Rayo Vallecano 2-3 FC Barcelona: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 3 November 2018

Result

Rayo Vallecano 2-3 FC Barcelona

La Liga · Saturday 3 November 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Rayo Vallecano 2-3 FC Barcelona: match report

Rayo Vallecano were beaten by FC Barcelona 2-3 in La Liga on Saturday 3 November 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Luis Suárez opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Rayo Vallecano's goals came from José Pozo (35') and Álvaro García (57'). FC Barcelona scored through Luis Suárez (10'), Ousmane Dembélé (87') and Luis Suárez (90').

Discipline: Rayo Vallecano received 4 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rayo Vallecano were 19th on 6 points from 10 and FC Barcelona 1st on 21 points from 10. Rayo Vallecano went on to finish that season 20th with 32 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 87.

Rayo Vallecano lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Luis Suárez of FC Barcelona (8.6), ahead of Sergi Roberto (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rayo Vallecano wins, 0 draws and 10 for FC Barcelona.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Jordi AmatRayo Vallecano
  • 10'Goal · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona · 0-1
  • 17'Yellow card · Clément LengletFC Barcelona
  • 35'Goal · José PozoRayo Vallecano · 1-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Raúl de TomásRayo Vallecano
  • 57'Goal · Álvaro GarcíaRayo Vallecano · 2-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Jordi AlbaFC Barcelona
  • 87'Goal · Ousmane DembéléFC Barcelona · 2-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Alberto GarciaRayo Vallecano
  • 90'Goal · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona · 2-3
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Emiliano VelázquezRayo Vallecano

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rayo Vallecano 0, draws 0, FC Barcelona 10.

Team news

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

Alberto Garcia, Luis Advíncula, Alejandro Gálvez, Jordi Amat, Álex Moreno, Santi Comesaña, Adrián Embarba, Oscar Trejo, Giannelli Imbula, José Pozo, Raúl de Tomás

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

Marc ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Gerard Piqué, Clément Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Arthur Melo, Rafinha Alcântara, Luis Suárez, Philippe Coutinho