FC Barcelona will this weekend attempt to pick up from where they left off in 2018: With a win. Their first LaLiga game of the year takes place this Sunday away to Getafe (8:45pm CET), on Matchday 18. Here are the precedents for the last 10 returns from the winter break in LaLiga.
| Year |
Match |
Result |
| 2009 |
FC Barcelona - Mallorca |
3-1 |
| 2010 |
FC Barcelona - Villarreal |
1-1 |
| 2011 |
FC Barcelona - Levante |
2-1 |
| 2012 |
Espanyol - FC Barcelona |
1-1 |
| 2013 |
FC Barcelona - Espanyol |
4-0 |
| 2014 |
FC Barcelona - Elche |
4-0 |
| 2015 |
Reial Sociedad - FC Barcelona |
1-0 |
| 2016 |
Espanyol - FC Barcelona |
0-0 |
| 2017 |
Villarreal - FC Barcelona |
1-1 |
| 2018 |
FC Barcelona - Levante |
3-0 |
The record from the last decade stands at five wins, four draws and just one defeat -In 2015 against Real Sociedad. Curiously, 2019 is not the first time in which Getafe have been Barça's first adversaries of the year: In 2007, they played them to start their January action, drawing 1-1 with the goals scored by Dani Güiza and Xavi Hernández.
