Villarreal 1-5 Barcelona: Key stats and key data

FC Barcelona has claimed its sixth consecutive victory after its spectacular thrashing of Villarreal (1-5) and remains undefeated and sole leader of LaLiga EA Sports 2024/25.

Beyond the result, the match left us with many records, data and curiosities that are worth reviewing. Ter Stegen's injury, Barça's statistics, Hansi Flick's LaLiga record, Lewandowski and Raphinha's two goals, Pablo Torre's goal and assist, Lamine Yamal's great game... We review them

FC Barcelona statistics in LaLiga

NOTABLE LEADER: Hansi Flick's Barça is the sole leader of LaLiga EA Sports 2024-25 with 18 points, 6 wins, 0 losses, 0 draws, 22 goals for and 5 goals against.

6 WINS IN A ROW AND 18 POINTS OUT OF 18: Barcelona have now won 6 consecutive games after beating Villarreal (1-5), Girona (1-4), Valladolid (7-0), Rayo (1-2), Athletic (2-1) and Valencia (1-2).

UNBEATEN LEADER: Barcelona are the only team in La Liga to have won all six of their games.

TOP SCORER: Barcelona are the team that have scored the most goals in La Liga with 22 goals in the first six games.

ONLY 1 GAME WITHOUT CONCESSING: Barcelona have conceded goals in five of the six games played. Against Valladolid, it was the first and only game that Hansi Flick's Barcelona kept a clean sheet. They have conceded goals against: Valencia (-1), Athletic (-1), Rayo (-1), Girona (-1) and Villarreal (-1).

ALL-TIME TOP SCORER IN LA LIGA: FC Barcelona's 1-5 win over Villarreal keeps the Blaugrana team as the all-time leader in goals in LaLiga. The Blaugrana team has 6,499 goals in favor in 3,033 games played, 3 goals more than Real Madrid, who have 6,496.

18 GAMES WITHOUT LOSING: El Madrigal is the first stadium in which Barcelona has chained 18 consecutive official games without losing as a visitor in its 125-year history.

Hansi Flick's statistics

UNBEATEN COACH: Hansi Flick's numbers as Barça's coach in La Liga: 6 games with a record of 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses, with 22 goals scored and 5 conceded.

HISTORY OF LA LIGA: Hansi Flick joins the select list of coaches who have won their first 6 games in La Liga: José Manue Díaz Novoa with Sporting in 1979; Carlos Alberto Silva with Deportivo in 1997; Louis van Gaal with Barça in 1997; Vanderlei Luxemburgo with Real Madrid in 2005; Tito Vilanova with Barça in 2012 and Gerardo Tata Martino with Barça in 2013.

HE EQUALS 2 LEGENDS: With the victories against Valencia, Athletic, Rayo, Valladolid, Girona and Villarreal, Hansi Flick has equalled the record of two legendary Barça coaches: Pep Guardiola and Tito Vilanova.

21 PLAYERS: Hansi Flick has used a total of 21 players in the 6 games played by Barcelona so far in the League.

6 STARTING PLAYERS: Six FC Barcelona players have accumulated six starts in the League: Ter Stegen, Koundé, Iñigo Martínez, Lamine Yamal, Raphinha and Lewandowski.

2 PLAYED EVERYTHING: Two FC Barcelona players have played every minute of every game: Koundé and Raphinha.

6 DEBUTANTS: Hansi Flick has given debuts to 5 Barça youth players in the 6 League games: Marc Bernal, Pau Víctor, Gerard Martín, Sergio Domínguez and Héctor Fort.

Information on injured and suspended players

8 INJURED: Hansi Flick was unable to count on the injured Dani Olmo, Marc Bernal, Christensen, De Jong, Araujo, Fermín López and Gavi for the game against Villarreal. Now, Ter Stegen must be added to the list, as he was seriously injured in the game.

1 SUSPENDED: Hansi Flick was unable to count on Ferran Torres for the game against Villarreal, having been sent off in Girona.

Goalscorers and assists statistics

TOP DOUBLE IN EUROPE: Barcelona is the only team in the five major European leagues to have at least two players who have scored 5+ goals this season (Robert Lewandowski with 6 and Raphinha with 5).

GOALS AND ASSISTS: Pablo Torre is the fourth Barcelona player to score and assist in the same LaLiga match after Raphinha, Lewandowski and Ferran Torres. No other team in the five major European leagues has seen more players do so this season.

8 SCORERS AND 22 GOALS: In the 6 LaLiga matches, 8 players in the Barça squad have found the net: Lewandowski (6), Raphinha (5), Dani Olmo (3), Lamine Yamal (3), Pedri (2), Ferran Torres (1), Pablo Torre (1) and Koundé (1).

10 ASSISTANTS AND 16 ASSISTS: In the 6 league games we have played, 10 players in the Barça squad have given 15 assists: Lamine Yamal (5), Raphinha (2), Lewandowski (2), Marc Casadó (1), Ferran Torres (1), Koundé (1), Cubarsí (1), Pedri (1), Pablo Torre (1) and Pau Víctor (1).

7 BALLS OFF THE POST: In 6 league games, Barcelona has hit the woodwork 7 times: two against Athletic (Lewandowski), one against Rayo (Dani Olmo) and three against Valladolid (two by Dani Olmo and one by Lewandowski), and one against Villarreal (Lamine Yamal).

Stats for the standout players in the match

LAMINE YAMAL: Barça's "19" has scored or assisted in each of FC Barcelona's last 6 LaLiga games in a row.

3 GOALS AND 5 ASSISTS: The Barcelona winger has been involved in 8 goals in 6 LaLiga games 24/25 (three goals and five assists)

8 GOALS AND 9 ASSISTS: Lamine Yamal has been involved in 17 goals in 44 LaLiga games (8 goals and 9 assists).

14 GOALS AND 22 ASSISTS: At 17 years old, Lamine Yamal already has 14 goals and 22 assists in professional football (club and national team).

LEWY VS MBAPPÉ: Lewandowski: 6 goals (1 penalty) with 10 shots on goal vs Kylian Mbappé: 4 goals (3 penalties) with 18 shots on goal.

6 GOALS IN 6 GAMES: Robert Lewandowski has scored 6 goals in 6 games and leads the Barça and LaLiga EA Sports 2024/25 top scorers charts.

PABLO TORRE: Pablo Torre's first goal in La Liga and the second he has scored in an official competition with the Barcelona shirt (he scored in the Champions League against Viktoria Plzen on 01.11.2022).

GOAL AND ASSIST: Pablo Torre is the fourth Barcelona player to score and assist in the same LaLiga game after Raphinha, Lewandowski and Ferran Torres.

PEDRI: Pedri González provided his first assist in LaLiga 2024/25. He has also scored 2 goals (against Girona and Rayo).

PAU VÍCTOR: The forward provided his first assist in LaLiga EA Sports.

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