Spanish LALIGA

Rayo vs Barcelona 2021-22 LaLiga

Rayo Vallecano
  • 30': Radamel Falcao
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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
    +21 Barcelona 13 31 2
    +16 Real Madrid 12 31 1
    +15 Villarreal 13 29 2
    +13 Atlético Madrid 12 25 1
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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
    Substitutes:
    Kévin Rodrigues, Pathé Ciss, Nikola Maras, Luca Zidane, Unai López, Randy Nteka, Mario Hernández, Sergi Guardiola, Mario Suárez, José Pozo, Bebé, Andrés Martín.

    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
    Substitutes:
    Neto, Gavi, Ricard Puig, Iñaki Peña, Alejandro Balde, Yusuf Demir, Óscar Mingueza, Samuel Umtiti, Clément Lenglet, Luuk de Jong.

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