FC Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano Preview: Match Predictions and Stats

FC Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano face each other this Monday 17 February 2025 (9:00 PM CET) at the Estadio Olímpico Lluís Companys. The match closes matchday 24 of LaLiga EA Sports 2024-2025 pitting the 3rd-placed team (Barça) against the 6th-placed team (Rayo) with the lead at stake.

🚀 If the Blaugrana team, which has not been first in the standings since matchday 14, beats Rayo Vallecano, it will add 51 points, equalling Real Madrid, but surpassing it thanks to the better overall goal average: Ancelotti's team has a +29 while Hansi Flick's team has +39 with one game less. Barcelona also has a favorable direct goal average, for the moment, thanks to the 0-4 it achieved at the Bernabéu. Below, we review the most notable data and curiosities.

🔵🔴 Preview of the FC Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano match

FC Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano have faced each other a total of 43 times in LaLiga matches, with a record of 26 wins for the Barça team, 7 wins for the Madrid team and 10 draws, with 121 goals for Barça and 38 for Rayo.

🏟️ The record of the 21 clashes between FC Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano on Barça territory is 16 home wins, 2 away wins and 3 draws, with 71 goals for Barça and 13 for Rayo. The most lopsided result of all the clashes occurred in the 1978/79 season, with a 9-0 win in favor of Barça. The results of Rayo's last 10 visits to Barcelona are clearly in favour of the Blaugrana team with 8 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, with 33 goals scored and 6 conceded.

⚠️ Hansi Flick will not be able to count on Marc Bernal and Ter Stegen for this match, who are injured, nor on Fermín López, who is suspended after receiving a red card in Barcelona's last match.

📊 Barcelona statistics in LaLiga

It could be a perfect day for Hansi Flick's men, who if they win their match against Rayo Vallecano will regain the lead in La Liga. Thanks to the draws of Real Madrid and Atlético, if the culé team gets the three points they will catch the white team and will place themselves first in the table, tied on points, but ahead of Ancelotti's men thanks to the goal average.

23 LEAGUE GAMES: Hansi Flick will play his 24th league game as a culé coach. He is third in the table (with one game less) with a record of 15 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses, with 64 goals for and 25 against.

🏟️ HOME GAMES: FC Barcelona has played 10 games at the Estadio Olímpico Lluís Companys in LaLiga 2024/25, with a record of 7 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses, 28 goals scored and 9 goals conceded:

🏟️ AWAY GAMES: FC Barcelona have played 13 away games in LaLiga 2024/25, with a record of 8 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses, 36 goals scored and 16 goals conceded:

🚀 THREE WINS IN A ROW: FC Barcelona have now recorded 3 consecutive wins in LaLiga 2024/25 (the last three games played), with a record of 12 goals for and 2 goals against. This season's record is 7 consecutive games with a full win (from matchday 1 to matchday 7).

🚀 FOUR MATCHES UNDEFEATED: FC Barcelona have gone four consecutive LaLiga 2024/25 games without losing, with three wins and one draw, scoring 13 goals and conceding three. This season's record is seven consecutive games with a clean slate (from matchday 1 to matchday 7).

🟢 GOALS FOR: FC Barcelona are the leaders in the ranking of the highest scoring teams in LaLiga 2024/25 with 64 goals. They have scored in 21 of the 23 matchdays and only in 2 have they been held to 0 (Real Sociedad 1-0 Barcelona, ​​matchday 13) and (Barcelona 0-1 Leganés, matchday 17). In addition, the Blaugrana team has been able to string together 12 consecutive games scoring against them. The current streak is 5 games in a row scoring.

• Matches played: 23
• Total goals scored: 64
• Matches with goals scored: 21
• Matches without scoring: 2
• Headed goals: 4 goals
• Goals from open play: 57 goals
• Best streak of consecutive matches scoring: 12
• Worst streak of consecutive matches without scoring: 1
• Biggest win: FCB-Valladolid (7-0, J4)
• Balls hit the post: 17
• Penalties scored: 4
• Penalties scored: 3

🔴 GOALS AGAINST: Hansi Flick's FC Barcelona's biggest problem remains the goals conceded (25). They have only kept a clean sheet in 5 of the 23 LaLiga 2024/25 matchdays. They are seventh in the table of teams that have conceded the fewest goals and have only been able to string together two games in a row without conceding a goal.

