So far in the La Liga season, only Rayo Vallecano (1-1), Sevilla (4-1) and Real Madrid (2-1) have managed to stop Barcelona. The Blaugrana are the leaders, with 43 points, four more than Real and eight more than Villarreal, who have two games in hand.
Hansi Flick's team won 43 out of a possible 51 points. That's five more points than Barcelona had halfway through last season (38). And by the end of the first half of the La Liga season, Barca will play Villarreal and Espanyol away.
If they beat Villarreal and Espanyol, Barcelona will reach 49 points, which would be one of their best results in the last ten years. The Blaugrana had 50 points at the halfway point of the 2022/2023 season, when coached by Xavi, while in the 2017/2018 season. they had 51 points, when coached by Ernesto Valverde.
Interestingly, the number of goals scored is at a similar level to last season. Last season, Barça scored 51 goals in 19 games, and this season they scored 49 goals in 17 games. When it comes to goals conceded, the "blaugrana" scored 20 goals in 17 games, while last season they scored 22 goals in the first half of the season.
Barcelona have scored at least one goal in 37 consecutive La Liga matches, equalling the second-longest streak in club history (from February 2018 to February 2019). The last time Barcelona failed to score against a rival was exactly a year ago, when they surprisingly lost at home to Leganes (1-0).
The club's record is 64 matches in a row - from February 2012 to October 2013 - in which Barça scored.
In the aforementioned 37 games, the team scored 101 goals. The last time Barça scored at least 100 goals was in the calendar year 2015, when they scored 101 times.
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