Spanish LALIGA

FT Monday, February 17, 2025
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Match Report

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Barcelona top LaLiga after beating Rayo with Lewandowski penalty

Striker Robert Lewandowski scored a first-half penalty to give Barcelona a hard-fought 1-0 home win over Rayo Vallecano on Monday that moved them to top of the LaLiga standings.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
4
40.4
Possession
59.6
9
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
281
Accurate Passes
469
354
Passes
541
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
3
17
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.3
59
Long Balls
43
30
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
6
16
Tackles
9
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
12
Interceptions
10
11
Effective Clearances
18
11
Clearances
18

Highlights

00:26 Raphinha blazes wide for Barca Watch on ESPN 01:59 Barcelona vs. Rayo Vallecano - Game Highlights Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

BAR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 5Iñigo MartínezCD-L
  3. 2Pau CubarsíCD-R
  4. 3Alejandro BaldeLB
  5. 32Héctor FortRB
  6. 6GaviAM
  7. 8PedriLM
  8. 21Frenkie de JongRM
  9. 9Robert LewandowskiF
  10. 11RaphinhaAM-L
  11. 19Lamine YamalAM-R

RAY · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Augusto BatallaG
  2. 16Abdul MuminCD-L
  3. 24Florian LejeuneCD-R
  4. 3Pep ChavarríaLB
  5. 2Andrei RatiuRB
  6. 7Isi PalazónAM
  7. 6Pathé CissLM
  8. 4Pedro DíazRM
  9. 11Randy NtekaF
  10. 18Álvaro GarcíaAM-L
  11. 19Jorge de FrutosAM-R

Timeline

  1. 27' Pathé Ciss (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 28' Goal! Barcelona 1, Rayo Vallecano 0. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 41' Andrei Ratiu (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+2' Gavi (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 61' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Gerard Gumbau replaces Pedro Díaz.
  6. 61' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Adri Embarba replaces Randy Nteka.
  7. 66' Substitution, Barcelona. Dani Olmo replaces Gavi.
  8. 66' Substitution, Barcelona. Jules Koundé replaces Héctor Fort.
  9. 74' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Óscar Trejo replaces Isi Palazón.
  10. 74' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Óscar Valentín replaces Pathé Ciss.
  11. 81' Substitution, Barcelona. Eric García replaces Pau Cubarsí.
  12. 81' Substitution, Barcelona. Ferran Torres replaces Robert Lewandowski.
  13. 87' Adri Embarba (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 87' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Sergi Guardiola replaces Álvaro García.
  15. 88' Substitution, Barcelona. Marc Casadó replaces Frenkie de Jong.
  16. 90'+5' Ferran Torres (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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