Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona

3 November 2018 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Alejandro José Hernández Hernández

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–1

José Pozo 35’
Álvaro García 57’

Luis Suárez 11’, 90’
Ousmane Dembélé 87’

Match summary

Barcelona came from behind to win 3-2 away at Rayo Vallecano, with a late winner. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Luis Suárez put Barcelona ahead in the 11th minute, set up by Jordi Alba and José Pozo equalised in the 35th minute. In the second half, Álvaro García put Rayo Vallecano in front in the 57th minute, Ousmane Dembélé equalised in the 87th minute, set up by Gerard Piqué, and Suárez won it in the 90th minute, set up by Sergi Roberto.

There was little between the sides on chances: Rayo Vallecano created 1.71 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots, Barcelona 1.95 from 10.

Match stats

11 Shots 9

5 Shots on Target 5

3 Corners 1

4 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.63 xG 1.95

1.63 Non-penalty xG 1.95

4 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Rayo Vallecano Barcelona

Kick-off

11’

Luis Suárez
Assist: Jordi Alba

0-1

José Pozo

1-1

35’

Half-time1-1

Álvaro García

2-1

57’

87’

Ousmane Dembélé
Assist: Gerard Piqué

2-2

90’

Luis Suárez
Assist: Sergi Roberto

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Rayo Vallecano

Alberto García
Jordi Amat
Raúl de Tomás
Emiliano Velázquez

Barcelona

Clement Lenglet
Jordi Alba

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.

Rayo Vallecano 1.71 xGBarcelona 1.95 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Barcelona attacking Rayo Vallecano attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alberto García	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Luis Advíncula	DEF	90		2	0.09	0.00	0
Jordi Amat	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Alejandro Gálvez	DEF	71		0	0.00	0.00	0
Álex Moreno	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Santiago Comesaña	MID	90		0	0.00	0.02	1
Adrián Embarba	MID	90		1	0.08	0.24	3
Giannelli Imbula	MID	90		3	0.20	0.00	0
Óscar Trejo	MID	56		0	0.00	0.00	0
José Pozo	MID	90	1	2	0.53	0.00	0
Raúl de Tomás	FWD	65		2	0.17	0.49	1
Álvaro García	Sub	34	1	1	0.64	0.00	0
Álex Alegría	Sub	25		0	0.00	0.10	1
Emiliano Velázquez	Sub	19		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marc-André ter Stegen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergi Roberto	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.79	3
Clement Lenglet	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gerard Piqué	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.04	1
Jordi Alba	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.90	2
Ivan Rakitic	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergio Busquets	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Arthur	MID	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rafinha	FWD	52			1	0.33	0.04	1
Luis Suárez	FWD	90	2		6	1.49	0.00	0
Philippe Coutinho	FWD	67			1	0.05	0.00	0
Ousmane Dembélé	Sub	38	1		1	0.04	0.05	1
Arturo Vidal	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Munir	Sub	23			1	0.05	0.09	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Rayo Vallecano win 10% Bet365 odds 9.50

Draw 16% Bet365 odds 6.00

Barcelona win 74% Bet365 odds 1.28

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

Form going into the game

Rayo Vallecano D L L D L

Barcelona L D D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Barcelona 3-1 Rayo Vallecano, 09 Mar 19 All Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona 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.