• Matches played: 23
• Total goals against: 25
• Matches with goals against: 18
• Matches without goals against: 5
• Worst streak of matches conceding: 8
• Best streak of matches without conceding: 1
• Biggest defeat: Osasuna-FCB (4-2, J8)
• Penalties against: 3
• Penalty goals conceded: 3

🟢 GOALS FOR PLAYING AT HOME: FC Barcelona have scored 28 goals in the 10 games they have played at the Estadio Olímpico Lluís Companys in LaLiga 2024/25. The Catalans have scored in 9 of the 10 games and only kept a clean sheet in 1 (Barcelona 0-1 Leganés, matchday 17). In addition, the Blaugrana have been able to string together 6 consecutive games scoring at home. The current streak is 3 games in a row scoring.

🔴 GOALS AGAINST PLAYING AT HOME: FC Barcelona have conceded 9 goals in the 10 games they have played at the Estadio Olímpico Lluís Companys in LaLiga 2024/25. The Catalans have kept a clean sheet in 3 of their 10 matches and have been unable to avoid the same in the other 7. In addition, the Blaugrana have only been able to string together 2 consecutive games without conceding at home. The current streak is 1 game without conceding.

🟢 GOALS FOR PLAYING AWAY: FC Barcelona have scored 36 goals in the 13 games they have played at the opposing team's stadium in LaLiga 2024/25. The Catalans have scored in 12 of the 13 games and only kept 0 goals in 1 (Real Sociedad 1-0 Barcelona, ​​matchday 13). In addition, the Blaugrana have been able to string together 7 consecutive games scoring away from home. The current streak is 5 games in a row scoring.

🔴 GOALS AGAINST PLAYING AWAY: FC Barcelona have conceded 16 goals in the 13 games they have played at the opposing team's stadium in LaLiga 2024/25. The Catalans kept a clean sheet in 2 of their 13 games and were unable to avoid it in the other 11. In addition, the Blaugrana team has only been able to string together 2 consecutive games without conceding when playing away from home. The current streak is 6 consecutive games conceding.

📊 FC Barcelona MVP stats in LaLiga

FC Barcelona is shining in LaLiga 2024/25 also on an individual level. Six players from the Catalan team have shared 20 Best Man of the Match (MVP) Awards.

• Lamine Yamal - 5 MVP
• Robert Lewandowski - 5 MVP
• Raphinha - 4 MVP
• Pedri - 3 MVP
• Dani Olmo - 2 MVP
• Fermín López - 1 MVP

🥇 1x1 MVP Barcelona in LaLiga

• J1: Lewandowski (Valencia-Barça, 1-2)
• J2: Lamine Yamal (Barça-Athletic, 2-1)
• J3: Dani Olmo (Rayo-Barça, 1-2)
• J4: Raphinha (Barça-Valladolid, 7-0)
• J5: Lamine Yamal (Girona-Barça, 1-4)
• J6: Lewandowski (Villarreal-Barça, 1-5)
• J7: Lamine Yamal (Barça-Getafe, 1-0)
• J9: Lewandowski (Alavés-Barça, 0-3)
• J10: Lewandowski (Barça-Sevilla, 5-1)
• J11: Lewandowski (Madrid-Barça, 0-4)
• J12: Dani Olmo (Barça-Espanyol, 3-1)
• J14: Raphinha (Celta-Barça, 2-2)
• J15: Raphinha (Barça-Las Palmas, 1-2)
• J16: Lamine Yamal (Betis-Barça, 2-2)
• J18: Pedri (Barça-Atlético, 1-2)
• J19: Raphinha (Mallorca-Barça, 1-5)
• J20: Pedri (Getafe-Barça, 1-1)
• J21: Fermín López (Barça-Valencia, 7-1)
• J22: Lamine Yamal (Barça-Alavés, 1-0)
• J23: Pedri (Seville-Barça, 1-4)

