Rayo Vallecano v Barcelona

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Rayo Vallecano picked up a solid point on the road away from home at Getafe on the weekend in La Liga as the upcoming hosts have produced a promising start to this new domestic top flight season, while Barcelona have been even more impressive as the visitors have racked up back-to-back wins in La Liga after beating Athletic Bilbao 2-1 at home on Saturday.

Rayo Vallecano will definitely want to avoid a repeat of last season's relegation battle in La Liga as the hosts finished fourth from bottom in the Spanish top flight table in 17th place although they did possess a valuable five-point cushion over third from bottom club Cadiz that saved Vallecano from being dragged down into La Liga 2.

Nevertheless, four points from their opening two games of this new La Liga season will give Rayo Vallecano a welcome boost ahead of this tough looking home game against Barcelona especially as both of their games to date have been away from home which includes recording a 2-1 win on the road at Real Sociedad.

The bigger picture shows Rayo Vallecano have found league wins hard to come by though as the hosts have managed to capture just four wins in their previous 21 games overall in La Liga which does not bode well for a visit from Barcelona.

Onto Barcelona then, and the visitors have stormed out of the blocks in impressive fashion at the start of this new La Liga season as Hans Flick's side have registered back-to-back wins against Valencia and Athletic Bilbao respectively, thus making it now six wins on the trot for the Spanish giants.

However, despite winning their last four games of last season on the trot, former Barcelona manager Xavi was shown the door after his side failed to compete with Real Madrid in the race for the La Liga title as Barcelona ended up a significant 10 points shy of their old rivals.

Hans Flick has therefore taken over with a remit of not only closing the gap between themselves and Real Madrid but also tasked with achieving the sort of success that Barcelona had previously taken for granted in the Spanish top flight this season.

The visitors will fancy their chances in this upcoming clash though as the bigger picture shows Barca have suffered just two defeats in their last 19 league matches whilst picking up no fewer than 15 wins in the process, seven of which were also achieved on the road as well.

Rayo Vallecano v Barcelona Verdict

Barcelona recorded a comprehensive 3-0 home win over Rayo Vallecano in their last meeting and the visitors look set for further success here at the Estadio de Vallecas on Tuesday night.

Therefore, our main bet will be Barcelona win @ 1.70

Other side bets worth considering:

Barcelona win & Under 2.5 goals @ 4.50

Correct Score: Barcelona 2-0 @ 9.00