Hansi Flick fails to outperform Xavi: Barcelona's decline in La Liga

Hansi Flick's FC Barcelona have experienced a brutal and dizzying decline in La Liga. After adding 12 wins and 1 defeat in the first 13 games, the Catalan team closes the first half of the season with a terrifying run of results, achieving one win in the last 7 games, as well as 2 draws and 5 losses, the last of them against Atlético de Madrid in Montjuïc this Sunday (1-2).

This hard fall at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys leaves the team led by the German with 38 points in their first 18 games in the league championship. Numbers that leave the current Barça coach behind Xavi Hernández, who in his two full seasons at the orders of Barça surpassed these records.

The numbers from Xavi and Flick's first 19 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 50 points by recording 16 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, with a balance of 39 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 41 points, accumulating 12 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses with a balance of 36 goals for and 22 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 5 losses with a balance of 51 goals for and 22 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), Leganés (0-1) and Atlético de Madrid (1-2) in Montjuïc.