Spanish LALIGA

FT Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Barcelona LLWWL 0
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Rayo Vallecano WWLWL 1
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Match Report

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Barcelona loses to Rayo on Falcao goal, prompts Ronald Koeman firing

Barcelona have suffered back-to-back defeats in LaLiga as they slumped to a 1-0 loss at Rayo Vallecano on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
7
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
1
68.7
Possession
31.3
16
SHOTS
12
1
ON GOAL
3
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
521
Accurate Passes
189
594
Passes
267
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
4
20
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
56
36
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.7
Long Balls %
0.3
6
Blocked Shots
4
6
Effective Tackles
12
11
Tackles
22
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
9
Interceptions
7
10
Effective Clearances
16
10
Clearances
16

Highlights

01:11 Barcelona falls behind as Falcao strikes for Rayo Vallecano Watch on ESPN 00:38 Memphis Depay's penalty saved by Stole Dimitrievski Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

BAR leads series 5-0

Lineups

RAY · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Stole DimitrievskiG
  2. 5Alejandro CatenaCD-L
  3. 24Esteban SaveljichCD-R
  4. 33Fran GarcíaLB
  5. 20Iván BalliuRB
  6. 8Óscar TrejoAM
  7. 6Santi ComesañaLM
  8. 23Óscar ValentínRM
  9. 3Radamel FalcaoF
  10. 18Álvaro GarcíaAM-L
  11. 7Isi PalazónAM-R

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 24Eric GarcíaCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 14Philippe CoutinhoLM
  8. 28Nico GonzálezRM
  9. 19Sergio AgüeroF
  10. 9Memphis DepayLF
  11. 2Sergiño DestRF

Timeline

  1. 24' Óscar Trejo (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 30' Goal! Rayo Vallecano 1, Barcelona 0. Radamel Falcao (Rayo Vallecano) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Óscar Trejo with a through ball.
  3. 52' Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 60' Substitution, Barcelona. Yusuf Demir replaces Sergi Roberto.
  5. 63' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Unai López replaces Santiago Comesaña.
  6. 66' Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 72' Penalty saved! Memphis Depay (Barcelona) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  8. 74' Substitution, Barcelona. Gavi replaces Philippe Coutinho.
  9. 76' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Pathé Ciss replaces Óscar Trejo.
  10. 76' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Randy Nteka replaces Radamel Falcao.
  11. 83' Esteban Saveljich (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 84' Substitution, Barcelona. Luuk de Jong replaces Nicolás González Iglesias.
  13. 90'+2' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Mario Suárez replaces Óscar Valentín.

LALIGA News

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