Good evening and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the La Liga fixture between Rayo Vallecano and Barcelona. We'll bring you all the action as it happens. Kick off is at 18:00 BST.

FULL TIME: Rayo Vallecano 1-0 Barcelona

THAT WAS THE CHANCE! That should have been the equaliser for Barcelona! Aguero squared the pass for Gavi, but the 17-year-old scuffed his effort wide of the target. Rayo survive!

Time is also up for Barcelona here. They are now launching balls forward in the search of a late, late equaliser, but the home team are holding firm. No way through so far!

Rayo were in behind! Dest was needed to make the tackle to prevent the home team from getting in behind the Barcelona defence again. The Catalans need to be at the other end!

Chance for de Jong! Dimitrievski made a mistake coming so far off his line and was nearly made to pay for it, but Luuk de Jong sends his lobbed effort over the crossbar.

Roberto Martinez, Xaxi Hernandez and even Jordi Cruyff have all been mentioned as potential replacements for Koeman should he be sacked, but it appears he is safe for the time being. You get the feeling their names will be mentioned again soon...

There is certainly still time for Barcelona to snatch a point here, but they have been toothless throughout. Rayo Vallecano have found it easy to hold them at arm's length.

There will be EIGHT minutes of stoppage time played at the end of the match.

It should be noted that Saveljich was shown a yellow card. Time is running out for Barcelona!

De Jong struggled to make much of an impression at Sevilla, so there is a sense that he might have fallen upwards by making the move to Barcelona on transfer deadline day.

With Griezmann out the door, Luuk de Jong made the move to Barcelona to replace the Frenchman. The Dutch striker has yet to prove that he is good enough for the Catalans.

Here comes Luuk de Jong for Barcelona - can he make a difference?

PICTURE: No luck for Memphis!

While Barcelona have had injuries to contend with, while their squad is unbalanced and in need of some strengthening in some areas, there is a belief that they are capable of much more.

Frenkie de Jong is missing for Barcelona tonight through injury. The Dutch international has been one of the few players to have thrived under Koeman after a difficult first season at Barca. They have missed him tonight.

And Ciss is on for the final 10 minutes of the match.

A change for the home side and Nteka is on for Rayo.