Spanish LaLiga

Barcelona vs Rayo 2021-22 LaLiga

Barcelona
    FT
    0 - 1
    Rayo Vallecano
    • 7': Álvaro García

    Barcelona lose three-straight home games in same season for first time ever

    Barcelona have lost three consecutive home games in the same season for the first time in their history after a shock 1-0 defeat to Rayo Vallecano.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 7': Goal! Barcelona 0, Rayo Vallecano 1. Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Isi Palazón with a through ball.
    • 37': Santiago Comesaña (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Barcelona 0, Rayo Vallecano 1.
    • 45': Substitution, Barcelona. Clément Lenglet replaces Sergiño Dest.
    • 56': Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Pathé Ciss replaces Santiago Comesaña.
    • 56': Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Sergi Guardiola replaces Randy Nteka.
    • 60': Substitution, Barcelona. Nico González replaces Frenkie de Jong.
    • 60': Substitution, Barcelona. Memphis Depay replaces Ferran Torres.
    • 67': Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Óscar Trejo replaces Óscar Valentín because of an injury.
    • 68': Iván Balliu (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card.
    • 71': Substitution, Barcelona. Luuk de Jong replaces Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
    • 71': Substitution, Barcelona. Adama Traoré replaces Eric García.
    • 81': Luuk de Jong (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 85': Isi Palazón (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card.
    • 87': Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Mario Hernández replaces Isi Palazón.
    • 87': Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Mario Suárez replaces Unai López.
    • 89': Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+3': Jordi Alba (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+5': Mario Hernández (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+6': Óscar Trejo (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+12': Alejandro Catena (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+13': Gavi (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

    Game Information

    Competition: Spanish LaLiga

    Venue: Spotify Camp Nou
    Location: Barcelona, Spain
    Attendance: 57,023

    Spanish LaLiga Standings

    POS TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Real Madrid 6 +11 18
    2 Barcelona 6 +17 16
    3 Real Betis 6 +6 15
    4 Athletic Club 6 +8 13
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    Statistics

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    9 Fouls 15
    4 Yellow Cards 6
    0 Red Cards 0
    6 Offsides 2
    9 Corner Kicks 1
    0 Saves 4
    71.1 POSSESSION 28.9
    18 SHOTS 3
    5 ON GOAL 1
    0.3 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    531 Accurate Passes 179
    615 Passes 264
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
    6 Accurate Crosses 1
    40 Crosses 4
    0.2 Cross % 0.3
    58 Long Balls 71
    39 Accurate Long Balls 29
    0.7 Long Balls % 0.4
    6 Blocked Shots 1
    9 Effective Tackles 12
    15 Tackles 20
    0.6 Tackle % 0.6
    9 Interceptions 12
    7 Effective Clearances 34
    7 Clearances 34

    Line-Ups

    BAR Barcelona (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Marc-André ter Stegen (GK)
    24 Eric García
    4 Ronald Araújo
    18 Jordi Alba Yellow Card
    2 Sergiño Dest
    5 Sergio Busquets
    30 Gavi Yellow Card
    21 Frenkie de Jong
    25 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
    19 Ferran Torres
    7 Ousmane Dembélé Yellow Card
    Substitutes:
    Clément Lenglet, Arnau Tenas, Neto, Ricard Puig, Luuk de Jong, Dani Alves, Óscar Mingueza, Gerard Piqué, Nicolas Gonzalez, Martin Braithwaite, Adama Traoré, Memphis Depay.

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

    No. Name
    13 Stole Dimitrievski (GK)
    5 Alejandro Catena Yellow Card
    2 Nikola Maras
    33 Fran García
    20 Iván Balliu Yellow Card
    12 Unai López
    23 Óscar Valentín
    6 Santiago Comesaña Yellow Card
    9 Randy Nteka
    18 Álvaro García
    7 Isi Palazón
    Substitutes:
    Óscar Trejo, Sergi Guardiola, Bebé, Mario Suárez, Mamadou Sylla, Luca Zidane, Pathé Ciss, Kévin Rodrigues, Radamel Falcao, Mario Hernández.

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