

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Villarreal win with a probability of 51.39%. A win for Rayo Vallecano had a probability of 24.43% and a draw had a probability of 24.2%.
The most likely scoreline for a Villarreal win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.59%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.65%) and 2-0 (8.91%). The likeliest Rayo Vallecano win was 0-1 (6.82%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.47%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Villarreal would win this match.
| Result | ||
| Villarreal | Draw | Rayo Vallecano | 
| 51.39% (  0.26) | 24.18% (  -0.11) | 24.43% (  -0.15) | 
| Both teams to score 53.83% (  0.21) | 
| Goals | 
| Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 | 
| 52.21% (  0.35) | 47.79% (  -0.35) | 
| Over 3.5 | Under 3.5 | 
| 30.02% (  0.32) | 69.98% (  -0.32) | 
| Villarreal Goals | 
| Over 0.5 | Under 0.5 | 
| 81.41% (  0.23) | 18.59% (  -0.24) | 
| Over 1.5 | Under 1.5 | ||||||||
| 50.12% (  0.39) | 49.87% (  -0.4) | 
| Rayo Vallecano Goals | 
| Over 0.5 | Under 0.5 | 
| 66.12% (  0.06) | 33.88% (  -0.06) | 
| Over 1.5 | Under 1.5 | ||||||||
| 29.45% (  0.07) | 70.55% (  -0.07) | 
| Score Analysis | 
| Villarreal | Draw | Rayo Vallecano | 
| 1-0 @ 10.59% (  -0.08) 2-1 @ 9.65% (  0.02) 2-0 @ 8.91% (  0) 3-1 @ 5.41% (  0.05) 3-0 @ 5% (  0.04) 3-2 @ 2.93% (  0.03) 4-1 @ 2.28% (  0.04) 4-0 @ 2.1% (  0.03) 4-2 @ 1.23% (  0.02) Other @ 3.28% Total : 51.38% | 1-1 @ 11.47% (  -0.06) 0-0 @ 6.3% (  -0.09) 2-2 @ 5.22% (  0.02) 3-3 @ 1.06% (  0.01) Other @ 0.13% Total : 24.18% | 0-1 @ 6.82% (  -0.09) 1-2 @ 6.21% (  -0.02) 0-2 @ 3.69% (  -0.04) 1-3 @ 2.24% (  -0) 2-3 @ 1.88% (  0.01) 0-3 @ 1.33% (  -0.01) Other @ 2.26% Total : 24.43% | 

| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| C | Real Madrid | 38 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 87 | 26 | 61 | 95 | 
| 2 | Barcelona | 38 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 79 | 44 | 35 | 85 | 
| 3 | GironaGirona | 38 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 85 | 46 | 39 | 81 | 
| 4 | Atletico MadridAtletico | 38 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 70 | 43 | 27 | 76 | 
| 5 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 61 | 37 | 24 | 68 | 
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 51 | 39 | 12 | 60 | 
| 7 | Real BetisBetis | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 48 | 45 | 3 | 57 | 
| 8 | Villarreal | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 65 | 65 | 0 | 53 | 
| 9 | Valencia | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 40 | 45 | -5 | 49 | 
| 10 | AlavesAlaves | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 36 | 46 | -10 | 46 | 
| 11 | Osasuna | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 45 | 56 | -11 | 45 | 
| 12 | Getafe | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 42 | 54 | -12 | 43 | 
| 13 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 46 | 57 | -11 | 41 | 
| 14 | Sevilla | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 48 | 54 | -6 | 41 | 
| 15 | Mallorca | 38 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 33 | 44 | -11 | 40 | 
| 16 | Las PalmasLas Palmas | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 47 | -14 | 40 | 
| 17 | Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 29 | 48 | -19 | 38 | 
| R | CadizCadiz | 38 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 26 | 55 | -29 | 33 | 
| R | Almeria | 38 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 75 | -32 | 21 | 
| R | Granada | 38 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 38 | 79 | -41 | 21 | 
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