Spain - LaLigaStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Rayo Vallecano and Barcelona, taking place on Saturday, 25 November 2023, at Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas in Madrid.
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Rayo Vallecano, Recent FormThe Rayo Vallecano squad will be suffering from a feeling of disappointment after falling to a 2-1 home defeat against Girona, which saw them drop all three points and come away from the game empty-handed. They came away from that fixture with 46% of the possession and clocked up 22 attempts on goal with 9 on target. By comparison, Girona managed 19 attempts on goal, with 7 on target.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 8 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 8, and leading to valuable points being dropped. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 home games but have only managed to keep 1 clean sheet in those games.
Whilst they have only lost 1 of their last 6 games there will be concern over the amount of points dropped with 4 draws from those games.
Álvaro García will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 3 goals in the last 6 league games for Rayo Vallecano.
Barcelona, Recent FormBarcelona have set themselves up nicely for this match by securing a 2-1 home win against Alaves in their previous league match. They achieved 72% possession in that match and had 11 strikes at goal, with 6 hitting the target, up against Alaves' tally of 8 efforts at goal, 1 of which were on target.
He will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 8 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 5 goals conceded in the same period. They have scored in 12 of their 13 games this season and recorded 6 clean sheets.
Their unbeaten run away from home now sits at 6 games in a row.
Having scored 4 goals in his last 6 league games for Barcelona, Robert Lewandowski will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
It ended in disappointment and a 2-1 defeat for Barcelona last time they met Rayo Vallecano in the league, with Los Franjirrojos defying the odds to take the win.
Blaugrana have let in at least one goal in each of their last 4 league matches at Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas against Rayo.
In the league, Rayo has a good track record when they host Barca, getting the better of them in their last 2 home games.
Álvaro García will be looking to get on the scoresheet for Rayo against Barca in this one, having netted 3 goals in the previous 5 encounters between the two.
There is only really one injury concern for the Rayo manager Francisco Rodríguez ahead of this clash, with Óscar Trejo (Knee) missing out, which gives Rodríguez a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
With only Pablo Gavi (Cruciate ligament) and Sergi Roberto (Calf) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Xavi Hernández will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Rayo Vallecano Playing at home | Barcelona Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.3 | Goals scored | 1.8 |
| 2.3 | Goals conceded | 1.3 |
| 20' | Time first goal scored | 47' |
| 29' | Time first goal conceded | 28' |
| 2.3 | Yellow cards | 2.3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.2 |
| 5 | Subs used | 4 |
| 2-0 | Biggest victory | 4-3 |
| 7-0 | Biggest defeat | - |
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