Friday, March 29

Barcelona vs. Rayo Vallecano live score, updates, highlights & lineups from La Liga 2022/23


All but one of the new players are registered and it’s time to see Xavi Hernandez’s new-look Barcelona can deliver in its first competitive match of the 2022/23 season against Rayo Vallecano at the Nou Camp.

The first match of the La Liga season will see the Blaugrana face an opponent which defeated it on two occasions in the last campaign. But Barcelona must feel like some of the issues that led to those losses — namely a lack of game-breaking scorers in attack — will produce a different result.

Star forward Robert Lewandowski, Brazilian winger Raphinha, and center-back Andreas Christensen will get the start in their La Liga debuts, with Ivorian midfielder Franck Kessie starting on the bench.

Barcelona will want to make a clean break from the 2021/22 team, and show that they are powers to be reckoned with once again, especially after pulling as many financial levers as they did to produce the funds to upgrade the squad. They hope they now have the quality necessary to contend with European champions and eternal rivals Real Madrid, who only lost four of 38 league matches on their way to the last league championship. Slip-ups against opponents like Rayo will be costly.

Sporting News is following the Barcelona vs. Rayo Vallecano match live and providing live score updates, commentary.

MORE: La Liga standings table 2022/23

Barcelona vs. Rayo Vallecano live score

  1H 2H Final
Barcelona 0
Rayo Vallecano 0

Goals:
None

Barcelona vs. Rayo Vallecano live updates, highlights from La Liga

20th min.: Raphinha with a shot from the top of the box that goes high. The Brazilian has been very active. Moments later the other winger, Ousmane Dembele also fires on goal.

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For now these two players are bringing a different dimension to the Barcelona attack with their 1-on-1 ability and their desire to make things happen.

14th min.: Yellow card to Dembele on a dangerous tackle on Pathe Ciss in an attempt to win the ball back. It’s the right call. Barcelona are aggressive, with and without the ball.

12th min.: Lewandowski with a delicious chipped goal, but it’s disallowed because he was offside on the ball to him in the box.

10th min.: Quiet start to this one until Raphinha makes a run into the right side of the Rayo box and goes down on a challenge from the left back. But there’s nothing there. Good no call by the referee.

1st min.: Rayo kick off and they’re aggressive from the start with a direct ball, and they’re pressing high. Meanwhile, Raphinha starts on the right and Dembele on the left.

5 mins from kickoff: Teams are walking out on the field. Cameras are locked on Robert Lewandowski. We’re moments away from kickoff

20 mins from kickoff: Robert Lewandowski is just getting warmed up.

30 mins from kickoff: Barcelona have four wins and two draws in the six matches that Pedro and Gavi have played together in La Liga.

60 mins from kickoff: Tonight’s match should have the feel of a big occasion.

Barcelona vs. Rayo Vallecano lineups

With the summer signings registered and ready to play, Xavi Hernandez opts for this most productive and balanced lineup during preseason. Big names like Memphis Depay, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Frenkie De Jong, and Sergino Dest, who also happen to be in demand on the transfer market, will start on the bench.

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Barcelona starting lineup (4-3-3, right to left): 1-Marc-Andre Ter Stegen (GK) — 4-Ronald Araujo, 15-Andreas Christensen, 24-Eric Garcia, 18-Jordi Alba — 30-Gavi, 5-Sergio Busquets, 8-Pedri — 7-Ousmane Dembele, 9-Robert Lewandowski, 22-Raphinha.

Barcelona subs (12): 26-Inaki Pena (GK), 36-Arnau Tenas (GK), 3-Gerard Pique, 20-Sergi Roberto, 28-Alejandro Balde, 16-Miralem Pjanic, 19-Franck Kessie, 21-Frenkie De Jong, 10-Ansu Fati, 11-Ferran Torres, 14-Memphis Depay, 17-Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

MORE: Full Barcelona squad list & player numbers for 2022/23 season

Rayo Vallecano finished the season in poor form, but still wound up in mid-table (12th). They could use some more production out of the forward position: Sergio Camello has won the starting spot over 36-year-old Colombian forward Radamel Falcao, who lost his place in the lineup last season. Luca Zidane and Sergi Guardiola, the sons of Zinedine Zidane and Pep Guardiola, both left the club this summer and are no longer with the team.

Rayo Vallecano starting lineup (4-3-3, right to left): 13-Stole Dimitrievski (GK) — 20-Ivan Balliu, 19-Florian Lejeune, 5-Alejandro Catena, 3-Fran Garcia — 17-Unai Lopez, 8-Oscar Trejo, 21-Ismaila Pathe Ciss — 7-Isi Palazon, 16-Sergio Camello, 18-Alvaro Garcia.

Rayo Vallecano subs (12): 1-Diego Lopez (GK), 30-M. Morro (GK), 2-Mario Hernandez, 4-Mario Suarez, 10-Bebe, 11-Randy Nteka, 14-Salvi Sanchez, 23-Oscar Valentin, 22-Jose Pozo, 28-Pablo Munoz, 29-Diego Mendez, 9-Radamel Falcao

Barcelona vs. Rayo Vallecano TV channel, live stream

  UK USA Canada Australia
Date Sat, Aug. 13 Sat, Aug. 13 Sat, Aug. 13 Sun, Aug. 14
Time 20:00 BST 15:00 ET 15:00 ET 05:00 AET
TV channel Premier Sports 1,
LaLiga TV
ABC, ESPN Deportes  —  —
Streaming Premier Player HD,
Amazon Prime Video
fuboTV, ESPN+ TSN Optus Sport
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UK: The match from the Camp Nou can be seen on Premier Sports 1 or LaLiga TV in the UK. In addition to being a TV channel, LaLiga TV streams on Amazon Prime Video in the region.

USA: Saturday’s match between Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano will be broadcast in the USA on ABC (English) and ESPN Deportes (Spanish), which are both available to be streamed on fuboTV. 

Canada: The match will be streamed by La Liga partner TSN in Canada.

Australia: All La Liga matches are available to stream on Optus Sport in Australia.



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