Lamine Yamal opened his account for the 2026-27 season in style with a sublime double in Barcelona's 5-2 rout of Rayo Vallecano.


2026/2027 La Liga

5-2

Match Report

Yamal had not managed to score in either of Barca's opening two LaLiga fixtures, but the 19-year-old superstar ended his wait with a pair of stunners on Monday.

However, Barca did not have it all their own way at Camp Nou, where Raphinha also doubled up.

Rayo, who finished an impressive eighth last season but are winless so far this campaign, took a surprise lead when Sergio Camello brilliantly steered home from Alvaro Garcia's cutback in the 12th minute.

Barca were level seven minutes later, though, with Raphinha's clever footwork seeing him get the better of his marker before he fired in an equaliser.

Yamal then came to the fore with a trademark left-footed strike into the top-right corner from the edge of the box.

Joules Kounde had a goal disallowed for offside, but Barca did go 3-1 up early in the second half when Florian Lejeune turned into his own net.

Yet Camello's second – a smart header from Unai Lopez's corner – reduced the arrears. Barca, though, restored their two-goal cushion when Anthony Gordon's backheel teed up Raphinha to slam a low finish across Rayo goalkeeper Dani Cardenas.

Yamal then capped off a fine win for the reigning champions late on, drilling another long-range strike into the corner.

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Yamal makes more history

It had been a slow start to the season by Yamal's extraordinary standards, but he turned on the style here, and his first goal marked yet another record for this remarkable winger.

That strike was Yamal's 50th for Barca, making him the youngest player from any team in the five major leagues, at the age of 19 years and 49 days, to reach the milestone.

Yamal had a game-leading six shots, while he also had 16 touches in the opposition area, which was seven more than any other player (ahead of Gordon, with nine).

The teenager also created a whopping seven chances, completed seven of 11 dribbles and won 11 out of 18 duels. 

Raphinha, meanwhile, is already well on his way to putting an injury-hit 2025-26 campaign behind him.

The Brazil forward is the first player to score five goals across his team's first three fixtures in a LaLiga season since Barca great Lionel Messi did so in 2017-18.

Hansi Flick's team had 26 shots and generated 2.83 expected goals, while they have netted 12 times already this term. Their attack looks close to unstoppable.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

2' Jesus is watching the game on the stand

12' GOAL! Camello stuns the hosts with a powerful shot! Barcelona 0-1 Vallecano

15' Highlight from Barcelona vs Vallecano

19' GOAL! Raphinha respondes quickly with a low shot to equalize! Barcelona 1-1 Vallecano

20' GOAL! Yamal scores his first goal this season to turn it around! Barcelona 2-1 Vallecano

28' Match Event for Barcelona vs Vallecano

37' Gnangoro left footed shot from outside the box is saved by Joan García

41' Bernal left footed shot from outside the box is saved by Cárdenas

46' Koundé scores but it's ruled out for offside

51' OWN GOAL! Gordon's cross leads to Lejeune's mistake! Barcelona 3-1 Vallecano

59' GOAL! Camello scores brace to pull one back! Barcelona 3-2 Vallecano

69' Highlight from Barcelona vs Vallecano

71' GOAL! Raphinha nets brace and doubles the lead! Barcelona 4-2 Vallecano

77' Cancelo and Adeyemi come on to replace Pedri and Gordon

79' Adeyemi has a shot saved by the keeper

90' GOAL! Yamal also scores brace to extend the lead! Barcelona 5-2 Vallecano

Line-ups

Barcelona XI: Christensen, Olmo, Raphinha, Kounde, Gordon, Pedri, Joan García, Yamal, Cubarsi, Bernal, Xavi Espart

Subs: Szczesny, Cancelo, Rodri, Eric Garcia, Adeyemi, Balde, Fermín López, Gerard Martín, Brian Fariñas, Eder Aller, Hamza Abdelkarim

Vallecano XI: Lejeune, Balliu, Unai López, Álvaro García, Óscar Valentín, Dani Cárdenas, Jorge de Frutos, Pathé Ciss, Sergio Camello, Jozhua Vertrouwd, Gnangoro Bouare

Subs: Pedro Díaz, Pedrosa, Andrei Rațiu, Randy Nteka, Alemão, Giorgi Tsitaishvili, Fran Pérez, Pelayo Fernández, Marco de las Sías, Adrián Molina, Marco Román