Home / Football / LaLiga News Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano live: Confirmed teams and full lineups in La Liga, TV channel, live streams Confirmed teams from Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano Written by Ben Miller Last Update: March 22, 2026 12:26:08 pm GMT 4 min read Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano have confirmed their starting teams for their La Liga meeting at Camp Nou on Sunday. The hosts are four points above second-placed Real Madrid and reached the Champions League semi-finals by thrashing visitors Newcastle 7-2 in their last-16 second leg on Tuesday, winning 8-3 on aggregate.Vallecano are four points above the relegation zone with a game in hand on the bottom three and reached the last eight of the Conference League on Thursday despite a second-leg home defeat to Turkish side Samsunspor.101GreatGoals.com has the line-up news from Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano in the 2025/26 La Liga, as well as details on how to watch. Table of Contents1 Barcelona confirmed starting team vs Rayo Vallecano2 Rayo Vallecano full line up vs Barcelona3 Where to watch Barca vs Vallecano: TV channel, live online stream4 Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano statsBarcelona confirmed starting team vs Rayo VallecanoRonald Araujo replaced the injured Eric Garcia for Barcelona in the 22nd minute of the win over Newcastle and that change is replicated in the only amendment to Hansi Flicks starting line-up.Defenders Andreas Christensen (knee) and Jules Kounde and Alejandro Balde (both hamstring) are injured for Barcelona.Midfielder Frenkie de Jong also has a hamstring problem.Barcelona starting XI: Joan Garca, Joao Cancelo, Ronald Araujo, Pau Cubarsi, Pedri, Robert Lewandowski, Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Fermn Lopez, Gerard Martin, Marc BernalBarcelona substitutes: Wojciech Szczesny, Gavi, Ferran Torres, Marcus Rashford, Marc Casado, Roony Bardghji, Dani Olmo, Eric Garcia, Diego Kochen, Antonio Cortes, Fortuny EspartRayo Vallecano full line up vs BarcelonaMidfielder Diego Mendez is a long-term injury absentee for Rayo Vallecano and winger Ilias Akhomach (ankle) is out, having been a major doubt.Inigo Perez brings in right-back Andrei Ratiu, midfielders Pedro Diaz and Gerard Gumbau, forward Carlos Martin and winger Fran Perez.Luiz Felipe, Unai Lopez, Alexandre Alemao, Alvaro Garcia and Jorge de Frutos make way.Rayo Vallecano starting XI: Augusto Batalla, Andrei Ratiu, Pep Chavarria, Pedro Diaz, Pathe Ciss, Isi Palazon, Carlos Martin, Gerard Gumbau, Fran Perez, Oscar Valentin, Florian LejeuneRayo Vallecano substitutes: Dani Cardenas, Luiz Felipe, Alemao, Sergio Camello, Randy Nteka, Abdul Mumin, Unai Lopez, Alvaro Garcia, Jorge de Frutos, Ivan Balliu, Alfonso Espino, Jozhua VertrouwdWhere to watch Barca vs Vallecano: TV channel, live online streamKick-off on Sunday is at 13:00 GMT (08:00 ET / 05:00 PT), with live coverage in the UK on Premier Sports 1 and and streaming available on a vast range of devices via the Premier Sports app.A Premier Sports subscription costs �120 a year, �11.99 per month on a 12-month contract or �16.99 per month with 30 days cancellation notice required.Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano statsBarcelona have a perfect 13-match record at the Camp Nou since returning to their stadiumThey have won four successive La Liga games since a 2-1 defeat at Girona on February 16, most recently beating Sevilla 5-2 at home on March 15Flicks team have scored at least three goals in each of their eight home matches in all competitions in 2026, including 12 across the last twoRobert Lewandowksis two goals in the second leg against Newcastle put the striker 14th among Barcas all-time scorers, netting 117 goals in three seasons to move level with Hristo StoichkovFormer Netherlands forward Patrick Kluivert (122) is the next player Lewandowski could overtake in those standingsOnly Real Oviedo (20), Getafe (25) and Alaves (26) have scored fewer La Liga goals this season than Rayo Vallecano (28), who have conceded the fewest (34) of any team outside the top eightVallecanos last Liga away win was a 3-0 victory at Levante on October 19, losing five and drawing three such games on the road since thenThey have drawn their last two Liga games on the road 1-1 at Sevilla and Real Betis and won six of their last nine away matches in the Copa del Rey and Conference League (L2 D1)Two of their trips to Barca in their history have resulted in wins, prevailing 1-0 in April 2022 and 2-0 in May 2000A 1-1 home draw in August was the first time Vallecano had avoided defeat in four meetings with BarcaAn unbeaten run in the five previous encounters (W3) had followed a sequence of 14 successive Barca victories in the fixture between May 2003 and January 2021 Topics: FC Barcelona Hansi Flick LaLiga Lamine Yamal Marcus Rashford Raphinha Rayo Vallecano Robert Lewandowski Trent Alexander-Arnold Vinicius Jr Vinicius Junior Follow us: Ben Miller Ben has more than 10 years' experience in sports journalism, covering two EURO tournaments, European club competitions, the Premier League, EFL and WSL and a variety of other major sporting events. 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