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23.03.2009 19:48

Barça hit yet another six

Berta Brau

Malaga became the fourth team to be hit for six by Barça this season. In fact, in just four games, they fall just one short of the number of goals the bottom placed club has managed in the entire championship.

Scoring goals in La Liga is no easy task, let alone six in the same match. But FC Barcelona have managed to do that no less than four times this season. Not only are they winning games, but they are doing so with sublime conviction.

Six appeal

Against Malaga, Barça won 6-0 for the second time this season and scored six for the fourth time. Before Malaga, Valladolid and Atlético Madrid had suffered similar humiliations at the Camp Nou. Sporting Gijón were the first side to suffer so devastatingly at the feet of the Barça goal machine, and in front of their own fans at El Molinón, where all they could muster was one consolidation goal in response.

24 goals in four games

The 24 goals scored in these four games amount to 28.6% of Barça’s total for the campaign. To show how impressive that statistic is, that tally from just four matches is only one shy of what Espanyol, the bottom placed club, have managed all season.

Yet more thrashings

But Barça have also managed to rout other teams this season. They have scored five twice, against Deportivo la Coruña and Almería at the Camp Nou. They have also knocked four past Valencia, Numancia and Malaga.

Other high scoring teams

There is no arguing that Barça are the league’s top scoring team. Real Madrid are a fair way short, but have also dealt out some punishments this season, including a 7-1 win against Sporting and a 6-1 win against Betis. No other side has managed to score six goals in a game this season, although Atlético Madrid, Racing Santander, Getafe and Osasuna have managed five.