► The streak equals that by Real Madrid 50 years ago between game 27 of the 1950/51 season and game 12 of 1952/53.

► Puyol played his 350th league game at Mestalla. He won three balls and made 20 good passes.

► Cesc has become the first Barça midfielder ever to score in the first four games of a league campaign.

► Xavi was the most active player last night with 103 passes.

► Dani Alves, who played as left back and left midfielder, led his team in successful tackles, fourteen.

► Pedro scored his 47th goal for Barça in Valencia, and his 23rd away from home. . Four of those, like the one at Mestalla, were scored in the first quarter of an hour of the match.

► Emery and Guardiola had drawn 2-2 in Valencia before in the 2008/09 season, when a Pablo goal also made it 2-1 before Henry snatched a late equaliser. The game went in a strikingly similar fashion to Wednesday’s game, although Barça scored first in the previous match.

► Valdés (414) is only seven appearances behind Guillermo Amor (421), the player who is currently fifth in the club’s all-time ranking.

► The goalkeeper has played 299 league matches. He could make his 300th appearance against Atlético Madrid, the side against which he made his debut.

► Barça have not finished any games this season in which they have only conceded one goal. They have either kept a clean sheet or conceded two.