FC Barcelona 3-1 Rayo Vallecano: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 17 March 2013
Result
FC Barcelona 3-1 Rayo Vallecano
La Liga · Sunday 17 March 2013, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
FC Barcelona 3-1 Rayo Vallecano: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Rayo Vallecano 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday 17 March 2013. It was 2-0 at half-time.
David Villa opened the scoring in the 25th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from David Villa (25'), Lionel Messi (40') and Lionel Messi (57'). Rayo Vallecano scored through Raúl Tamudo (70').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Rayo Vallecano received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 71 points from 27 and Rayo Vallecano 8th on 41 points from 27. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 102 points, and Rayo Vallecano 7th with 51.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-1-2-3 and Rayo Vallecano in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FC Barcelona wins, 0 draws and 0 for Rayo Vallecano.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Rayo Vallecano's W-D-L-L-W.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Piti
- 25'Goal · David Villa
- 29'Yellow card · Roberto Trashorras
- 40'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 57'Yellow card · Adrián González
- 57'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 63'Yellow card · Tito
- 69'Yellow card · Rubén
- 70'Goal · Raúl Tamudo
- 89'Yellow card · José Manuel Pinto
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-1-2-3)
Dani Alves, Javier Mascherano, Adriano, Thiago Alcântara, Alex Song, David Villa, Alexis Sánchez, Víctor Valdés
Rayo Vallecano expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rubén, Alejandro Gálvez, José Manuel Casado, Tito, Jordi Amat, Piti, Javi Fuego, Roberto Trashorras, Alejandro Domínguez, Lass Bangoura, Léo Baptistão