Rayo Vallecano vs. Barcelona: Head-to-head record and past meetings

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 50

Draws: 11

This has been a fixture dominated by Barcelona, with the Catalan giants winning 33 of the previous 50 matches between the two sides, only suffering seven defeats in the process, while there have also been 11 draws.

Barcelona have netted an incredible 137 goals in their 49 games with Rayo, conceding just 43, while Lionel Messi is comfortably the all-time leading goalscorer in this fixture, having found the back of the net on 18 occasions against the capital side during his time at Camp Nou.

Despite Barcelona's overall dominance, Rayo enjoyed a run of three wins in four games between October 2021 and April 2023.

Rayo went on a 13-game losing run to Barcelona in La Liga between May 2003 and March 2019, including a 7-0 home loss in April 2012, but they managed to break that run with a 1-0 victory at home in October 2021.

The capital team then went on to win three of the next four league games between the two sides, and they were unbeaten against Barcelona across five La Liga matches between October 2021 and November 2023.

However, that strong run was broken at the end of the 2023-24 campaign, when Barcelona recorded a 3-0 victory, securing their first top-flight success over Rayo since March 2019.

Barcelona then made it back-to-back wins over Rayo in the early stages of the 2024-25 campaign, coming from behind to record a 2-1 success in the Spanish capital.

Unai Lopez made the breakthrough in the ninth minute of the contest, and Barcelona found it difficult to get going in the first period, but the scores were levelled on the hour courtesy of a goal from Pedri.

Dani Olmo, having been registered with La Liga shortly before the contest, then came off the bench to score the winner for Flick's side to hand the Catalan team a third straight league win at the start of the new season.

Barcelona took four points from the two league meetings in the 2025-26 season, playing out a 1-1 draw at Vallecas before securing a 1-0 victory at the Spotify Camp Nou, thanks to a decisive goal from Ronald Araujo.

Raphinha starred in the most recent meeting between the two sides in August 2026, netting a brace in a commanding 5-2 home victory.