Cádiz, in relegation, subscribed to a tie the last three days and without winning at Mirindilla so far this year, receives Rayo Vallecano with extreme need, who after being eliminated in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey returns to the League in looking for a win to stop his losing streak of seven games without winning.
The Cadiz team faces the game with the challenge of translating the improvement seen since the arrival of the coach into victories Sergio Gonzalezsince they have accumulated four days in a row without winning and have only added seven points from the last eighteen.
The Nuevo Mirandilla stadium seems to be jinxed for Cádiz, since it has not won a single home game since the name change sponsored by the Cádiz city council, which decided to replace the Ramón de Carranza denomination by virtue of the Historical Memory Law.
This hindrance greatly influences the classification of a Cádiz immersed in relegation positions. The pupils of Sergio Gonzalez They haven’t won a league match at the Mirandilla since matchday 35 of last season, against Huesca (2-1), a match played in May, ten months ago.
The yellow team has gone thirteen league games this season without winning at their stadium, a streak that has become a nightmare.
For Rayo’s visit, the Uruguayan will return to the left side Louis Alfonso Espino, absent the last game in Granada due to suspension. Precisely from the starting eleven it will fall who was his substitute in that match, the Paraguayan Santiago Arzamendiadue to physical problems, while other players who have had discomfort this week are the Chilean midfielder Tomás Alarcón and the Romanian striker Florin Andone.
Opposite will be Rayo, who returns to league reality after waking up from a cupbearer’s dream with the elimination against Betis one step away from the final.
The way of losing and being eliminated, with a cruel end conceding a goal on the last day of the game, and the physical wear and tear of that commitment are the two aspects that most concern Andoni Iraolawho hopes to stop in Cádiz the bad dynamics that they are going through in the League.
Rayo has gone seven days without a win, the last five ending in defeat, and has only added one point out of the last twenty-one at stake. Despite this, the good first round of the championship has allowed him to spend the week ten points behind relegation.
for this match Andoni Iraola It has the important loss of the central Alexander Catena, who is penalized for a cycle of reprimands. His place in the eleven will be disputed by Mario Suárez, who could rest after playing two games in a row, and the Serbian Nikola Maras.
In the rest of the lines there could also be changes. One of them could be in the midfield with the return to ownership of Santi Comesana in midfield instead of Pathe Ciss.
Likely lineups
Cadiz: Ledesma; Akapo, Hernandez, Fali, Chust, Espino; San Emeterio, Alcaraz, Lozano, Lucas Pérez; Black.
Vallecano Ray: Luca Zidane; Balliú, Saveljich, Maras or Mario Suárez, Fran García; Isi Palazón, Comesaña, Valentín, Álvaro; Trejo; Guardiola.
Referee: César Soto Grado (Riojano Committee).
Stadium: New Mirandilla.
Hour. 14:00 CET (13:00 GMT)