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
+22	Atlético Madrid	19	44	1
+24	Real Madrid	19	43	2
+29	Barcelona	19	38	5
+12	Athletic Club	19	36	3

Full Table

Statistics

BAR		RAY
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

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	Santi 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