On Thursday night, Rayo Vallecano host Leganes in the Segunda promotion play-offs semi-final first leg.
Rayo Vallecano finished sixth-place in the Segunda after an inconsistent run of form at the end of the campaign.
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A 1-0 home defeat against Lugo on the final day of the season ended a three-game winning run, though. On the flip-side, the home team has won just three of their last nine matches in the Segunda.
Their recent league outings have been relatively low-scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in six of their last nine matches in the second tier.
Rayo Vallecano’s recent home form has been poor, as they have won just one of their previous five Segunda matches at the Estadio de Vallecas.
The fact that Andoni Iraola’s team has failed to keep a clean sheet in 12 home league matches has certainly not helped their chances of picking up positive results on home soil.
Leganes ended the regular season in decent form, which saw them finish third-place in the Segunda table. In fact, the visitors finished the campaign with an eight-game unbeaten run, including winning their last two league matches against Malaga and Real Zaragoza.
A key factor of their late-season good form was a solid defensive record, as they kept clean sheets in their final four Segunda matches of the campaign.
The good defensive displays also led to four of their final six league matches producing under 2.5 goals.
Leganes ended the season with a four-game unbeaten run away from home in the Spanish second tier. However, the visitors have won just two of their last seven league games away from home.
On the plus side, they have kept two straight clean sheets in the Segunda on their travels.
Forebet predicts that this will be a tightly contested clash, ending in a low-scoring draw which would leave it all to play for in the second leg.