19.12.2010 12:04

Facts and figures of the Espanyol win

Jordi Clos

No team had ever scored five at the Cornellà-El Prat Stadium until Barça turned over Espanyol last night. Here are some of the facts and figures from that historic win:

- The win was Barça’s biggest in the history of the fixture, beating the 0-4 wins from 1981/82 and 1991/92.

- Guardiola’s team have extended their already record start as the away team and have now run up eight wins out of eight on the road.

- The win was Barça’s tenth on the run in the league and their tenth consecutive win in all competitions.

- Since the defeat to Hercules, Barça have gone 22 games unbeaten, the best run of the Guardiola era.

- Barça have put five past six teams so far this season: Panathinaikos, Seville, Ceuta, Madrid, Real Sociedad and Espanyol, whilst also scoring eight against Almeria.

- Víctor Valdés beat his own record and reached 576 minutes without conceding a goal.

- Over the last five games, Barça have scored 31 goals and conceded just 1.

- The team’s current goal difference is 42 - 51 goals scored and 9 conceded.

- Espanyol had 7 shots, compared with Barça’s 18 attempts.

- Piqué’s yellow card for handball on 53 minutes means he misses the next league game against Llevant.

- Busquets and Abidal were the players who won most possession, with 12 tackles each.

- With 111 interventions, Xavi was again the player who was most involved in the game.