Seydou Keita is the squad member with most games played this season -55 in all – and he has been an ever present in the last 28. Below are some more facts and figures arising from the Deportivo game:
► Keita has only missed 5 of the team’s 60 games so far this season - the European
games against Panathinaikos (5-1) and both the games against Rubin Kazan (1-1 and 2-0), as well as
the two home league games against Seville (5-0) and Malaga (4-1).
► Bojan started the game after a month out with injury –he’d not played
since the 3-1 win over Almeria.
► Maxwell, who had been injured since the win over Osasuna, also made his reappearance
after injury.
►
Oriol Romeu made his league debut, having previously figured in the first leg of the Spanish Super
Cup against Seville.
► It was also Jonathon dos Santos’ first league game of the season at the Camp
Nou, having made his debut away to Villarreal and also played in a Cup, a Champions League and a
Super Cup game.
► Bartra played his first league game of this season, having debuted last season at the
Vicente Calderon.
► Bartra and Thiago were the players who recovered most possession- 9 balls each.
► The team have kept a clean sheet in 10 of the 19 games played –conceding just
10 goals in all.
► Curiously enough, this wasn’t the first time the Deportivo team have made a
guard of honour for Guardiola’s team – they did the same in the last game of the 08-09
season in the last game of the season at Riazor.