Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano have named their beginning sides for his or her La Liga assembly at Camp Nou on Thursday.
The reigning champions began their season in model with a 5-0 win at Elche on August 29, then beat Athletic Club 2-0 at dwelling on Thursday.
Vallecano have squandered leads of their first two matches, shedding 2-1 to a 97th-minute winner at Sevilla on matchday one earlier than drawing at dwelling to Alaves 4 days in the past.
Ought to they win by two targets, Barca are assured to supplant Actual Madrid on the prime of La Liga.
⚡️ 𝐔𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐞𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐨 😍
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⚽️ Álvaro García #LALIGAHistory #BarçaRayo pic.twitter.com/yxvQF7TRpy— Rayo Vallecano (@RayoVallecano) August 30, 2026
Barcelona confirmed beginning crew vs Rayo Vallecano
Barcelona beginning XI: Garcia, Cubarsi, Pedri, Yamal, Raphinha, Espart, Christensen, Gordon, Olmo, Bernal, Kounde
Barcelona substitutes: Cancelo, Balde, Fermin, Szczesny, Adeyemi, Rodrigo, Martin, Eric, Ferinas, Abdelkarim, Aller
Rayo Vallecano full line-up vs Barcelona in La Liga
Rayo Vallecano beginning XI: Cardenas, Ciss, Lopez, Camello, Alvaro, De Frutos, Balliu, Oscar, Lejeune, Jozhua, Bouare
Rayo Vallecano substitutes: Adrian, Andrei, Diaz, Alemao, Pedrosa, Perez, Pelayo, Sias, Roman, Nteka, Tsitaishvili
The place to observe Barca vs Rayo Vallecano: TV channel, stay on-line streams
Kick-off on Monday is at 20:30 BST (15:30 ET / 12:30 PT), with stay protection within the UK on Premier Sports activities 1 and streaming accessible on an unlimited vary of units by way of the Premier Sports activities app.
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Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano stats, La Liga type
- The one 0-0 draw within the final 44 conferences between these groups got here at Barcelona in August 2022, though Barca gained the subsequent version they hosted 3-0 in Might 2024 earlier than their present run of two successive 1-0 wins in such matches
- Barcelona all-time prime scorer Lionel Messi is the main marksman within the historical past of the fixture by 12 targets, scoring a complete of 18 in opposition to Vallecano
- With three targets every on this season’s La Liga, Raphinha and Fermin Lopez want one to maneuver degree with division prime scorer Kylian Mbappe
- Anthony Gordon is certainly one of six gamers to have assisted greater than as soon as within the 2026/27 prime flight, requiring yet one more to match Espanyol’s Javi Hernandez on the prime of the standings
- With an ideal dwelling document within the 2025/26 Liga, Barca accrued eight extra factors, scored 9 extra targets and conceded six fewer than every other crew on their very own turf
- They’ve 31 wins to Vallecano’s seven within the fixture, with 11 attracts and an combination scoreline of 132-41
- Osasuna (13) and Getafe (14) have been the one groups to attain fewer away targets than Rayo Vallecano final season and never undergo relegation
- Vallecano haven’t scored in 4 visits to Barcelona since Alvaro Garcia netted the one purpose of the sport there in La Liga in April 2022
- Following a run of 14 successive defeats within the fixture between Might 2003 and January 2021, Vallecano’s 1-0 wins over Barca in the course of the 2021/22 season began a five-game unbeaten sequence in opposition to them (W3 D2), though they’re winless in 5 (L4 D1) since then, lasting since Might 2024
- Their defeat at Sevilla ended Vallecano’s three-match unbeaten away run in La Liga (W2 D1) since a 3-0 loss at Mallorca on April 12, which had additionally been the earlier time they conceded greater than as soon as on the highway
