Espanyol vs Rayo Vallecano: La Liga Live| Kick off time, Live Streaming, When and where to watch Espanyol vs Rayo Vallecano Live score, Teams, Prediction, Online Channel
Espanyol vs Rayo Vallecano: Espanyol eye a first win of the season when they welcome Rayo Vallecano in the La Liga to the RCDE Stadium on Friday.
Match Details
Teams: Espanyol vs Rayo Vallecano
Venue: RCDE Stadium, Cornella de Llobregat, Spain
Date: Friday 19th August, 2022
Time: 11:30 PM IST
Live Link: http://www.voot.com/
Preview
Espanyol began their La Liga campaign with a 2-2 away draw against Celta Vigo on Saturday.
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Aspas and Paciencia scored for Celta before Exposito and Joselu struck late in the piece to ensure Espanyol gain a point from their visit.
This got Espanyol their first point of the season and will now look to use the confidence of their comeback in order to gain their first victory.
On the other hand, Rayo Vallecano held on for a point after they played out a goalless draw against Barcelona in their opening match on Sunday.
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Vallecano’s defence did them proud by putting on a gritty effort to hold off Barcelona’s attackers.
This point made it a hat-trick of draws for Vallecano including the pre-season matches as well.
Both sides met last season in the La Liga, where Rayo Vallecano won 1-0 away from home.
Form Guide
Espanyol: DDLLD
Rayo Vallecano: DDDWD
Last Matches of both teams:
Celta Vigo 2-2 Espanyol
Barcelona 0-0 Rayo Vallecano
😍 ¡𝗘𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘆, 𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘆, 𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗼𝗼𝘆!
🆚 @RayoVallecano
🕖 20h
🏟️ #RCDE Stadium
📺 @Gol / @MovistarFutbol
#⃣ #EspanyolRayo pic.twitter.com/nMwssNAQk4— RCD Espanyol de Barcelona (@RCDEspanyol) August 19, 2022
Where to watch the live streaming and broadcast of Espanyol vs Rayo Vallecano in India?
The match is live streamed on Voot Select and Jio TV App; while the broadcast is on Sports18 and MTV India.
Team News
Lozano remains the sole absentee for Espanyol due to fitness issues whereas Martin, Lopez and Comesana are ruled out for the visitors.
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Stole Dimitrievski has now saved each of last 10 shots he faced against Barcelona since the start of the 2021/22 LaLiga campaign.
After two clean sheets last season, Rayo Vallecano’s GK produced another impressive display at Camp Nou tonight. 👏👏#BarcaRayo pic.twitter.com/KaJ4MyDKik
— SofaScore (@SofaScoreINT) August 13, 2022
Espanyol possible 11:
Lecomte, Gil, Gomez, Cabrera, Olivan, de Souza Costa, Exposito, Embarba, Darder, Ribaudo and Joselu
Rayo Vallecano possible 11:
Dimitrievski, Garcia, Catena, Lejeune, Balliu, Lopez, Valentin, Palazon, Trejo, Garcia and Falcao
Prediction: Espanyol 1-2 Rayo Vallecano
Espanyol and Rayo got a point each from their opening match and eye a win to get themselves in the running.
We see Rayo getting the victory here after their massive uplift in the 0-0 draw against Barcelona, whereas Espanyol would be hurting post dropping points.
Espanyol had the lead before conceding it through the collapse. This is where Rayo can take advantage to secure victory.
Players to watch out for: Exposito, Joselu, Falcao and Palazon.
