Valencia will be looking to build on their thumping victory last time out when they continue their La Liga campaign away to Rayo Vallecano on Saturday afternoon. Los Che recorded a 5-1 win over Getafe last Sunday to move into 10th spot in the table, while Rayo will enter the contest off the back of a 2-1 defeat at Osasuna.

Rayo finished 12th in La Liga last season on their return to the top flight, and the capital side are bidding to make it successive campaigns at this level of football for the first time since 2015-16.

Andoni Iraola's side started their season impressively, drawing at Barcelona on the opening weekend before recording a 2-0 victory over Espanyol to make it four points from two matches.

Rayo have now lost their last two, though, suffering a 2-0 defeat at home to Mallorca at the end of August before starting September with a 2-1 loss at Osasuna. A total of four points has left them in 14th position in the table, and they will now take on a Valencia side that have only won one of the last seven top-flight meetings between the two sides.

Both matches last term finished in 1-1 draws, while Valencia have not actually overcome Los Franjirrojos away from home in Spain's top flight since May 2013. Valencia, as mentioned, will enter this game off the back of a morale-boosting result against Getafe, recording a 5-1 victory at Mestalla to post their second win of the campaign.

Toni Lato, Samuel Lino, Samu Castillejo, Nico Gonzalez and Hugo Duro were all on the scoresheet last time out, with the result following back-to-back 1-0 losses to Athletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid.

A record of six points from four matches has left Gennaro Gattuso's side in 10th spot in the table, and they will now be looking for two more wins against Rayo and Celta Vigo ahead of the September international break.

Valencia finished ninth in La Liga last term but will be hoping to push closer to the European spots this term; they are some way from the side that finished fourth in back-to-back campaigns in 2017-18 and 2018-19, though, so it will be tough to challenge the top six.

Los Che, as mentioned, have found it difficult to beat Rayo in recent years, but they have lost just once to the capital side away from home since March 2014.

Rayo were again missing Diego Lopez and Andres Martin through injury against Osasuna, and the pair are likely to remain on the sidelines for this contest.

Head coach Iraola is expected to resist the temptation to shuffle his pack for this match, but there could be two changes in the final third, with Isi Palazon and Radamel Falcao potentially coming into the side.

Palazon could replace Salvi in the starting XI, while Falcao might be preferred to Sergio Camello at centre-forward, with Alvaro Garcia again playing off the left for the home side.

As for Valencia, Jose Gaya is available again following a suspension, but Lato is likely to keep his spot at left-back following a strong display last time out.

Ilaix Moriba was sent off against Getafe and will therefore miss out here, while Mouctar Diakhaby and Marcos Andre will be absent through injury.

Duro is likely to take Andre's position in the final third of the field, while Cristhian Mosquera is set to replace Diakhaby, but it could otherwise be the same side that took to the field for the first whistle on September 4.

Five of the last seven La Liga meetings between these two sides have finished level, and we are backing another draw here. Valencia will be full of confidence due to their strong win last time out to secure either a draw or an away win.

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瓦伦西亚希望在他们上次大胜的基础上继续他们的西甲之旅，周六下午他们将客场挑战巴列卡诺。洛斯切在上周日5-1战胜赫塔菲，进入积分榜第10位，而拉约将在1 - 2输给奥萨苏纳后进入比赛。

上个赛季，罗约队重返西甲联赛，获得了西甲第12名。自2015-16赛季以来，这是首都球队首次在西甲联赛中连续征战。

安多尼·伊奥拉的球队在赛季初表现出色，在首个周末战平巴塞罗那，然后2-0战胜西班牙人，两场比赛拿到4分。

然而，拉约队已经输掉了最近的两场比赛，在8月底主场0 - 2输给马洛卡队，在9月开始的比赛中1 - 2输给奥萨苏纳。4分的积分榜让他们排在积分榜的第14位，他们现在要面对的瓦伦西亚在两队最近7次顶级联赛交锋中只赢过一次。

上个赛季的两场比赛都是1-1战平，而瓦伦西亚自2013年5月以来还没有在西班牙顶级联赛中客场战胜弗兰吉洛霍。如上所述，瓦伦西亚将带着对赫塔菲的鼓舞士气的结果进入这场比赛，他们在梅斯塔利亚取得了5-1的胜利，这是他们本赛季的第二场胜利。

托尼·拉托、塞缪尔·里诺、萨穆·卡斯蒂利亚霍、尼科·冈萨雷斯和雨果·杜罗都在上一场比赛中进球，他们的结果是在连续0 - 1输给毕尔巴鄂竞技和马德里竞技之后。

4场比赛积6分的记录让加图索的球队排在积分榜第10位，他们现在希望在9月的国际比赛日之前再赢两场对拉约和维戈塞尔塔的比赛。

瓦伦西亚上赛季在西甲联赛中排名第九，但本赛季有望更接近欧洲赛场;不过，他们距离2017-18赛季和2018-19赛季连续获得第四名还有一段距离，所以要挑战前六名很困难。

如上所述，洛斯切队近年来很难击败拉约队，但自2014年3月以来，他们只在客场输给过首都球队一次。

在对阵奥萨苏纳的比赛中，拉约再次因伤错过了迭戈·洛佩斯和安德烈斯·马丁，这两人很可能在这场比赛中继续缺席。

主教练伊奥拉预计会在本场比赛中抵制更换阵容的诱惑，但在第三场比赛中可能会有两个变动，帕拉松和法尔考可能会加入。

帕拉松可以取代萨尔维成为首发阵容的一员，而法尔考可能会取代卡梅洛成为中锋，而阿尔瓦罗·加西亚则在主队的左路发挥。

至于瓦伦西亚，若泽·加亚在停赛后又可以上场了，但拉托很有可能在上次停赛后继续留在左后卫位置上。

在对阵赫塔菲的比赛中，莫里巴被红牌罚下，因此将缺席本场比赛，而迪亚哈比和安德烈也将因伤缺阵。

杜罗很可能在最后三分之一的比赛中取代安德烈的位置，而克里斯蒂安·莫斯克拉将取代迪亚哈比，但这可能是9月4日第一场哨响时上场的同一支球队。

在过去的7次西甲联赛中，这两支球队有5次是平的，我们希望在这里再次平局。瓦伦西亚将充满信心，因为他们上次的强势胜利确保了一场平局或客场胜利。