End of a goalscoring run
The longest goalscoring run in FC Barcelona history came to end at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday. After failing to score in the Champions League against Chelsea, Hansi Flick's team's streak of finding the net in 53 straight fixtures came to an end.
The previous best run came back in 1944 when the blaugranes went 44 matches scoring at least once. The current run lasted almost a year as before Tuesday's game in London, the last time the team had failed to find the net was on 15 December 2024 against Leganés in La Liga. Since then they were able to score at least once in 33 league matches, 12 Champions League games, six in the Copa del Rey and two in the Spanish Super Cup.
Of those 53 games, Barça emerged victorious in 39, drawing seven and losing just seven, scoring 151 goals in the process.
Favourite opponents
The game in La Liga between Barça and Valencia in January 2025 at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys saw Barça win 7-1, the most goals they managed in a game during their 53 game run. A brace from Fermín and goals from Frenkie de Jong, Ferran Torres, Raphinha, Lewandowski and an own goal from Tàrrega sealed a convincing victory.
Against Valencia this season at the Estadi Johan Cruyff, the blaugranes put six past the same opponents, Valencia with Fermín, Raphinha and Lewandowski all scoring twice. In the Champions League this season Barça defeated Olympiacos 6-1 at Montjuïc thanks to a hat-trick from Fermín, two from Rashford and a penalty from Lamine Yamal.
After scoring 18 goals against Valencia thanks to another big win, 5-0 in the Copa del Rey, one other team has been on the end of Barça's scoring run - Real Madrid. The blaugranes scored five in the victory in the Spanish Super Cup Clásico final, three in their Copa del Rey win, also in the final, and another four in a thrilling win in La Liga towards the end of the campaign, not to mention the goal in the 2-1 defeat at the Santiago Bernabéu this season.
Top scorers
During the 53 game run, Robert Lewandowski was top scorer with 27 out of a total of 151. Next comes Ferran on 23, Raphinha on 20, Lamine Yamal on 18 and Fermín with 14.
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