Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano

9 March 2019 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Mario Melero López

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Gerard Piqué 39’
Lionel Messi 51’ (pen)
Luis Suárez 82’

Raúl de Tomás 24’

Match summary

Barcelona came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Rayo Vallecano. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Raúl de Tomás put Rayo Vallecano ahead in the 24th minute, set up by Álvaro García and Gerard Piqué equalised with a header in the 39th minute, set up by Lionel Messi. In the second half, Lionel Messi put Barcelona in front from the penalty spot in the 51st minute and Luis Suárez made it 3-1 in the 82nd minute, set up by Ivan Rakitic.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 3.28 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Rayo Vallecano's 0.28 from 8.

Match stats

12 Shots 8

6 Shots on Target 1

10 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

3.28 xG 0.28

2.53 Non-penalty xG 0.28

14 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Barcelona Rayo Vallecano

Kick-off

24’

Raúl de Tomás
Assist: Álvaro García

0-1

Gerard Piqué
Assist: Lionel Messi

1-1

39’

Half-time1-1

Lionel Messi
Penalty

2-1

51’

Luis Suárez
Assist: Ivan Rakitic

3-1

82’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Barcelona

Sergio Busquets

Rayo Vallecano

Emiliano Velázquez
Giannelli Imbula

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Barcelona 3.28 xGRayo Vallecano 0.28 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Rayo Vallecano attacking Barcelona attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marc-André ter Stegen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nélson Semedo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Samuel Umtiti	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gerard Piqué	DEF	90	1		2	0.94	0.00	0
Jordi Alba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Arturo Vidal	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergio Busquets	MID	85			0	0.00	0.07	1
Arthur	MID	46			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lionel Messi	FWD	90	1	1	6	1.39	1.31	3
Luis Suárez	FWD	90	1		2	0.53	0.03	1
Philippe Coutinho	FWD	80			2	0.42	0.00	0
Ousmane Dembélé	Sub	44			0	0.00	0.04	1
Ivan Rakitic	Sub	10		1	0	0.00	0.47	1
Malcom	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Stole Dimitrievski	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luis Advíncula	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	1
Alejandro Gálvez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Emiliano Velázquez	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Jordi Amat	DEF	64			1	0.02	0.00	0
Álex Moreno	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bebé	MID	90			1	0.03	0.02	1
Giannelli Imbula	MID	90			0	0.00	0.05	2
Santiago Comesaña	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Álvaro García	MID	80		1	0	0.00	0.07	1
Raúl de Tomás	FWD	90	1		4	0.12	0.00	0
José Pozo	Sub	26			1	0.06	0.00	0
Adrián Embarba	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 82% Bet365 odds 1.16

Draw 12% Bet365 odds 8.00

Rayo Vallecano win 6% Bet365 odds 15.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Barcelona D D W W W

Rayo Vallecano L L L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Rayo Vallecano 2-3 Barcelona, 03 Nov 18 Next meeting: Rayo Vallecano 1-0 Barcelona, 27 Oct 21 All Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.