Barcelona is moving steadily towards regaining its glory again this season, under the technical leadership of coach Xavi Hernandez, who took over in the middle of last season.
Barcelona began the La Liga competitions with great achievements, both in attack and defense, which allowed him not to lose with 5 victories and a draw after 6 rounds, and to compete for the top spot with Real Madrid, the only one who won all the matches held so far.
These are the 5 statistics that dominate Barcelona under coach Xavi Hernandez in the tournament.
The strongest attack in the Spanish league
Barca scored 18 goals in only 6 rounds, with an average of 3 goals per match, and this data makes Barcelona the most scoring team in the tournament, followed by Real Madrid with 17 goals, and Athletic Bilbao (12).
Barca also has the top scorer of the Spanish League, the Polish Robert Lewandowski, who scored 8 goals in 6 matches, while the other 10 goals were scored by Ousmane Dembele (2), Ansu Fati (2), Rafinha, Memphis, Pedri, De Jong, Eric Garia and Serge Roberto.
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The strongest defense in the Spanish league
Barcelona also maintains great records in defense, conceding a single goal, and in this regard, Ter Stegen’s good performance at the net joins the good defensive performance of the team, becoming the German goalkeeper with the least number of goals conceded by a single goal in six matches.
Isak scored the only goal in the net against the German goalkeeper at the Anoeta stadium, where he beat Real Sociedad (1-4).
The king of the “clean sheet”
Barcelona did not score goals in 4 consecutive rounds, as it managed to win and besides the goalless draw against Rayo Vallecano in the first round, it becomes 5 rounds without scoring goals against Ter Stegen.
acquisition
Possession is another statistic dominated by coach Xavi’s players, and in these 6 matches, Barca has an average of 66.11% of control of the ball, exceeding the rest of the teams at a large rate, followed by Valencia with 61.9%, and Real Madrid with 57.06%.
Most shots on goal
In these 6 matches, Barca directed a total of 119 shots, and the Catalan team in statistics surpasses the other 19 teams to be considered the most dangerous.
In addition to Lewandowski as the top scorer in the tournament, Alejandro Balde stands out as the best assisting player with 3 assists, alongside Gilamon, Kang In and Joao Felix.