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La Liga · Matchweek 3
BARBarcelona
5:2
RAYRayo Vallecano
Raphinha 19'
Lamine Yamal 21'
Florian Lejeune 51' (OG)
Raphinha 71'
Lamine Yamal 90'
HT 2:1
Sergio Camello 12'
Sergio Camello 59'
Mon, 31 Aug 2026, 20:30 (UK) · Camp Nou, Barcelona
Barcelona 5th → 1st · 9 pts|Rayo Vallecano 16th → 18th · 1 pt

Barcelona fell behind to Sergio Camello's early goal but hit back with two first-half goals and won 5-2 at Camp Nou.

Player of the matchLamine Yamal9.7Decisive moment19' Raphinha+0.8

Barcelona 5-2 Rayo Vallecano: Yamal and Raphinha turn it around

AI-written review based on match data · How we make it

Key numbers

  • xG 3.04 v 1.21; five goals, one an own goal
  • Yamal: 7 key passes, 8 dribbles won
  • Ahead for about 69 of 90 minutes after the turnaround

Barcelona hit back from an early deficit

Rayo Vallecano led after 12 minutes through Sergio Camello, but Barcelona turned the match around with goals in the 19th and 21st minutes, then added three more after the break, one of them an own goal by Florian Lejeune. The result lifts Barcelona from fifth to first in La Liga, while Rayo Vallecano sit 18th on one point.

Five goals, but not all from finishing

Barcelona outperformed their xG by 1.96, though one of their goals was Florian Lejeune's own goal, so it is not pure finishing. An xG per shot of 0.12 suggests the goals owed more to volume than to the quality of any single chance, and Rayo goalkeeper Dani Cárdenas still made five saves.

Yamal creator as well as scorer

Lamine Yamal led the match in key passes, dribbles and duels won, so his two goals were only part of his output. Raphinha was just as clinical, putting all three of his shots on target for a brace, while Rayo's Iván Balliu was dribbled past four times.

The equaliser that set the tone

Raphinha's equaliser in the 19th minute was worth +0.8 FN xPts and began a spell in which Barcelona were ahead for about 69 minutes. Substitute Karim Adeyemi, on for just 13 minutes, then provided the pass for Yamal's last goal.

Player of the match
Lamine Yamal 9.7Dominant

Two goals, seven key passes and eight successful dribbles gave him the highest FN Score.

Yamal earned most of his FN Score in attack. His goal in the 21st minute, set up by Marc Bernal, completed the turnaround at 2-1, and his strike in the 90th minute, created by Karim Adeyemi, made it 5-2. He also won 12 of 19 duels and 8 of 13 dribbles, which kept Rayo's back line under pressure even when he was not scoring.

Game state

0-11-12-13-13-24-25-2
Barcelona ahead 69 min · level 14 min · Rayo Vallecano ahead 7 min
  • Karim Adeyemi — off the bench 13 min · 0G 1A

FN xPts — what each moment was worth

How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.

12' Sergio Camello Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Álvaro García +0.2 +0.7
19' Raphinha Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Xavi Espart +0.2 +0.8
21' Lamine Yamal Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Marc Bernal +0.2 +0.5
51' Florian Lejeune Own goal −0.1
59' Sergio Camello Goal · assist Unai López +0.1
71' Raphinha Goal · assist Anthony Gordon +0.2
90' Lamine Yamal Goal · assist Karim Adeyemi 0.0
Barcelona Expected (last two seasons) 2.4Own moments +1.5Opponent moments −0.7Time effect −0.2→ League points won 3
Rayo Vallecano Expected (last two seasons) 0.5Own moments +0.7Opponent moments −1.2Time effect 0.0→ League points won 0

Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.

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Match stats

BarcelonaRayo Vallecano
69%Possession31%
3.04Expected goals (xG)1.21
0.12xG per shot0.11
26Shots11
9Shots on target5
35%Shots on target %45%
17Shots in box7
648Passes286
90%Pass accuracy74%
9Corners5
3Saves5
4Fouls11
0Yellow cards1
3Offsides4

Timeline

  • 12' Goal Sergio Camello league goal #2 assist Álvaro García
  • 19' Goal Raphinha league goal #4 assist Xavi Espart
  • 21' Goal Lamine Yamal league goal #1 assist Marc Bernal
  • 32' Sub Jozhua Vertrouwd → Adrià Pedrosa
  • 45+2' VAR Jules Koundé
  • 51' Goal Florian Lejeune (OG)
  • 57' Sub Gnangoro Bouaré → Pedro Díaz
  • 57' Sub Jorge de Frutos → Fran Pérez
  • 59' Goal Sergio Camello league goal #3 assist Unai López
  • 64' Sub Marc Bernal → Rodri
  • 64' Sub Dani Olmo → Fermín López
  • 71' Goal Raphinha league goal #5 assist Anthony Gordon
  • 75' Sub Unai López → Randy Nteka
  • 75' Sub Sergio Camello → Alemão
  • 77' Sub Pedri → João Cancelo
  • 77' Sub Anthony Gordon → Karim Adeyemi
  • 86' Sub Raphinha → Hamza Abdelkarim
  • 90' Yellow Adrià Pedrosa
  • 90' Goal Lamine Yamal league goal #2 assist Karim Adeyemi

Category leaders

  • Key passesLamine Yamal7
  • Duels wonLamine Yamal12/19
  • DribblesLamine Yamal8/13
  • Defensive actionsÓscar Valentín8
  • ShotsLamine Yamal4 (on target 2)
  • Fouls wonLamine Yamal3
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This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.