Two Madrid teams are going to play each other on Tuesday night - Atletico versus Rayo Vallecano. After 9 games, Atletico is 3rd best team with 6 wins and 19 points in total while Rayo Vallecano is 7 positions under with 3 wins and 11 points. Atletico is in a good stretch as they have won 3 straight La Liga games while Vallecano has 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in that game span.

Atletico has won 2 and 2 lost games at home although 1 of the losses was against Real Madrid. Atletico is known for their great defense and Real is the only team who has scored in the first half in front of the Atletico fans. At the same time, Atletico has conceded in all 4 home games and there’s perhaps no better club to end that drought against than Rayo Vallecano, who have put one solitary goal past Atletico from eight matches played in any competition since the start of 2015/16.

So far this season Atletico has scored 15 times and conceded 7 but Rayo Vallecano has 10 goals and 12 allowed. While playing at home, Atletico has the 9th best offense with 1.71 expected goals but Vallecano on the road is only 13th best with 1.22 expected goals. On the defensive end, Atletico has also the edge as they are expected to allow 1.43 goals while Vallecano has the 6th worst defense with 1.83 allowed goals on the road.

Vallecano's manager Andoni Iraola is under increasing pressure to keep Vallecano away from a logjam at the bottom of the standings after some questionable decisions, including renewing the contract of veteran Radamel Falcao. He will be as desperate as anyone to enjoy some overdue success against their local rivals then, having not defeated Atletico in any of his last eight head-to-head matchups as manager or player. Vallecano has also been beaten in their last three away league games, conceding eight times in the process, with their last success on the road coming against Espanyol in the middle of August.

Rayo drew at Barcelona earlier this season and is certainly capable of picking up a positive result in this match, but it is always difficult to back against Atletico in front of their fans. Both teams are in different shapes right now and Atletico should get the victory as they continue to be at the top and hope for Real and Barcelona to fall in order to try to take over the 1st place.

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两支马德里球队将在周二晚上对决——马竞对阵巴列卡诺。9场比赛过后，马竞以6胜19分排名第三，而巴列卡诺则以3胜11分落后7位。马竞在西甲取得了3连胜，而巴列卡诺在西甲取得了1胜1平1负的战绩。

马竞在主场2胜2负，其中1负是对阵皇家马德里。马竞以出色的防守著称，皇马是唯一一支在马竞球迷面前上半场就进球的球队。与此同时，马竞在4场主场比赛中全部失球，也许没有比巴列卡诺更好的俱乐部来结束这种失球荒了，巴列卡诺自2015/16赛季开始以来，在所有赛事的8场比赛中独进一球超过马竞。

本赛季到目前为止，马竞进了15球丢了7球，但巴列卡诺进了10球丢了12球。在主场比赛中，马竞以1.71球的预期进攻排在第九，而巴列卡诺则以1.22球的预期进攻排在第十三位。在防守端，马竞也有优势，他们被丢1.43球，而巴列卡诺的防守最差排名第六，被丢1.83球。

巴列卡诺的主教练伊拉奥拉面临着越来越大的压力，在做出了一些有问题的决定后，包括续约老将法尔考，巴列卡诺将远离积分榜垫底的僵局。他将和任何人一样，渴望在与当地对手的比赛中获得一些姗姗来迟的胜利，因为他在过去8次作为教练或球员面对面的比赛中都没有击败马竞。巴列卡诺在最近的三场联赛客场比赛中也被击败，在这一过程中丢了8球，他们最后一次客场胜利是在8月中旬对阵西班牙人。

巴列卡诺在本赛季早些时候战平了巴塞罗那，当然有能力在这场比赛中取得积极的结果，但在马竞的球迷面前，总是很难反击。两支球队现在状态不一样，马竞应该获得胜利，因为他们继续在榜首，希望皇马和巴萨倒下，以试图接管第一名。