La Liga Gameweek 1 Fri, Aug 15 · 18:00 Estadi Municipal de Montilivi, Girona
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Our take

It was too close to call.

Rayo Vallecano were the stronger side on L90 Strength (50 vs 44). Girona had ? days of rest, Rayo Vallecano ? and had to travel 573 km.

Away travel573 kmMatches / 14d0 · 0
Girona40%
Draw28%
Rayo Vallecano32%
Expected goals 1.36 – 1.21
Girona40%
Draw27%
Rayo Vallecano33%
Expected goals 1.42 – 1.26
Girona40%
Draw28%
Rayo Vallecano32%
Expected goals 1.36 – 1.21
Girona33%
Draw28%
Rayo Vallecano39%
Expected goals 1.21 – 1.35
Girona40%
Draw27%
Rayo Vallecano33%
Expected goals 1.42 – 1.26
Over 2.5 47% Both score 53% Likeliest score 1–1
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Girona)

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Referee · SpainJavier Alberola Rojas
  • Cards per match 3.3
  • Penalties per match 0.19
  • Matches 21

Team strength

GironaRayo Vallecano
44 L90 StrengthIn forecast 50
45 Current StrengthIn forecast 58
49 AttackIn forecast 61
64 DefenceIn forecast 60
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Girona

Attack—
Defense risk—

Rayo Vallecano

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

GironaRayo Vallecano
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
— Goalkeeper savesContext —
— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
— Accurate passesContext —
— Pass accuracyContext —
— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
— Fouls sufferedContext —
— Yellow cardsContext —
— Red cardsContext —
This league season, per match
0.80 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.00
1.90 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.40
0.96 xGVia Att/Def 1.06
1.52 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.65
-0.16 Goals minus xGContext -0.06
70% Scored inContext 70%
20% Clean sheetsContext 40%
9.70 ShotsContext 14.00
4.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.10
37% On target shareContext 36%
6.33 Shots in the boxContext 7.40
59% Box shareContext 51%
8% ConversionContext 7%
2.86 OffsidesContext 2.40
13.30 Shots allowedContext 12.40
5.90 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.80
3.00 BlocksContext 3.40
4.44 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.20
69% Save rateContext 58%
54% PossessionIn forecast 54%
465 PassesContext 428
405 Accurate passesContext 347
87% Pass accuracyContext 81%
6.87 Team ratingContext 6.92
12.90 FoulsContext 11.40
12.70 Fouls sufferedContext 11.90
1.30 Yellow cardsContext 2.70
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Girona
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Rayo Vallecano
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel573 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load6%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Girona Rayo Vallecano
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 6
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match——
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km573 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 0 / 00 / 0 / 0
Next matchdays after this one910

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Girona Confirmed XI
4-3-3
13P. Gazzaniga(G)
17D. Blind 18L. Krejčí 5David López 4Arnau Martínez
33Joel Roca 22J. Solís 21Y. Herrera
10Y. Asprilla 19B. Miovski 15V. Tsyhankov
+3 more reported missing outside this XI
Rayo Vallecano Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
13A. Batalla(G)
3Pep Chavarría 5Luiz Felipe 24F. Lejeune 2A. Rațiu
17Unai López 6P. Ciss
18Álvaro García 4Pedro Díaz 7Isi Palazón
19Jorge de Frutos
+1 more reported missing outside this XI

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Girona Absences are shown before kick-off
Rayo Vallecano Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Girona+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • Rayo Vallecano+0.0 pp

Home / Away this season

Girona · Home No home games yet this season.
Rayo Vallecano · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head last 6 of 6 meetings

2 Girona wins3 draws1 Rayo Vallecano wins
Goals per game1.67 – 1.17 Over 2.583% Both scored67% Clean sheets33% · 17%
  • 26 Jan 2025Rayo Vallecano2–1Girona
  • 25 Sep 2024Girona0–0Rayo Vallecano
  • 26 Feb 2024Girona3–0Rayo Vallecano
  • 11 Nov 2023Rayo Vallecano1–2Girona
  • 18 Mar 2023Rayo Vallecano2–2Girona
  • 29 Dec 2022Girona2–2Rayo Vallecano

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Referee · Javier Alberola Rojas Spain · 21 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards3.14
Red cards0.14
Cards 5+19%
Fouls24.6
Penalties0.19
Home wins48%
Girona1 with this referee
Record1-0-0 Cards · opp.1.0 · 2.0 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • W20 Apr 24H · Cadiz4–11
Rayo Vallecano2 with this referee
Record0-1-1 Cards · opp.1.0 · 3.5 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • D2 Mar 24H · Cadiz1–11
  • L19 Dec 23H · Valencia0–11

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Girona
No complete event data.
Rayo Vallecano
No complete event data.
Girona10 games · scored 8 · conceded 19
2 2 0-15
1 16-30
4 31-45
2 46-60
3 61-75
4 9 76-90
Rayo Vallecano10 games · scored 10 · conceded 14
2 3 0-15
1 1 16-30
5 1 31-45
1 2 46-60
1 3 61-75
4 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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