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 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
April 18, 2025
Espanyol 20:00 Getafe
April 19, 2025
Rayo Vallecano 13:00 Valencia
Barcelona 15:15 Celta Vigo
Mallorca 17:30 Leganes
Las Palmas 20:00 Atlético de Madrid
April 20, 2025
Real Valladolid 13:00 Osasuna
Villarreal 15:15 Real Sociedad
Sevilla 17:30 Alaves
Real Madrid 20:00 Athletic Bilbao

Spanish Primera Liga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Barcelona 30 21 4 5 83 29 +54 67
2 Real Madrid 30 19 6 5 63 31 +32 63
3 Atlético de Madrid 30 17 9 4 49 24 +25 60
4 Athletic Bilbao 30 14 12 4 46 24 +22 54
5 Villarreal 29 13 9 7 51 39 +12 48
6 Real Betis 30 13 9 8 41 37 +4 48
7 Celta Vigo 30 12 7 11 44 43 +1 43
8 Real Sociedad 30 12 5 13 30 32 -2 41
9 Rayo Vallecano 30 10 10 10 33 35 -2 40
10 Mallorca 30 11 7 12 29 37 -8 40
11 Getafe 30 10 9 11 30 25 +5 39
12 Sevilla 30 9 9 12 34 41 -7 36
13 Girona 30 9 7 14 37 46 -9 34
14 Osasuna 29 7 13 9 33 42 -9 34
15 Valencia 30 8 10 12 34 47 -13 34
16 Espanyol 29 8 8 13 31 40 -9 32
17 Alaves 30 7 9 14 33 44 -11 30
18 Leganes 29 6 9 14 28 46 -18 27
19 Las Palmas 30 6 8 16 34 51 -17 26
20 Real Valladolid 30 4 4 22 19 69 -50 16

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