Luis Suárez reclaims 'pichichi'

Luis Suárez reclaims 'pichichi'

Luis Suárez, with his goal against Dépor, takes his tally to six and is joint top of La Liga's scoring charts along with Griezmann

Luis Suárez assisted the opening goal against Deportivo and scored the third, taking him to six goals in the league this campaign. The Uruguayan is now level with Antoine Griezmann, making the two strikers La Liga's joint top scorers. Read on for more stats relating to Saturday's game against Depor at the Camp Nou:

  • Messi's goal yesterday was his 180th league goal at Camp Nou, overtaking Zarra as the leading scorer at home in La Liga's history.
  • Neymar Jr provided two assists last night, one for Suárez and one forMessi, and has a total of eight this season, with three in La Liga and five in the Champions League.
  • FC Barcelona attempted 663 passes with 587 of them being successful. This is more than double what Deportivo de la Coruña achieved with 270 and 201 respectively.
  • Gerard Piqué has played 250 games in the Spanish First Division with 22 games for Zaragoza and 228 appearances for Barça.
  • Arda Turan recovered the most balls in Saturday's game with ten in total, one ahead of Rakitic and two more than Busquets and Mascherano managed.
  • Luis Suárez has now scored 62 goals in the league with Barça and has drawn level with his 1960 Golden Boot winning namesake, Luis Suárez, who scored 62 times in 126 league games for the Catalans. Uruguayan Suárez has found the net as many times in only 70 games!
  • Neymar Jr and Mascherano were the two most fouled players with the Brazilian on the receiving end of six and the Argentinian five.
  • Rafinha has now scored two in a game three times in his career. The first time was with Barça B against Cartagena in 2011 and the second time was with Celta Vigo in 2013 against Real Sociedad.
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