Rayo Vallecano v Atletico Madrid

Rayo Vallecano vs Atletico Madrid Preview

Rayo Vallecano will head into this upcoming home encounter against Atletico Madrid in confident mood as Monday night's hosts have posted early season back-to-back wins in La Liga while Atletico Madrid are also unbeaten in their opening two games of this new campaign.

Rayo Callecano have produced an excellent start to this new La Liga season as the hosts have registered wins against Almeria and Granada and even more impressive is the fact that both of these victories were achieved away from home, thus giving the hosts plenty of confidence when they return to their Estadio de Vallecas for Monday night's clash with Atletico Madrid.

Indeed, the hosts have now captured three wins in their last four matches in the Spanish top flight as they finished last season on a winning note at home that saw Rayo Vallecano record a 2-1 victory against Villarreal, but the bigger picture shows the hosts have managed to capture just six wins from their last 20 matches overall in La Liga.

One of these six wins however, came in the form of an impressive 2-1 victory at home over Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano will be hoping they can replicate that result when Atletico Madrid come to town on Monday night.

Atletico Madrid ended their last campaign in familiar territory as the visitors finished in third place behind the usual suspects, Barcelona and Real Madrid, but they secured another Champions League campaign this term which will have pleased manager, Diego Simeone.

Atletico Madrid finished last term in solid fashion as they were unbeaten in their final four games, picking up home wins against Real Sociedad and Granada while also picking up points in draws with Espanyol and Villarreal.

This season, the Madrid visitors have picked up four points from their opening two games of this new La Liga campaign as they registered a comprehensive 3-1 home win against Granada and then earned a point in a 0-0 draw away from home at Real Betis.

The visitors will therefore also be in confident mood prior to Monday night's encounter while the bigger picture shows Atletico Madrid have lost just twice in their previous 24 matches overall which includes collecting 16 wins in the process, so the visitors carry a serious threat on their travels, particularly as Atletico have lost just two of their previous 12 outings on the road.

Rayo Vallecano v Atletico Madrid Verdict

Rayo Vallecano finished in a very reasonable 11th place in the La Liga standings at the end of last season and they've made an encouraging start to this new season as well.

However, Atletico Madrid have won seven of the last eight meetings against Rayo Vallecano and the visitors look in good shape to continue their dominance over the hosts in this one.

Therefore, our main bet will be Atletico Madrid win @ 1.95

Other side bets worth considering:

Atletico Madrid win & Over 2.5 goals @ 3.25

Correct score: Atletico Madrid 2-1 @ 9.00