La Liga: The mid-table positions illustrates the road Rayo Vallecano and FC Barcelona have undertaken uptil now. Both participants are up for it; let's get this baby out!
- Rayo Vallecano have the most matches over the total-line (7) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have yet to win a game away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Vallecano and FC Barcelona.
Rayo Vallecano form and stats
Rayo Vallecano, who have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in La Liga, have collected 12 points from their La Liga home games so far after 4-0-0. After failing to beat Girona here at Estadio de Vallecas, Vallecano has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
The fans are hoping that Rayo Vallecano will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the La Liga game against Real Betis (placed 5th). Midfielder Óscar Trejo was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.03 (out of ten) in that game. Trejo signed up for two assists, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 32 successful passes (of 39 total).
Ahead of that match, Vallecano won a home game hosting Elche (2-1).Vallecano are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (12 goals in 4 games). Defensively Vallecano have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
FC Barcelona form and stats
Still no away game victory in the La Liga for FC Barcelona with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
Home advantage was not enough for Barcelona in their previous game, as they lost their La Liga-match, hosting Real Madrid, 1-2. Barcelona were so close to getting something from the game against Real Madrid, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal three minutes into overtime. Attacker Memphis Depay got a player rating of 7.62 in the game. "Man of the match" Depay hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 28 successful passes (of 32 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Dynamo Kyiv.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Deportivo Alaves in just three days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from FC Barcelona's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. 3 goals have been conceded by Barcelona in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rayo Vallecano zero wins, zero draws and FC Barcelona ten victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Á. García Rivera 4 goals |   M. Depay 4 goals |  R. Ntekja 3 goals |
Rayo Vallecano missing players
FC Barcelona missing players
| Rayo Vallecano | FC Barcelona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 89% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 89% |
| 70% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 56% |
| 30% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 67% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 22% |
| 3.7 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.3 | 6.7 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 13 | 6.3 | 4 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.7 | 13.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 8.3 | 12 |
| 3.8 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3 | 5.3 |
| 45% | 55% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 11% | 31% |
- All of Rayo Vallecano's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- FC Barcelona have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- FC Barcelona have yet to win a game away.
- Rayo Vallecano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rayo Vallecano have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Rayo Vallecano have scored at least twice as many goals at home as FC Barcelona have scored away.
- Rayo Vallecano have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Rayo Vallecano have the most matches over the total-line (7) in La Liga
- Rayo Vallecano have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in La Liga
- Rayo Vallecano have won all their matches at home so far.
- Rayo Vallecano have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Rayo Vallecano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Sociedad | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 21 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Osasuna | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Rayo Vallecano | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 9 | FC Barcelona | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 10 | Valencia | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 12 |
| 13 | Villarreal | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 14 | Elche | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | Celta de Vigo | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Granada | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Cadiz | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 7 |
| 18 | Deportivo Alaves | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 6 |
| 19 | Levante | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 5 |
| 20 | Getafe | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 2 |