Rayo Vallecano 1-3 FC Barcelona: result and report

La Liga · Thursday 3 March 2016

Result

Rayo Vallecano 1-3 FC Barcelona

La Liga · Thursday 3 March 2016, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Rayo Vallecano 1-3 FC Barcelona: match report

Rayo Vallecano lost to FC Barcelona 1-3 in La Liga on Thursday 3 March 2016. The half-time score was 0-2.

Ivan Rakitic opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Rayo Vallecano's goal came from Manucho Gonçalves (57'). FC Barcelona scored through Ivan Rakitic (22'), Lionel Messi (23'), Lionel Messi (53'), Lionel Messi (72') and Arda Turan (86').

Discipline: Rayo Vallecano received no yellow cards and 2 red cards; FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rayo Vallecano were 20th on 23 points from 26 and FC Barcelona 1st on 63 points from 26. Rayo Vallecano went on to finish that season 18th with 37 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 88.

Rayo Vallecano lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (10.0), ahead of Sergio Busquets (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rayo Vallecano wins, 0 draws and 9 for FC Barcelona.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Ivan RakiticFC Barcelona · 0-1
  • 23'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 0-2
  • 42'Red card · Diego LlorenteRayo Vallecano
  • 53'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 0-3
  • 57'Goal · Manucho GonçalvesRayo Vallecano · 1-3
  • 67'Red card · Manuel IturraRayo Vallecano
  • 69'Missed penalty · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona
  • 72'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 1-4
  • 78'Yellow card · Arda TuranFC Barcelona
  • 78'Yellow card · Arda TuranFC Barcelona
  • 86'Goal · Arda TuranFC Barcelona · 1-5
  • 87'Yellow card · NeymarFC Barcelona

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Rayo Vallecano 0, draws 0, FC Barcelona 9.

Team news

Rayo Vallecano line-up (4-2-3-1)

Juan Carlos, Tito, Quini, José Ángel Crespo, Diego Llorente, Manuel Iturra, Roberto Trashorras, Adrián Embarba, Piti, Bebé, Manucho Gonçalves

FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)

Claudio Bravo, Gerard Piqué, Javier Mascherano, Sergi Roberto, Jérémy Mathieu, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi, Neymar