BAR vs RVL Dream11: The 2021-22 edition of La Liga is back in action with another round of fixtures this weekend as Rayo Vallecano lock horns with Xavi’s Barcelona outfit at the Camp Nou on Sunday.
Rayo Vallecano are currently in 14th place in the La Liga standings and have slumped after a strong start to their campaign. The Madrid-based outfit edged Espanyol to a crucial 1-0 victory last week and will need to work hard to achieve a similar result in this fixture.
Barcelona, on the other hand, are in second place in the league table at the moment and have had their fair share of issues this season. The Catalan giants defeated Real Sociedad by a 1-0 margin in their previous game and will be confident going into this match.
Date: 25th April, Monday
Kick-Off Time: 12:30 AM (IST)
Venue: Camp Nou
Barcelona – 2nd Position
Rayo Vallecano– 14th Position
You can catch the action live on Jio TV and on Voot.
Barcelona: W-L-W-W-W
Rayo Vallecano: W-L-D-D-L
Barcelona have dominated the fixture with 4 victories out of 5 while Rayo Vallecano have just one victory.
Injury Report, Unavailability, Expected Changes and Strategy
Marc-Andre Ter Stegen
Sergino Dest
Eric Garcia
Clement Lenglet
Jordi Alba
Gavi
Sergio Busquets
Frankie de Jong
Ousmane Dembele
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Ferran Torres
Injury Report, Unavailability, Expected Changes and Strategy
Rayo Vallecano Starting XI (Likely)
Stole Dimitrievski
Ivan Balliu
Nikola Maras
Catena
Francesco Garcia
Oscar Valentin
Santi Comesana
Isi Palazon
Oscar Trejo
Alvaro Garcia
Sergi Guardiola
GK
Marc-Andre Ter Stegen
Ter Stegen made 5 saves in the previous game to keep a clean sheet against a rampant Barcelona.
Clean Sheets | Saves | Goals conceded |
10 | 68 | 29 |
DEF
Jordi Alba
Alba has provided 8 assists from the left this season for Barca and will look to add more against Rayo Vallecano.
Tackles Won | Assists | Interceptions |
35 | 8 | 41 |
Catena
Catena will have a tall mountain to climb to help his team keep a clean sheet against Barca. But he can be an attacking threat from set pieces and has scored 2 goals.
Tackles Won | Goals | Interceptions |
32 | 2 | 48 |
MID
Ferran Torres
Torres has fit in well since joining from Manchester City. He has 4 goals and 4 assists from 12 games.
Goals | Assists | Passes completed |
4 | 4 | 76.4 |
Oscar Trejo
Trejo has been the creative force for Vallecano this season with 9 assists. He has also scored 3 goals.
Goals | Assists | Passes completed % |
3 | 9 | 76.4 |
ST
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Aubermeyang has been phenomenal for Barcelona and rediscovered his Dortmund form that saw him score tons of goals. He has 9 goals from 11 games.
Goals | Assists | Shots on target |
9 | 1 | 17 |
Sergi Guardiola
Guardiola hasn’t managed to score as many goals as he would like with only 6 this season. But this is better than this tally for last season where he got only 1 goal.
Goals | Assists | Shots on target |
6 | 2 | 14 |
Goalkeeper: M. Ter Stegen
Defenders: J. Alba, Catena, E. Garcia, S. Dest
Midfielders: F. Torres, O. Dembele, O. Trejo, F. De Jong
Attackers: P. Aubameyang, S. Guardiola
Odds to Win
Odds in favour of Barcelona Win 6/19
Odds in favour of Rayo Vallecano Win 21/2
Odds in favour of a Draw 49/10
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