It wasn’t just the 8-0 result that showed Barça’s domination against Osasuna – there were plenty of other stats that betrayed Guardiola’s team’s superiority.
Images: Miguel Ruiz / Àlex Caparrós (FCB).
► Barça enjoyed 79.3 % overall, with moments when they reached 90%
► Barça made 805 successful passes, against 119 by Osasuna.
► 15 of Barça’s 18 attempts were on target - eight went in
and two hit the woodwork. Osasuna brought just one save from Valdes.
► Barça’s last 8-0 home win in the league was in the 1996-7 season against
Logroñes.
► Osasuna also shipped eight in the 1993-94 season at the Camp Nou (8-1).
► Messi is level with Valencia striker Soldado as the league’s leading scorer
with five goals in three games.
► Osasuna is one of David Villa’s favourite victims –he’s scored 13
goals against them.
► Cesc Fàbregas is the only Barça player to have scored in each of Barça’s three
league games so far this season.
► Xavi scored the 40th league goal of his career and completed a total of 87 of his 101
passes.
► Cesc was the leading passer of the game with 101 successful from 112 attempts.
► Thiago Alcántara recovered most possession for Barça, with eight interventions.