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Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano

Competition – Spanish Primera Liga

Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Date: 17th February 2025

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

The fight for La Liga supremacy continues this weekend with Barcelona hosting Rayo Vallecano in the last game of round 24.

Barca come into this tie looking to continue their impressive run of form. Since suffering a mid-season blip around late December, the hosts have enjoyed a remarkable return in all competitions going on an unbeaten run in all their games since the turn of the year (W9, D2).

That has corresponded with their strong momentum in the La Liga title race, with a recent 4-1 thrashing of Sevilla putting them within two points of the league leaders. That win was their third win in a row and also the eighth time they’ve scored 4+ goals in the league this season.

However, Barcelona face a challenge to make it four wins in a row against Rayo Vallecano as they failed to win two of their last three home H2Hs (D1, L1). They did manage to win the reverse fixture 2-1 back in August, so this game presents them with a chance to win three successive H2Hs for the first time since January 2021.

Rayo Vallecano has also enjoyed a perfect start to the new year with no team picking up more than their league-high 13 points from their five matches so far (W4, D1). Their club-record unbeaten run in the top-flight now stands at nine matches (W5, D4), with that sequence including three successive victories -Rayo last managed four in a row in La Liga back in January 2013.

The visitors remain underdogs to repeat the act against one of the division’s best sides but can take encouragement from a five-game unbeaten run on their league travels (W2, D3). Each of those matches saw them score exactly once.

They may need more to emerge victorious here as they have managed just one clean sheet in 11 previous games against sides starting this round in the top half of the table (W3, D5, L3).

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

March 27, 2025
Barcelona 01:00 Osasuna
March 28, 2025
Athletic Bilbao 21:00 Osasuna
March 29, 2025
Real Sociedad 14:00 Real Valladolid
Espanyol 16:15 Atlético de Madrid
Alaves 18:30 Rayo Vallecano
Real Madrid 21:00 Leganes
March 30, 2025
Getafe 12:00 Villarreal
Barcelona 14:15 Girona
Valencia 16:30 Mallorca
Real Betis 19:00 Sevilla
March 31, 2025
Celta Vigo 19:00 Las Palmas
April 4, 2025
Rayo Vallecano 19:00 Espanyol
April 5, 2025
Girona 12:00 Alaves
Real Madrid 14:15 Valencia
Mallorca 16:30 Celta Vigo
Barcelona 19:00 Real Betis
April 6, 2025
Las Palmas 12:00 Real Sociedad
Sevilla 14:15 Atlético de Madrid
Real Valladolid 16:30 Getafe
Villarreal 19:00 Athletic Bilbao

Spanish Primera Liga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Barcelona 27 19 3 5 75 27 +48 60
2 Real Madrid 28 18 6 4 59 27 +32 60
3 Atlético de Madrid 28 16 8 4 46 22 +24 56
4 Athletic Bilbao 28 14 10 4 46 24 +22 52
5 Villarreal 27 12 8 7 49 38 +11 44
6 Real Betis 28 12 8 8 38 35 +3 44
7 Mallorca 28 11 7 10 28 34 -6 40
8 Celta Vigo 28 11 6 11 41 41 +0 39
9 Rayo Vallecano 28 9 10 9 31 31 +0 37
10 Sevilla 28 9 9 10 32 37 -5 36
11 Getafe 28 9 9 10 25 23 +2 36
12 Real Sociedad 28 10 5 13 25 30 -5 35
13 Girona 28 9 7 12 36 41 -5 34
14 Osasuna 27 7 12 8 33 39 -6 33
15 Espanyol 27 7 7 13 26 39 -13 28
16 Valencia 28 6 10 12 31 46 -15 28
17 Alaves 28 6 9 13 32 42 -10 27
18 Leganes 28 6 9 13 26 43 -17 27
19 Las Palmas 28 6 7 15 32 47 -15 25
20 Real Valladolid 28 4 4 20 18 63 -45 16

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