Barça will face Getafe at the Coliseum, where they have not won for 5 years

​FC Barcelona will visit Getafe for matchday 20 of LaLiga. They will face the blue team, who will have the home court advantage in their favour. The Coliseum is a stadium that has not been good for the Catalan team for a few years. In fact, the last time the Catalan team left the Spanish capital with three points under their belt was in September 2019.

That day, with Ernesto Valverde in charge of the Blaugrana bench, the starting eleven was as follows: Ter Stegen; Sergi Roberto, Piqué, Lenglet, Junior Firpo; Busquets, Arthur, De Jong; Carles Pérez, Luis Suárez and Antoine Griezmann. Due to injury, neither Leo Messi nor Ansu Fati were available. Despite this, the match ended 0-2 for the Catalans, with goals from 'Lucho' and Firpo.

Complete drought for Barça at the Coliseum

The most striking thing of all, as if not winning at Getafe's stadium since 2019 was not enough, is that Barça have not scored a goal there since the same date. That is to say, the last player to send a ball into the back of the net with the Barcelona jersey on at the Coliseum was Junior Firpo. He did so in the 49th minute, taking advantage of a rebound that David Soria left loose after blocking a shot from the edge of the area by Carles Pérez.

The last visits since that date have been 3 draws to zero and a 1-0 defeat. Thus, the team led by Hansi Flick has the opportunity to break a bad streak in the first matchday they play this year in LaLiga. Taking into account that they are coming off a sweet start, after the exhibition and thrashing of Real Betis (5-1) and the achievement of the Spanish Super Cup, it seems more than feasible to end the 'jinx'.

Last 5 visits of FC Barcelona to the Coliseum:

• 13/08/2023 Getafe 0-0 Barça (Season 2023/2024)
• 16/04/2023 Getafe 0-0 Barça (Season 2022/2023)
• 15/05/2022 Getafe 0-0 Barça (Season 2021/2022)
• 17/10/2020 Getafe 1-0 Barça (Season 2020/2021)
• 28/09/2019 Getafe 0-2 Barça (Season 2019/2020)