A damning statistic, highlighting the woes of Barcelona in La Liga at current, has late on Saturday come to the fore on-line.
This, after all, comes after Barca endured one thing of a night to overlook.
The Blaugrana marked their return to motion a short while in the past, making the journey to the Estadio Coliseum for a La Liga assembly with Getafe.
Hansi Flick’s troops headed into proceedings with confidence excessive within the camp, following a quartet of successive victories throughout all competitions.
When all was mentioned and accomplished on Saturday, nonetheless, the guests have been pressured to make do with a share of the spoils.
After Jules Koundé opened the scoring contained in the ten-minute mark, Mauro Arambarri struck a decisive equaliser for Getafe late within the first-half.
As a lot signifies that, ought to Actual Madrid get the higher of Las Palmas on Sunday, Los Blancos will transfer a full seven factors away from Barcelona within the La Liga desk.
Not solely that, nevertheless it additionally signifies that Hansi Flick’s Barca have continued to safe for themselves undesirable items of current historical past.
As revealed by statisticians Opta:
‘Barcelona have 39 factors after their first 20 video games in La Liga 2024/25. Because the 2004/05 season, solely as soon as have they scored fewer factors.’
Conor Laird – GSFN