soccer | Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano - Oct 18 | 19:00 UTC

**Mat** · October 17, 2022

Game info Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano

Defending their place in the qualification zone for the Champions League through La Liga, Atletico Madrid have Rayo Vallecano in their path this Tuesday, October 18th. The match, which will be staged with the Civitas Metropolitano stadium, in Madrid, makes up the agenda of the tenth round of the 2022/2023 version of LaLiga. Starts scheduled for 19:00 UTC

How does the Spanish Championship 2022/2023 work?

LaLiga counts with 20 clubs. They play 38 rounds (home and away matches) throughout the season. In the end, the one with the most points wins the title. The Spanish Championship grants six places in international competitions. The top four teams are entitled to a place in the Champions League group stage. The fifth place will go to the Europa League, also directly to the group stadium. Whoever gets sixth place will be able to compete in the European Conference League, but will have to go through the qualifiers. The last three places will be sent to the Second Division.

Atletico Madrid

Atletico Madrid managed to jump to third place in the Spanish league table by beating Athletic de Bilbao 1-0 on Saturday, October 15th. At the San Mamés stadium, however, he performed poorly. He reached the winning goal two minutes into the finals through Griezmann, who was assisted by Morata. It was his only successful finish of the match.

He didn't even develop that many shooting opportunities. There were only three throughout the match. The Bilbao club, which had control of the ball for 61% of the time, had 13 shots. Three of them on target. They stopped at the archer Olbak. Thus, Atlético de Madrid reached 19 points (six wins, one draw and two defeats) assuming the third position of the LaLiga leaderboard, when considering the tiebreaker criteria.

Within the region that offers the possibility of playing in the 2023/2024 edition of the Champions League. In the current version of the continental tournament, however, the situation of the team is not the most comfortable. After the goalless draw, at home, with Brugge, it was, with four points (one win, one draw and two defeats), in the third position of group B, which has the Belgians, already classified for the round of 16, in ten-point lead. Porto, with six, close the qualifying zone for the next stage with six points.

Rayo Vallecano

With the possibility of taking control of the field against Getafe on Friday, October 14, in a game that opened the agenda of the ninth round of LaLiga, Rayo Vallecano left the Vallecas stadium frustrated by the goalless draw. In the encounter, he showed much more ambition in the attempt to achieve victory. He had the ball 65% of the time. Period in which he developed more than twice as many opportunities for submission (16 to 6).

However, a marriage between the lack of quality at the time of the shots, with its athletes sending four shots in the wrong direction, and the efficient defensive system of Getafe, which blocked nine shots, Rayo Vallecano was on equal footing in the statistics of correct finishes. . There were three for each side. Thus, it did not advance beyond 11 points (three wins, two draws and four defeats).

Enough to occupy the tenth position in the league table of the Spanish Championship. Four points above Almería, 18th placed and the first club in the relegation zone. As a visitor, they have played for 15 points so far and have won four (one win, one draw and three defeats). He scored six goals and had his defense leaked on eight occasions.

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