FC Barcelona 3-1 Rayo Vallecano: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 9 March 2019
Result
FC Barcelona 3-1 Rayo Vallecano
La Liga · Saturday 9 March 2019, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
FC Barcelona 3-1 Rayo Vallecano: match report
FC Barcelona beat Rayo Vallecano 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday 9 March 2019. The half-time score was 1-1.
Raúl de Tomás opened the scoring in the 24th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Eric Guérit (38'), Lionel Messi (51', penalty) and Luis Suárez (82'). Rayo Vallecano scored through Raúl de Tomás (24').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Rayo Vallecano received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 60 points from 26 and Rayo Vallecano 19th on 23 points from 26. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Rayo Vallecano 20th with 32.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rayo Vallecano in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (9.3), ahead of Arturo Vidal (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 10 FC Barcelona wins, 0 draws and 0 for Rayo Vallecano.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Raúl de Tomás
- 38'Goal · Eric Guérit
- 51'Penalty goal · Lionel Messi
- 68'Yellow card · Emiliano Velázquez
- 79'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 82'Goal · Luis Suárez
- 89'Yellow card · Giannelli Imbula
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Marc ter Stegen, Nélson Semedo, Gerard Piqué, Samuel Umtiti, Jordi Alba, Arturo Vidal, Sergio Busquets, Arthur Melo, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Philippe Coutinho
Rayo Vallecano line-up (5-4-1)
Stole Dimitrievski, Luis Advíncula, Emiliano Velázquez, Alejandro Gálvez, Jordi Amat, Álex Moreno, Bebé, Giannelli Imbula, Santi Comesaña, Álvaro García, Raúl de Tomás