Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona Preview


Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona

Competition – Spanish Primera Liga

Stadium: Estadio de Vallecas

Date: 27th August 2024

Kick-off time – 20:30 GMT

Barcelona will return to La Liga action this Tuesday when they travel to Madrid to face Rayo Vallecano.

Vallecano have started the season well, following up their 2-1 win over Real Sociedad in week one with a goalless draw in their last game against Getafe.

This is the third consecutive season that the Campo de Futbol de Vallecas outfit has remained unbeaten in its first two games. Yet, they have lost the third match on both previous occasions, including a 7-0 defeat to Atlético Madrid last season, which was the joint-heaviest loss in the club’s history.

They also lost to their Tuesday opponents, Barcelona, by the same scoreline at home in April 2012. However, there’s enough reason for Iñigo Pérez’s men to be cheerful ahead of this fixture as Rayo have won two of their last three home H2Hs (D1) and avoided defeat in six of their last eight home league games (W3, D3).

Meanwhile, Barcelona will look to make it three wins in a row when they face Rayo Vallecano. The visitors travel on the back of consecutive 2-1 wins to start their La Liga season extending their winning league streak to six. New manager Hansi Flick is happy with the perfect start to the season, but with tricky-looking games against Girona and Villarreal up next, slipping up here could prove dangerous for the manager’s long-term ambitions.

Barcelona have scored exactly twice in their last five away league games, winning the last two by a 2-1 scoreline. The three points are always most important, but keeping a clean sheet has proved difficult. The Catalans failed to secure a shutout in four of those five aforementioned league trips, conceding nine goals in the process.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera Liga:

April 4, 2025
Rayo Vallecano 20:00 Espanyol
April 5, 2025
Girona 13:00 Alaves
Real Madrid 15:15 Valencia
Mallorca 17:30 Celta Vigo
Barcelona 20:00 Real Betis
April 6, 2025
Las Palmas 13:00 Real Sociedad
Sevilla 15:15 Atlético de Madrid
Real Valladolid 17:30 Getafe
Villarreal 20:00 Athletic Bilbao
April 7, 2025
Leganes 20:00 Osasuna
April 11, 2025
Valencia 20:00 Sevilla
April 12, 2025
Real Sociedad 13:00 Mallorca
Getafe 15:15 Las Palmas
Celta Vigo 17:30 Espanyol
Leganes 20:00 Barcelona
April 13, 2025
Osasuna 13:00 Girona
Alaves 15:15 Real Madrid
Real Betis 17:30 Villarreal
Athletic Bilbao 20:00 Rayo Vallecano
April 14, 2025
Atlético de Madrid 20:00 Real Valladolid

Spanish Primera Liga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Barcelona 29 21 3 5 82 28 +54 66
2 Real Madrid 29 19 6 4 62 29 +33 63
3 Atlético de Madrid 29 16 9 4 47 23 +24 57
4 Athletic Bilbao 29 14 11 4 46 24 +22 53
5 Villarreal 28 13 8 7 51 39 +12 47
6 Real Betis 29 13 8 8 40 36 +4 47
7 Rayo Vallecano 29 10 10 9 33 31 +2 40
8 Celta Vigo 29 11 7 11 42 42 +0 40
9 Mallorca 29 11 7 11 28 35 -7 40
10 Real Sociedad 29 11 5 13 27 31 -4 38
11 Sevilla 29 9 9 11 33 39 -6 36
12 Getafe 29 9 9 11 26 25 +1 36
13 Girona 29 9 7 13 37 45 -8 34
14 Osasuna 29 7 13 9 33 42 -9 34
15 Valencia 29 7 10 12 32 46 -14 31
16 Espanyol 28 7 8 13 27 40 -13 29
17 Alaves 29 6 9 14 32 44 -12 27
18 Leganes 29 6 9 14 28 46 -18 27
19 Las Palmas 29 6 8 15 33 48 -15 26
20 Real Valladolid 29 4 4 21 19 65 -46 16

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