Red Sashes had an average of 1.3 pts/match while compiling 22 assists and 4 red cards. Rayo Vallecano accounted for 36 goals and this team's expected goals during the previous year was 34.5. Rayo Vallecano recorded a clean sheet percentage of 30.0 last year and 77 yellow cards. The team's goals against per 90 sat at 1.20 with 76 saves, and they had a total of 9 clean sheets. Rayo Vallecano had a rank of 9th concerning goals allowed having 36, and the goal difference was sitting at 0.

The man who will protect the net for Elche will be Edgar Badia. Badia has played a total of 19,530 minutes and has earned 588 saves during his pro soccer career. His goals allowed per 90 minutes is 1.23 (266 goals allowed) and his save % is .735. The keeper from Spain has faced 800 shots attempted against him in 217 starting assignments. Badia (57-72-88 mark in his professional soccer career) has recorded 60 clean sheets, which has him sitting with a 27.6% shutout percentage.

Stole Dimitrievski will be looking after the net for Rayo Vallecano. He has surrendered 1.18 goals per 90 mins while earning a record of 55-47-57. Dimitrievski has totaled 45 clean sheets while seeing 603 shots against him in 14,282 career minutes. Thus far in his career, Dimitrievski has given up 188 goals and has racked up 437 stops in 159 starts. He is the owner of a save % of .725 and his shutout rate is 28.3%.

Lucas Boye is one member of the team who has a chance to score for Elche. The forward from Argentina has 20 goals scored in 10,895 professional minutes played. Boye has been in the starting lineup in 116 matchups in his pro soccer career and accounts for 0.17 goals per 90 minutes. He has totaled 13 assists while earning 30 yellow card cautions during his career.

Rayo Vallecano has an attacker in Radamel Falcao, who can change the course of a fixture. The forward hailing from Columbia has totaled 22,153 professional minutes while scoring 184 goals. He scores 0.75 goals per 90 minutes and has been given a starting assignment in 248 games so far in his career. He has totaled 49 yellow cards during his pro soccer career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 24 times.

Who will win tonight's La Liga game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Elche (+380)

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