Spanish LALIGA

FT Wednesday, April 26, 2023
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Match Report

Barcelona loses to Rayo, fails to increase league lead

— Barcelona couldn't take advantage of Real Madrid's setback, losing to Rayo Vallecano on Wednesday and missing a chance to increase its Spanish league lead.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
10
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
9
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
4
60.2
Possession
39.8
10
SHOTS
9
5
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
395
Accurate Passes
228
488
Passes
318
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
3
21
Crosses
18
0.1
Cross %
0.2
62
Long Balls
71
34
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
13
12
Tackles
22
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
6
Interceptions
6
9
Effective Clearances
26
9
Clearances
26

Highlights

01:10 Alvaro Garcia gives Rayo shock 1-0 lead over Barcelona Watch on ESPN 00:45 Rayo makes Barca pay for its lax defending with a 2nd goal Watch on ESPN 00:50 Robert Lewandowski scores to cut Barca's deficit in half Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

RAY · 4-4-2

  1. 1Stole DimitrievskiG
  2. 5Alejandro CatenaCD-L
  3. 19Florian LejeuneCD-R
  4. 3Fran GarcíaLB
  5. 20Iván BalliuRB
  6. 23Óscar ValentínCM-L
  7. 17Unai LópezCM-R
  8. 18Álvaro GarcíaLM
  9. 7Isi PalazónRM
  10. 8Óscar TrejoCF-L
  11. 34Sergio CamelloCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 2Mario HernándezSUB
  2. 30Miguel Ángel MorroSUB
  3. 14SalviSUB
  4. 25Raúl de TomásSUB
  5. 22José PozoSUB
  6. 4Mario SuárezSUB
  7. 16Abdul MuminSUB
  8. 24Esteban SaveljichSUB
  9. 15Pep ChavarríaSUB
  10. 12Andrés MartínSUB
  11. 13Diego LópezSUB
  12. 21Pathé CissSUB

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 17Marcos AlonsoCD-L
  3. 4Ronald AraujoCD-R
  4. 28Alejandro BaldeLB
  5. 23Jules KoundéRB
  6. 21Frenkie de JongCM
  7. 30GaviLM
  8. 8PedriRM
  9. 9Robert LewandowskiF
  10. 11Ferran TorresLF
  11. 22RaphinhaRF

Substitutes

  1. 29Marc CasadóSUB
  2. 10Ansu FatiSUB
  3. 24Eric GarcíaSUB
  4. 19Franck KessiéSUB
  5. 41Lamine YamalSUB
  6. 32Pablo TorreSUB
  7. 35Chadi RiadSUB
  8. 13Iñaki PeñaSUB
  9. 18Jordi AlbaSUB
  10. 36Arnau TenasSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! Rayo Vallecano 1, Barcelona 0. Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sergio Camello.
  2. 32' Alejandro Balde (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 34' Jordi Alba (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 35' Gavi (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 53' Goal! Rayo Vallecano 2, Barcelona 0. Fran García (Rayo Vallecano) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  6. 57' Substitution, Barcelona. Jordi Alba replaces Marcos Alonso.
  7. 57' Substitution, Barcelona. Ansu Fati replaces Ferran Torres.
  8. 61' Raphinha (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 63' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Pathé Ciss replaces Óscar Trejo.
  10. 68' Substitution, Barcelona. Franck Kessié replaces Pedri.
  11. 79' Substitution, Barcelona. Pablo Torre replaces Gavi.
  12. 79' Substitution, Barcelona. Eric García replaces Frenkie de Jong.
  13. 80' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Salvi Sánchez replaces Álvaro García.
  14. 80' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Pep Chavarría replaces Unai López.
  15. 83' Goal! Rayo Vallecano 2, Barcelona 1. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
  16. 88' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Abdul Mumin replaces Óscar Valentín.
  17. 89' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Raúl de Tomás replaces Sergio Camello.
  18. 90'+1' Stole Dimitrievski (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card.

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