Flick's Barça is looking more and more like Xavi's... in the League

The brutal start to the season for Hansi Flick's FC Barcelona has been brought to an abrupt halt by a terrible run of results in La Liga. After recording 12 wins and 1 loss in the first 13 games, the Catalans have only managed one win in the last 6 games, in addition to 2 draws and 3 losses, the last of which was against Leganés in Montjuïc this Sunday (0-1).

This fall at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys leaves the team managed by Hansi Flick with 38 points in their first 18 games in the league championship. Numbers that put the German on a par with Xavi Hernández, who in his two full seasons at the orders of Barça reached, and even surpassed, these records.

The numbers from Xavi and Flick's first 18 La Liga games

In their first full season in charge of the Barça team, in 2022-23, the team led by the man from Egar accumulated 47 points by recording 15 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, with a balance of 38 goals for and just 7 against. The Blaugranas drew with Rayo Vallecano (0-0) and Espanyol (1-1), while they were defeated by Real Madrid in the first Clásico of the year at the Bernabéu (3-1).

In his second season in charge of Barça, Xavi recorded 38 points, accumulating 11 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses with a balance of 34 goals for and 21 against. The Blaugranas shared points with Getafe (0-0), Mallorca (2-2), Granada (2-2), Rayo (1-1) and Valencia (1-1), all of them as visitors, and were defeated by Real Madrid (1-2) and Girona (2-4) at Montjuïc.

For its part, this season the team led by Hansi Flick has 38 points, accumulating 12 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses with a balance of 50 goals for and 20 against. The Catalans signed draws against Celta (2-2) and Betis (2-2) and were beaten by Osasuna (4-2) and Real Sociedad (1-0) away and Las Palmas (1-2) and Leganés (0-1) at Montjuïc.