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24.11.2007 22:17

League: fifty games scoring at Nou Camp

Berta Brau

With Saturday night’s three goals against Recreativo (3-0), Barça have now gone 50 games scoring at least one goal at Nou Camp, a ground synonymous with good entertaining football.

On March 1st 2005, Nou Camp hosted the game between Rijkaard’s Barça and Lotina’s Espanyol, which ended in a nil-nil draw. Since that day, Barça have scored at least one goal in every league game in Nou Camp.

The Blaugrana fortress

Since that Barça-Espanyol derby, two years eight months and 23 days ago, Barça have played 50 league games in Nou Camp, with 41 victories, 8 draws and only one defeat. Another interesting statistic is that FC Barcelona have won 127 points from a possible 150 in these games: 84% of maximum points possible.

Synonymous with good entertaining football and goals

Barça have also made games in Nou Camp synonymous with good entertaining football and goals. Over these fifty games, Rijkaard’s men have scored an average of over two goals a game.

Good averages in Nou Camp

Since the draw with Espanyol, FC Barcelona finished the 2004/05 season with an average of 2.4 goals per game at Nou Camp. The following season, they obtained an average of 2.37 goals per home game. Last season this figure dropped slightly to 2.16 goals per game.

50 consecutive games with goals

Barça have started this season better, with an average of 2.86 goals per home league game (20 goals in seven games). The Blaugranas now total 50 consecutive home league games scoring, with a total of 118 goals, or 2.36 per game.