FC Barcelona will have the chance to dethrone Real Madrid from the top when they host Rayo Vallecano at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in La Liga. The Catalans are currently in the 3rd spot with 48 ...

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Thanks for joining us at Al Jazeera Sport. Barcelona returned to the top of the Spanish league on goal difference after Robert Lewandowski’s first-half penalty secured a 1-0 win over Rayo ...

Barça are back on top of the league! Rayo Vallecano was never going to be an easy test, and in the end only a Robert Lewandowski penalty could split the sides in a remarkably well-fought contest ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tom Sanderson is a Barcelona-based writer who covers Spanish football.

But that game also ended 1-1, which has thrown up a marvellous opportunity for Barça to match Real Madrid on 51 points, and to lead the competition on goal difference. What an up and down season ...

Lewandowski sent the keeper the wrong way from the spot. Robert Lewandowski of FC Barcelona scores his team’s first goal from the penalty spot [David Ramos/Getty Images] Both sides had chances ...