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Real Sociedad vs Rayo Vallecano - Predictions, Stats & Odds

La Liga Statistics, AI predictions, (Expected) Lineups and Insights for Gameweek 1

La Liga - Gameweek 1

Sunday, 18 Aug 2024 • 19:00

Real Sociedad

1 : 2

Rayo Vallecano

Goals

67'
0 : 1
Jorge de Fruto...
0 : 1
Jorge de Frutos67'
84'
0 : 2
Sergio Camello
0 : 2
Sergio Camello84'
Martín Zubimen...
1 : 2
90'
90'Martín Zubimendi
1 : 2

Lineups

Real Sociedad

PosPlayer
GK
Álex Remiro
DEF
Aritz Elustondo
DEF
Hamari Traoré
DEF
Javi López
DEF
Jon Pacheco
MID
Brais Méndez
MID
Takefusa Kubo
MID
Urko González de Zárate
MID
Beñat Turrientes
FWD
Mikel Oyarzabal
FWD
Sheraldo Becker

Substitutes

46'Martín Zubimendi
for Urko González de Zárate
68'Sergio Gómezfor Takefusa Kubo
68'Ander Barrenetxeafor Beñat Turrientes
75'Jon Aramburu
for Hamari Traoré
83'Luka Sučićfor Mikel Oyarzabal

Rayo Vallecano

PosPlayer
GK
Dani Cárdenas
DEF
Florian Lejeune
DEF
Alfonso Espino
DEF
Abdul Mumin
DEF
Andrei Rațiu
MID
Unai Lopez
MID
Óscar Valentín
MID
Randy Nteka
FWD
Adri Embarba
FWD
Jorge de Frutos
FWD
Isi Palazón

Substitutes

46'Gerard Gumbaufor Unai Lopez
63'Sergio Camello
for Randy Nteka
75'Pep Chavarríafor Adri Embarba
75'Pathé Cissfor Jorge de Frutos
80'Iván Balliufor Andrei Rațiu
Difference Maker Star: Top 3 players of their team

League Table after the game

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
3Rayo Vallecano110021+13
W
18Real Sociedad100112-10
L

Last Games

Real Sociedad

vsAtlético Madrid
0 - 2
@Real Betis
2 - 0
vsValencia
1 - 0
@Barcelona
0 - 2
vsLas Palmas
2 - 0

Rayo Vallecano

vsAthletic Bilbao
0 - 1
@Barcelona
0 - 3
vsGranada
2 - 1
@Valencia
0 - 0
vsAlmeria
0 - 1

Head-to-Head

05 Oct 2025
Real Sociedad0 - 1Rayo Vallecano
05 Oct 2025Real Sociedad
0 - 1
Rayo Vallecano
16 Mar 2025
Rayo Vallecano2 - 2Real Sociedad
16 Mar 2025Rayo Vallecano
2 - 2
Real Sociedad
18 Aug 2024
Real Sociedad1 - 2Rayo Vallecano
18 Aug 2024Real Sociedad
1 - 2
Rayo Vallecano
27 Jan 2024
Real Sociedad0 - 0Rayo Vallecano
27 Jan 2024Real Sociedad
0 - 0
Rayo Vallecano
29 Oct 2023
Rayo Vallecano2 - 2Real Sociedad
29 Oct 2023Rayo Vallecano
2 - 2
Real Sociedad

La Liga

Gameweek 1

15 Aug • 19:00
Athletic Bilbao
Getafe
1 - 1
15 Aug • 21:30
Real Betis
Girona
1 - 1
16 Aug • 19:00
Celta Vigo
Deportivo Alavés
2 - 1
16 Aug • 19:30
Las Palmas
Sevilla
2 - 2
17 Aug • 19:00
Osasuna
Leganes
1 - 1
17 Aug • 21:30
Valencia
Barcelona
1 - 2
18 Aug • 19:00
Real Sociedad
Rayo Vallecano
1 - 2
18 Aug • 21:30
Mallorca
Real Madrid
1 - 1
19 Aug • 19:00
Valladolid
Espanyol
1 - 0
19 Aug • 21:30
Villarreal
Atlético Madrid
2 - 2

What is GAP?

What is Plus Minus Goals (G±)?

Plus Minus Goals (G±) is the average goal difference per game while the player was on the pitch. A value above 0 indicates that the team rather wins, a value below 0 means his team concedes more goals than they score when the player is on the pitch. As an example, if the player's team is winning 3:1 the goal difference is +2, if the player's team is loosing 0:1, the goal difference is -1. It is a pure metric which is barely adjusted for circumstances to purely show the goal difference.

What is GAP?

GAP (Game Advantage Percentage) shows the percentage gap between a player and the average league player. It answers the question: How much does a player improve or worsen a team's performance? It is based on high level game data with a focus on the impact on the goal difference (G±) from the last 50 games of a player. Besides that, GAP goes further and considers game context by involving data from the player and all other players who are at the same time on the pitch, no matter if teammates or opponents. Football GAP - the individual metric for team players.