If there is one aspect in which Barça has improved since Hansi Flick took over the reins of the first team, it is in the offensive aspect. The numbers speak for themselves: 88 goals scored in 29 games, an average of 3.03 goals per match. The group tendency is much more vertical and aggressive. The modus operandi is clear: high and strong pressure after losing the ball, quick recovery and attack. This makes the goal-scoring figures of all players grow.
Likewise, other factors of vital importance must be added. The first and perhaps the most differential is the performance of Lamine Yamal. The player from Rocafonda is having his first great season and has contributed 22 goals (9 goals and 13 assists) in 24 games. Likewise, despite the low moment he experienced, Lewandowski has returned to being the voracious striker who scores everything and has scored 26 goals in 27 matches. Finally, Raphinha has finished exploding on the left wing and has sent 20 balls into the back of the net, as well as given 9 passes to his teammates to do so, in 28 matches. Between the three of them, they have participated in 90.90% of the goals scored by FC Barcelona this season.
In this context of a whirlwind of offensive football, it is a matter of time before the records of this season begin to surpass those of other seasons. Without going any further, with the thrashing of the round of 16 tie against Real Betis (5-1), the 88 goals generated this campaign already exceed the 86 that Barça achieved under the command of Ronald Koeman and Xavi in 2021/2022. The most striking thing of all is that, to reach the aforementioned figure at the time, the Catalans needed 53 games, compared to the 29 played so far.
If the scoring rate continues at the same level, it is certain that the figures of the two full seasons in which Xavi Hernández was coach will be surpassed (112 goals in 2022/2023 and 108 in 2023/24). However, the 2011/2012 season in which the Blaugrana team, led by Pep Guardiola, managed to score 190 goals is still a long way off. There is still a long way to go in the season, we will have to wait to see what the final result is.