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Matchday 2Full time
Rayo Vallecano de Madrid vs Deportivo Alavés — match prediction
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· Full time
How our pre-match read held up
The result went against our pre-match call.
The prediction
Pre-match probability
Full-time / regulation result. Sums to 100%.
Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 45%, draw 27%, Deportivo Alavés 27%.
Model comparison
1.53Expected goals1.14
55%Projected control45%
Expected goals and control are derived estimates from the model's ratings — indicative leans, not measured match stats.
Goals lean
Over 2.5 goals: 50% · Under 2.5: 50%.
At a glance
- Tempo
- balanced
- Confidence
Why this number
Why this number
- Elo ratings: Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 1496 vs Deportivo Alavés 1486 (gap ~10).
- Rayo Vallecano de Madrid gets a home-venue bump.
- high data quality — Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 121 matches of history, Deportivo Alavés 121. Both clubs have a full record in this competition, so the ratings are well-established. The result is still inherently uncertain.
- Built from locked pre-match data: long-run team ratings, nudged only within tight caps by real, confirmed factors (never a guess) — see every one below.
Tactical read
Tactical read
AI-generatedRayo hold a slim home edge in a tight contest where both sides can hurt each other on the break. Alavés will look to exploit spaces on transition; Rayo must control tempo and avoid gifts in midfield. The most likely outcome is a draw, yet Rayo's slight advantage at home gives them the slimmest of edges.
Key matchup
Rayo's midfield control against Alavés' counter-attack threat will set the tone.
Biggest factor
High upset risk and low model confidence mean this match refuses to settle — any team can win.
AI-generated context based on a statistical model. Full-time/regulation result only. Not betting advice; no specific current team-news is used.
Context
Display-only — none of this is used in the prediction above.
Confirmed lineups
via FlashscoreContext only — these confirmed lineups are not used in the prediction above. By kick-off, public team news is already reflected in any market line.
Lineups not available. We only show a confirmed starting XI when we can match this exact fixture to a Flashscore event — we never guess or invent one.
Venue
Venue not available. We only show a stadium when it comes from a source we can tie to this exact fixture — our scheduled-venue data, the club's registered home ground, or a matched Flashscore event. We never guess one.
Venue is shown for information only and is not used in the prediction.
Match stats
via FlashscoreReal measured stats for this match — shown for transparency. They are not part of the prediction above, which is a pre-match estimate from team ratings.
Match stats not available. They appear once a match is under way and Flashscore is carrying live stats for it — we never invent them.
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Sources & freshness
- Fixtures: football-data.org (live)
- Model: Elo + margin-of-victory, chronological replay with season boundary (re-centre, regress, league-changer shrink) — club-tuned FairPlay model
- Ratings generated: 2026-09-21
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- Scope: full-time / regulation
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