Spanish LALIGA

Rayo vs Barcelona 2021-22 LaLiga

  • 30': Radamel Falcao
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Barcelona have suffered back-to-back defeats in LaLiga as they slumped to a 1-0 loss at Rayo Vallecano on Wednesday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 24': Óscar Trejo (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 30': Goal! Rayo Vallecano 1, Barcelona 0. Radamel Falcao (Rayo Vallecano) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Óscar Trejo with a through ball.
  • 52': Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 60': Substitution, Barcelona. Yusuf Demir replaces Sergi Roberto.
  • 63': Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Unai López replaces Santiago Comesaña.
  • 66': Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 72': Penalty saved! Memphis Depay (Barcelona) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 74': Substitution, Barcelona. Gavi replaces Philippe Coutinho.
  • 76': Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Pathé Ciss replaces Óscar Trejo.
  • 76': Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Randy Nteka replaces Radamel Falcao.
  • 83': Esteban Saveljich (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card.
  • 84': Substitution, Barcelona. Luuk de Jong replaces Nicolás González Iglesias.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Mario Suárez replaces Óscar Valentín.
  • 90'+9': Second Half ends, Rayo Vallecano 1, Barcelona 0.

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: Estadio de Vallecas
Location: Madrid, Spain
Attendance: 9,340

Spanish LALIGA Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+5 Real Madrid 3 9 0
+3 Athletic Club 3 9 0
+7 Villarreal 3 7 0
+4 Barcelona 3 7 0
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Statistics

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12 Fouls 17
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 5
7 Corner Kicks 3
2 Saves 1
68.7 Possession 31.3
16 SHOTS 12
1 ON GOAL 3
0.1 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
521 Accurate Passes 189
594 Passes 267
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
5 Accurate Crosses 4
20 Crosses 12
0.3 Cross % 0.3
54 Long Balls 56
36 Accurate Long Balls 15
0.7 Long Balls % 0.3
6 Blocked Shots 4
6 Effective Tackles 12
11 Tackles 22
0.5 Tackle % 0.5
9 Interceptions 7
10 Effective Clearances 16
10 Clearances 16

Line-Ups

RAY Rayo Vallecano (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
13 Stole Dimitrievski (GK)
5 Alejandro Catena
24 Esteban Saveljich Yellow Card
33 Fran García
20 Iván Balliu
8 Óscar Trejo Yellow Card
6 Santi Comesaña
23 Óscar Valentín
3 Radamel Falcao
18 Álvaro García
7 Isi Palazón

BAR Barcelona (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Marc-André ter Stegen (GK)
24 Eric García
3 Gerard Piqué Yellow Card
18 Jordi Alba
20 Sergi Roberto
5 Sergio Busquets
14 Philippe Coutinho Yellow Card
28 Nico González
19 Sergio Agüero
9 Memphis Depay
2 Sergiño Dest

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