30.01.2011 13:32

401 goals under Guardiola

Marc Guillén

Guardiola’s Barça have taken just two and a half seasons to pass the 400 goal mark –notching up 401 goals in 157 official games. Under Guardiola’s stewardship the team have continued to improve their goal scoring figures year on year.

Saturday January 29th 2011: Messi picks up the ball in front of the Hercules box and although Alves is free down the right, he decides to go it alone and hits a great strike past the keeper. That goal finishes off the hosts’ hopes and also makes it 400 goals under Guardiola. 97 seconds later, the world number 1 made it 0-3 with the 401st.

More goals than ever

Guardiola’s teams have always recorded great goal scoring figures, but this season they have surpassed their own superlative standards. During the 2008/09 season, when they won the treble, they averaged 2,54 goals a game and last year that slipped a little to 2,33 before bouncing back to an astonishing 2.91 so far this season.

Messi leads the charge

Guardiola’s leading scorer is Messi, with 122 goals, followed by Pedro with 42, Eto’o with 36, Henry on 30 and then Bojan with 26.

More goals in La Liga

It’s the La Liga competition where Guardiola’s team’s fire power has been most evident, with an average of 2,78 goals a game, compared to 2,25 in the Cup and 2,12 in the Champions League.