Barcelona beat Rayo Vallecano 1-0

Match report

Rayo Vallecano were beaten 1-0 by Barcelona at Camp Nou on Sunday, 22 March 2026 in La Liga matchday 29. R. Araujo scored the only goal of the game for Barcelona in the 24th minute. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Barcelona had 61% of the ball and 15 shots (4 on target) against Rayo Vallecano’s 8 (4 on target). Joan García (Barcelona) was the top-rated player with 8.3. The result leaves Barcelona 1st in the La Liga table on 21 points and Rayo Vallecano 12th on 8.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Barcelona

1st · 21 points · P 7 W 7 D 0 L 0

Form

Rayo Vallecano

12th · 8 points · P 7 W 2 D 2 L 3

Form

La Liga table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Barcelona	7	+24	21
2	Atletico Madrid	7	+9	16
11	Getafe	7	-3	8
12	Rayo Vallecano	7	-5	8
13	Osasuna	7	-7	8

Full La Liga table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Mon, 31 Aug 2026, Barcelona 5-2 Rayo Vallecano

Full Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano head-to-head

Match events

8'yellow cardRaphinhaYellow Card
24'goalR. AraujoAssist: J. Cancelo
26'yellow cardLamine YamalYellow Card
34'yellow cardÓscar ValentínYellow Card
46'substitutionR. LewandowskiOff: F. Torres
46'substitutionC. MartinOff: A. Garcia
46'substitutionO. ValentinOff: Pacha
59'substitutionG. GumbauOff: U. Lopez
59'substitutionP. DiazOff: J. de Frutos
61'substitutionFermínOff: D. Olmo
61'substitutionM. BernalOff: M. Casado
65'yellow cardFran PérezYellow Card
67'yellow cardPathé Ismaël CissYellow Card
72'yellow cardPau CubarsíYellow Card
82'substitutionLamine YamalOff: M. Rashford
82'substitutionF. PerezOff: S. Camello
88'yellow cardIsi PalazónYellow Card
90'substitutionJ. CanceloOff: X. Espart

Lineups

Barcelona

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Hansi Flick

Starting XI

Substitutes

Rayo Vallecano

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Inigo Perez

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

61%Possession39%
1.39Expected goals (xG)1.56
15Total shots8
4Shots on target4
6Shots off target3
5Blocked shots1
10Shots inside the box7
5Shots outside the box1
6Corners9
0Offsides3
12Fouls11
3Yellow cards4
–Red cards–
4Goalkeeper saves3
483Passes296
416Accurate passes224
86%Pass accuracy76%
0.76Goals prevented0.76

Player statistics

Barcelona

Barcelona player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
13Joan GarcíaGTop rated	90	8.3				26 · 88%
2João CanceloD	89	8.0		1	1 (0)	30 · 87%	2	6	13/20
4Ronald AraújoD	90	8.2	1		1 (1)	69 · 88%	1	1	3/5
5Pau CubarsíD	90	7.2				82 · 91%			1/4
18Gerard MartínD	90	7.0			1 (1)	56 · 88%	1		1/3
8PedriM	90	8.0				64 · 88%	3	6	11/16
10Lamine YamalM	82	7.2			1 (0)	28 · 75%	1	1	7/10
11RaphinhaM	90	7.3			3 (2)	24 · 75%	1	2	3/11
16Fermín LópezM	61	6.9			1 (0)	29 · 86%	2	2	6/15
22Marc BernalM	61	7.0				32 · 88%		4	6/11
9Robert LewandowskiF	45	6.5				5 · 100%		1	2/6
25Wojciech SzczęsnyG	–	–
31Diego KochenG	–	–
24Eric GarcíaD	–	–
36Álvaro CortésD	–	–
42Xavi EspartD	1	–				2 · 100%
6Pablo GaviM	–	–
17Marc CasadóM	29	7.0				14 · 79%		2	5/6
20Dani OlmoM	29	6.7			1 (0)	10 · 80%			1/4
7Ferran TorresF	45	6.2			1 (0)	9 · 56%		1	2/5
14Marcus RashfordF	8	6.9				3 · 100%		1	3/3
19Roony BardghjiF	–	–

Rayo Vallecano

Rayo Vallecano player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
13Augusto BatallaG	90	7.7		34 · 56%			1/2
2Andrei RațiuD	90	7.3		30 · 77%	1	3	8/19
3Josep ChavarríaD	90	7.0		29 · 83%	2	3	5/12
6Pathé Ismaël CissD	90	6.3	1 (0)	39 · 90%		2	5/11
24Florian LejeuneD	90	6.7		38 · 82%	1	1	4/6
4Pedro DíazM	59	6.2		15 · 80%			2/6
14Carlos MartínM	45	6.2	1 (1)	10 · 70%		2	5/9
15Gerard GumbauM	59	7.0		7 · 71%	1	1	2/3
21Fran PérezM	82	5.9		11 · 73%			1/9
23Óscar ValentínM	45	6.7		13 · 85%		3	4/9
7Isi PalazónF	90	7.2		22 · 95%	1	4	9/17
1Dani CárdenasG	–	–
5Luiz FelipeD	–	–
16Abdul MuminD	–	–
20Iván BalliuD	–	–
22Alfonso EspinoD	45	7.2	1 (0)	13 · 62%		2	5/7
33Jozhua VertrouwdD	–	–
11Randy NtekaM	–	–
17Unai LópezM	31	6.5	1 (1)	26 · 50%		1	2/4
18Álvaro GarcíaM	45	6.7	2 (1)	6 · 83%		1	1/2
9AlemãoF	–	–
10Sergio CamelloF	8	6.9			2	1	1/3
19Jorge de FrutosF	31	6.6	1 (1)	3 · 67%