Rayo Vallecano host Elche at the Campo de Futbol de Vallecas on October 24 in Regular Season - 10 of La Liga. Matchday 10 is a point where the season is taking shape and the table starts to carry weight. Rayo Vallecano, managed by Beñat San José, sit 13th. Elche, under Martin Anselmi, are 18th, so the visitors arrive in the lower reaches of the standings and in need of results.

The main storyline is two sides who have both been hard to separate from their opponents. Rayo Vallecano have drawn their last three league matches: 1-1 at Osasuna on September 19, 0-0 against Athletic Club on October 10 and 1-1 at Getafe on October 19. Elche have drawn 0-0 in their last two, at home to Celta Vigo on October 11 and away at Villarreal on October 17. Both teams have shown they can be difficult to beat, but both have also been short of goals recently. That makes the first goal a potentially decisive moment.

The head-to-head record adds a secondary layer. Across the ten meetings in the data, Rayo Vallecano and Elche have each won four and two have been drawn. Rayo won the most recent meeting 1-0 on April 3, 2026, but Elche won 4-0 on December 21, 2025. Elche have won by that scoreline twice in the series, including on April 29, 2023. Results between these sides have tended to swing sharply from one meeting to the next.

Neither club has reported any unavailable players. Both managers should therefore have full access to their squads, and each can lean on the lineup it used last time out. Rayo Vallecano used a 4-2-3-1 in their last game, while Elche set up in a 5-4-1.

With both defences coming off clean-sheet or low-scoring games and the sides separated by five places in the table, this fixture looks like a tight contest between two teams looking to turn draws into wins.