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Football Bet of the Day: Bird strike in Vallecas

The Parakeets have not been flying this season, but they have been scoring
The Parakeets have not been flying this season, but they have been scoring

"29/45 at the Estadio de Vallecas have delivered three match goals or more"

Back Over 2.5 Goals @ 2.0421/20 in Rayo Vallecano v Espanyol

Espanyol are not flying high, but Tobias Gourlay expects them to cause problems for Rayo Vallecano tonight

Rayo Vallecano v Espanyol
Saturday 21:00

2-1 and only a last-minute winner. It was harder work for Bayern Munich than we thought yesterday, and fruitless work for us.

Since the start of November both teams have scored in 6/6 La Liga matches involving Espanyol. Five of those games have delivered Over 2.5 Goals. 

Catalonia's second club are running 11th but they are without an away win in the league since March. They have, however, hit the back of the net on 8/11 away days since then, which suggests they can trouble Rayo Vallecano tonight.

Paco Jemez's hosts are one place below their guests, having conceded nine times in their last six home games. Since the boss arrived at the start of 2012/13 Rayo have seen almost two-thirds of their matches in Vallecas go Over 2.5 Goals (29/45, including a whopping 25/32 when they have failed to keep a clean sheet.

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Back Over 2.5 Goals @ 2.0421/20 in Rayo Vallecano v Espanyol

2014 P/L (1pt per bet)

Staked: 75pts
Returned: 65.39pts

P/L: -9.61pts

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