FULL TIME: Barcelona 3-1 Rayo Vallecano! All over at the Camp Nou and Barcelona take all three points after coming back from going a goal down. Pique, Messi and Suarez were the men in the goals for the champions.

---

GOAL! Barcelona 3-1 Rayo Vallecano! Surely it’s all over now. Substitute Ivan Rakitic tees up Luis Suarez and he taps it into an empty net!

---

GOAL! Barcelona 2-1 Rayo Vallecano: Lionel Messi rolls the penalty home and Barcelona are in front for the first time in this match.

---

PENALTY! Barcelona 1-1 Rayo Vallecano: Nelson Semedo goes down in the box and the referee points to the spot!

---

SECOND HALF! Barcelona 1-1 Rayo Vallecano: Here we go again folks. Ernesto Valverde has made a change at the break. On comes Ousmane Dembele, off goes Arthur.

---

HALF-TIME: Barcelona 1-1 Rayo Vallecano: Barcelona have had all the ball but have had to come from behind and it’s level at the break. They will have to be better in the second half.

---

GOAL! Barcelona 1-1 Rayo Vallecano: Lionel Messi sends in a free-kick into the box and Geraerd Pique heads home the equaliser!

---

GOAL! Barcelona 0-1 Rayo Vallecano: Uh Oh! It’s been all Barcelona so far, but a quick break from Rayo sees Raul de Tomas curl a low strike past Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

---

KICKOFF! Barcelona 0-0 Rayo Vallecano: Come on, boys! Let’s do this thing!

---

LINEUPS

Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Umtiti, Alba; Vidal, Busquets, Arthur; Messi, Suarez, Coutinho.

Bench: Cillessen, Murillo, Sergi Roberto, Rakitic, Aleñá, Dembélé, Malcom

Rayo Vallecano: Dimitrievski; Advíncula, Velázquez, Amat, Gálvez; Álex Moreno, Imbula, Santi Comesaña Bebé, Álvaro; Raul De Tomás.

Bench: Alberto Garcia, Tito, Mario, Embarba, Pozo, Trejo, Di Santo

---

WELCOME BACK TO CAMP NOU!!! After playing five straight and six of their last seven games away from home, Barcelona finally return to the Greatest Stadium on Earth for a very important La Liga match against Rayo Vallecano. Rayo are facing relegation and have lost five in a row, but they caused Barça a lot of problems earlier this season and really need a result in this one, so we need to play our best to get three points. And you can join us to follow and comment all the action. LET’S LIVE BLOG!!!

(Note: the comments will be open only when the team news come out, because our commenter people love commenting and sometimes there are too many comments in the comments section)

---

MATCH INFO

Competition/Round: 2018-19 La Liga, Matchday 27

Date/Time: Saturday, March 9, 2019, 6.30pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 5.30pm GMT (UK), 12.30pm ET, 9.30am PT (USA), 11pm IST (India)

Venue: Camp Nou, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Referee: Mario Melero López

HOW TO WATCH, STREAM LA LIGA

How to Watch on TV: beIN SPORTS (USA, Canada, Spain), Eleven Sports 1 (UK), SONY TEN 2 (India), SuperSport 7 (Nigeria), others

How to Stream: beIN SPORTS CONNECT (USA, Canada, Spain), others

---

Matchday Thread Rules

We don’t have a lot of rules here, but there are a few things to keep in mind when joining our matchday threads:

Even if the referee sucks or we lose the game, no swearing. It’s just unnecessary. Also, don’t discuss illegal streaming links. Those who do it will be warned, and those who post links will be instantly banned. Finally, be nice to each other. This is a Barcelona community and we don’t need to offend one another.

Have fun with the game! Forever and ever, no matter the competition, VISCA EL BARÇA!