Our prediction for this Primera Division match:
Barcelona
Match Time & Date:
13/08/2022
21:00
Prediction: 3-0
Rayo Vallecano
Title-chasing Barcelona will look to make a flying start to the new La Liga campaign when they welcome Rayo Vallecano to their Camp Nou. The club chiefs did well to sign star attacker Robert Lewandowski in the summer, with Jules Kounde, Raphinha, Andreas Christensen, and Franck Kessie joining the squad as well. Barca look sharp up front, and we are positive that they will adopt an attack-minded approach in the season opener.
Head coach Xavi has a full squad to choose from for Saturday’s clash. Los Vallecanos, on the other hand, are undefeated in the previous five warm-up games, but Barcelona will pose a much bigger threat for the capital club than their previous rivals. Even though there are no injury concerns in the away side, anything but a routine home win would be a major surprise. Summer signing Salvi Sanchez is likely to make his La Liga debut with Rayo against Barca.
Highlighted Player (Gerard Pique):
Gerard Pique is a Spanish footballer who was born in Barcelona on 2 February, 1987. He is married to famous Colombian singer Shakira and they have two sons Milan and Sasha. Pique is a product of La Masia, the Barca’s youth academy, but he started his senior career at Manchester United.
He returned to his boyhood club in 2008 and he has been playing for the Catalan giants ever since. The 193-cm-tall footballer is a centre back who is good in the air. His main position is centre back, but he is capable of playing a defensive midfielder if needed. Pique won his sixth La Liga trophy with Barca in the 2015/2016 season and in 2008 he has three Champions League titles with the Catalan giants as well.
During his spell with Manchester United, Gerard Pique won the Premier League trophy (2007/2008) and he helped the Red Devils win the Champions League trophy the same season. Speaking of his international career, the Barcelona defender won the 2010 FIFA World Cup with Spain, while lifting the European Championship trophy two years later.
Highlighted Team (Rayo Vallecano):
Rayo Vallecano is a Spanish football club from the Valleas neighbourhood in Madrid and are founded in the year 1924. The club is playing in the Primera Division since 2011 after being in active in the lower divisions for a longer period of time. Rayo Vallecano currently plays it’s home games in the Teresa Rivero Stadium which is also known as the Nuevo Vallecas stadium and holds a capacity of 15 500 seats. The Nuevo Vallecas stadium is one of the smallest ones in the Primera Division. The club colors of Rayo Vallecano are white and red and is also known as Los Vallecanos. Rayo Vallecano is known for it’s ultra’s which are radical left winged political sided.
In the clubs history Rayo Vallecano never won any big prizes. The biggest achievement was in 2000 when the club qualified for the UEFA Cup after winning the Fair Play spot. Rayo Vallecano was one of the biggest surprises in Europe that season and even managed to get to the quarter finals where Rayo got eliminated by Deportivo Alaves. There are a lot of famous players that played for Rayo Vallecano during their career such as: Julen Lopetegui, Jordi Figueras, Victor Onokpo and Ismael Urzaiz.
Monza 
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Real Sociedad 
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Como 
MIlan
Bayer Leverkusen
Mainz
Brentford 
Man City 
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