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Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona - Predictions, Stats & Odds

La Liga Statistics, AI predictions, (Expected) Lineups and Insights for Gameweek 3

La Liga - Gameweek 3

Sunday, 31 Aug 2025 • 21:30

Rayo Vallecano

1 : 1

Barcelona

Goals

40'
0 : 1
Lamine Yamal
0 : 1
Lamine Yamal40'
Fran Pérez
1 : 1
67'
67'Fran Pérez
1 : 1

Lineups

Rayo Vallecano

PosPlayer
GK
Augusto Batalla
DEF
Florian Lejeune
DEF
Andrei Rațiu
DEF
Pep Chavarría
DEF
Luiz Felipe
MID
Unai Lopez
MID
Pedro Díaz
MID
Pathé Ciss
FWD
Alvaro Garcia
FWD
Jorge de Frutos
FWD
Isi Palazón

Substitutes

59'Fran Pérez
for Unai Lopez
76'Óscar Valentínfor Luiz Felipe
76'Sergio Camellofor Jorge de Frutos
90'Alfonso Espinofor Isi Palazón
90'Gerard Gumbaufor Alvaro Garcia

Barcelona

PosPlayer
GK
Joan García
DEF
Andreas Christensen
DEF
Jules Koundé
DEF
Eric García
DEF
Alejandro Balde
MID
Frenkie de Jong
MID
Dani Olmo
MID
Pedri
FWD
Raphinha
FWD
Ferran Torres
FWD
Lamine Yamal

Substitutes

62'Marcus Rashfordfor Raphinha
62'Fermín Lópezfor Dani Olmo
78'Gerard Martínfor Alejandro Balde
78'Robert Lewandowskifor Ferran Torres
Difference Maker Star: Top 3 players of their team

League Table after the game

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
4Barcelona321073+47
W
W
D
10Rayo Vallecano311143+14
W
L
D

Last Games

Rayo Vallecano

@Athletic Bilbao
0 - 1
@Girona
3 - 1
vsMallorca
0 - 0
@Celta Vigo
2 - 1
vsReal Betis
2 - 2

Barcelona

@Levante
3 - 2
@Mallorca
3 - 0
@Athletic Bilbao
3 - 0
vsVillarreal
2 - 3
@Espanyol
2 - 0

Head-to-Head

22 Mar 2026
Barcelona1 - 0Rayo Vallecano
22 Mar 2026Barcelona
1 - 0
Rayo Vallecano
31 Aug 2025
Rayo Vallecano1 - 1Barcelona
31 Aug 2025Rayo Vallecano
1 - 1
Barcelona
17 Feb 2025
Barcelona1 - 0Rayo Vallecano
17 Feb 2025Barcelona
1 - 0
Rayo Vallecano
27 Aug 2024
Rayo Vallecano1 - 2Barcelona
27 Aug 2024Rayo Vallecano
1 - 2
Barcelona
19 May 2024
Barcelona3 - 0Rayo Vallecano
19 May 2024Barcelona
3 - 0
Rayo Vallecano

La Liga

Gameweek 3

29 Aug • 19:30
Elche
Levante
2 - 0
29 Aug • 21:30
Valencia
Getafe
3 - 0
30 Aug • 17:00
Deportivo Alavés
Atlético Madrid
1 - 1
30 Aug • 19:00
Real Oviedo
Real Sociedad
1 - 0
30 Aug • 19:30
Girona
Sevilla
0 - 2
30 Aug • 21:30
Real Madrid
Mallorca
2 - 1
31 Aug • 17:00
Celta Vigo
Villarreal
1 - 1
31 Aug • 19:00
Real Betis
Athletic Bilbao
1 - 2
31 Aug • 19:30
Espanyol
Osasuna
1 - 0
31 Aug • 21:30
Rayo Vallecano
Barcelona
1 - 1

What is GAP?

What is Plus Minus Goals (G±)?

Plus Minus Goals (G±) is the average goal difference per game while the player was on the pitch. A value above 0 indicates that the team rather wins, a value below 0 means his team concedes more goals than they score when the player is on the pitch. As an example, if the player's team is winning 3:1 the goal difference is +2, if the player's team is loosing 0:1, the goal difference is -1. It is a pure metric which is barely adjusted for circumstances to purely show the goal difference.

What is GAP?

GAP (Game Advantage Percentage) shows the percentage gap between a player and the average league player. It answers the question: How much does a player improve or worsen a team's performance? It is based on high level game data with a focus on the impact on the goal difference (G±) from the last 50 games of a player. Besides that, GAP goes further and considers game context by involving data from the player and all other players who are at the same time on the pitch, no matter if teammates or opponents. Football GAP - the individual metric for team players.