📊 LEADER IN GOALS, ASSISTS AND PASSES

FC Barcelona has the top scorer, the best assist man and the player with the most completed passes in LaLiga 2024/25:

• Lewandowski: 19 goals
• Lamine Yamal: 10 assists
• Pau Cubarsí: 1720 passes

⚽ FC BARCELONA GOAL SCORERS

In the 23 LaLiga 2024/25 matches played to date, 12 Barça players have scored 63 goals (+1 own goal):

• Lewandowski: 19 goals
• Raphinha: 13 goals
• Lamine Yamal: 5 goals
• Dani Olmo: 5 goals
• Pedri: 4 goals
• Ferran Torres: 4 goals
• Fermín López: 3 goals
• Pablo Torre: 3 goals
• Koundé: 2 goals
• Frenkie de Jong: 2 goals
• Pau Víctor: 2 goals
• Eric García: 1 goal
• Own goal: 1 goal

📊 FC BARCELONA ASSISTANTS

En los 23 partidos de LaLiga 2024/25 que llevamos disputados hasta la fecha, 17 futbolistas de la plantilla del Barça han repartido 45 asistencias de gol:

• Lamine Yamal: 10 asistencias
• Raphinha: 6 asistencias
• Pedri: 3 asistencias
• Marc Casadó: 3 asistencias
• Pau Cubarsí: 3 asistencias
• Jules Koundé: 3 asistencias
• Alejandro Balde: 3 asistencias
• Fermín López: 2 asistencias
• Lewandowski: 2 asistencias
• Ferran Torres: 2 asistencias
• Íñigo Martínez: 2 asistencias
• Frenkie de Jong: 1 asistencia
• Gavi: 1 asistencia
• Gerard Martín: 1 asistencia
• Pablo Torre: 1 asistencia
• Pau Víctor: 1 asistencia
• Eric García: 1 asistencia

🟨 YELLOW CARDS

In the 23 LaLiga 2024/25 matches played to date, 22 players in the Barça squad have received 40 yellow cards:

• Íñigo Martínez: 3 yellow cards
• Raphinha: 3 yellow cards
• Pau Cubarsi: 3 yellow cards
• Fermín López: 3 yellow cards
• Gavi: 3 yellow cards
• Héctor Fort: 2 yellow cards
• Marc Bernal: 2 yellow cards
• Pau Víctor: 2 yellow cards
• Marc Casadó: 2 yellow cards
• Lamine Yamal: 2 yellow cards
• Koundé: 2 yellow cards
• Pedri: 2 yellow cards
• Gerard Martín: 2 yellow cards
• Lewandowski: 1 yellow card
• Alejandro Balde: 1 yellow card
• Eric García: 1 yellow card
• Christensen: 1 yellow card
• Iñaki Peña: 1 yellow card
• Sergi Domínguez: 1 yellow card
• Ansu Fati: 1 yellow card
• Frenkie de Jong: 1 yellow card
• Ronald Araujo: 1 yellow card

🟥 RED CARDS

In the 23 LaLiga 2024/25 matches played to date, 3 Barça players have received 3 red cards:

• Ferran Torres: 1 red card
• Marc Casadó: 1 red card
• Fermín López: 1 red card

📊 FC BARCELONA STATISTICS ON MONDAYS

FC Barcelona host Rayo Vallecano at Montjuïc on Monday, matchday 24 of LaLiga 2024/25, and the record so far has been very favourable. This will be the tenth game in the last 15 years for the Blaugrana team on an unusual day for the Barça calendar. Being able to enjoy two weeks off due to the UEFA Champions League play-off has given Hansi Flick's men a break and the club has scheduled their duel against the Vallecas team on a Monday that, historically, has been favourable to the Catalans.

Since 2010, the record in the nine previous matches played at the beginning of the week is 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Curiously, all the matches have been at the Blaugrana ground, seven at the Camp Nou and two at Montjuïc

• ✅ Victories: 6
• 🟰 Draws: 2
• ❌ Losses: 1
• ⚽ Goals for: 22
• ⚽ Goals against: 5

Barcelona's matches on Mondays in LaLiga since 2010