Rayo vs Barcelona 2021-22 LaLiga

Rayo Vallecano

30': Radamel Falcao

FT
1 - 0

Barcelona

Barcelona loses to Rayo on Falcao goal, prompts Ronald Koeman firing

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
+28	Barcelona	14	1	37
+19	Real Madrid	14	2	35
+2	Real Sociedad	14	3	26
+10	Athletic Club	14	4	24

Full Table

Statistics

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

Line-Ups

Rayo Vallecano (4-2-3-1)

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

Substitutes:

Kévin Rodrigues, Pathé Ciss, Nikola Maras, Luca Zidane, Unai López, Randy Nteka, Mario Hernández, Sergi Guardiola, Mario Suárez, José Pozo, Bebé, Andrés Martín.

Barcelona (4-3-3)

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