Hansi Flick's new Barça have achieved a record of consecutive victories after their spectacular 7-0 thrashing of Valladolid and go into the first FIFA break of the season as sole leaders of LaLiga. Beyond the result, the match left us with many facts and curiosities that are worth reviewing. Barça's numbers in LaLiga, Raphinha's three goals, Lamine Yamal's record, "Pichichi" Lewandowski, the surprising performance of Dani Olmo, Ferran Torres... These are the main headlines from the Barcelona vs Valladolid match.
FC Barcelona 7-0 Valladolid stats
Barcelona have won their last 10 home league games against Valladolid. This is the second best winning streak against the Valladolid team in this competition after the 17-game streak achieved between 1956 and 1986.
In the last 16 league games against Valladolid played in Barcelona, the Blaugrana team has won 13 and drawn 3.
In the last 18 games against Valladolid in LaLiga, Barcelona have won 16 and lost 2, with 51 goals scored and 9 conceded.
FC Barcelona stats in LaLiga
With the victory against Valladolid (7-0), Barcelona has made its best start in LaLiga since the 2018-19 season with 4 wins in the first 4 games.
Hansi Flick's Barça is the sole leader of LaLiga EA Sports 2024-25 with 12 points, 4 wins, 0 losses, 0 draws, 13 goals for and 3 goals against.
Barcelona has 4 consecutive wins after beating Valladolid (7-0), Rayo (1-2), Athletic (2-1) and Valencia (1-2).
Barcelona is the only team in La Liga that has won all the games it has played.
Barcelona is already the highest scoring team in LaLiga with 13 goals in the first four games.
Against Valladolid, it was the first game that Hansi Flick's Barcelona kept a clean sheet. They had conceded three consecutive games: Valencia (-1), Athletic (-1) and Rayo (-1).
The 7-0 against Valladolid is Barcelona's biggest win in a league game since 2016 (0-8 at Deportivo) and the biggest at home since 2014 (7-0 against Osasuna).
Of the last 8 league games at home against newly promoted teams, Barcelona have won 6 and drawn 2. The last defeat was in 2022 against Rayo (0-1).
Hansi Flick stats
Hansi Flick's numbers as Barça coach: 4 official matches with a record of 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses, with 13 goals scored and 3 conceded.
Hansi Flick has used a total of 20 players in the 4 official matches played by Barcelona so far this season.
Hansi Flick has given debuts to 4 Barça youth players in the first 4 league matches: Marc Bernal, Pau Víctor, Gerard Martín and Sergio Domínguez.
Information on injured and suspended players
Hansi Flick was unable to count on the injured Marc Bernal, Christensen, De Jong, Araujo, Gavi and Ansu Fati for the match against Valladolid.
Goalscorers and assists statistics
In the 4 official matches so far this season, 7 Barça players have scored: Lewandowski (4), Raphinha (3), Dani Olmo (2), Lamine Yamal (1), Pedri (1), Ferran Torres (1) and Koundé (1).
In the 4 official matches so far this season, 5 Barça players have given goal assists: Lamine Yamal (4), Raphinha (2), Lewandowski (1), Ferran Torres (1) and Cubarsí (1).
Statistics of the most outstanding players of the match
Raphinha: In the 7-0 win over Valladolid, and after 91 matches, Raphinha scored his first hat-trick in the FC Barcelona shirt. The Brazilian striker was the MVP of a match in which he scored three goals and provided an assist. Raphinha is the first Brazilian player to score three goals in a LaLiga match since Coutinho in 2014.
Lamine Yamal: Barça's "19" is breaking all records. After providing two new assists in Barcelona's 7-0 win over Valladolid, the forward from Rocafonda has now played 8 consecutive official matches participating in his team's goals.
Lamine Yamal has scored or assisted in FC Barcelona's last four LaLiga matches and in Spain's last four Euro Cup matches.
Lamine Yamal is the first Barcelona player to provide 4 assists in the first 4 LaLiga games of a single season, equalling Leo Messi who also provided 4 assists in 2014-15.
Lewandowski: Robert Lewandowski has scored 4 goals in 4 games, after scoring again in the rout of Valladolid, and leads the Barça and LaLiga top scorers charts. In addition, against Valladolid, the Polish striker provided the assist for Rapinha to score the 4-0.
Dani Olmo: Dani Olmo once again showed that he is one of the best signings of the summer market. Against Valladolid he scored his second goal in LaLiga, sent 2 balls against the post and scored another goal that was correctly ruled out for offside.
Ferran Torres: On his first substitute after three consecutive starts, Ferran Torres scored a goal and provided an assist in the rout of Real Valladolid. Hansi Flick's plan at FC Barcelona is so spectacular that he manages to get a player as controversial as the Valencian to 'plug in'.
Jules Koundé: Koundé reaffirmed his great start to the season with FC Barcelona by scoring a goal in the rout of Valladolid (7-0). The Frenchman sealed the Barça victory just before half-time and continues to be in great form at right-back.
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