03.03.2011 13:03
Stats from another win for the record books
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With the 1-0 win in Valencia, Barça has broken a new all-time record of away wins. Here are some stats from the match between Valencia and FC Barcelona.
- Barça reached 20 away games unbeaten in the league, beating the run of 19 games achieved by Real
Sociedad between 1979 and 1980.
- In addition, Barça has recorded 12 victories in 13 away games in 2010/11 season is only one
away from the previous record achieved in seasons 2008/09 and 2009/10.
- Third time lucky. Guardiola's team won away at Valencia, something they had never done. The
two previous visits ended in draws, 2-2 and 0-0..
- In the last five seasons, following the 26th match-day, Barca’s points total has
progressively grown: 2006/07 (50 pts), 2007/08 (54 pts), 2008/09 (63 pts), 2009/10 (65 pts) and
2010/11 (71 pts).
- Busquets is still the talisman. The side now has 25 consecutive league wins with him in the
starting line-up.
- Pinto has let in just 1 goal in the 3 games that he’s played, against Athletic Club
(2-1), Mallorca (3-0) and Valencia (1-0), and that was a penalty.
- Busquets, Messi, Valdes and Mascherano are one yellow card from suspension.
- Barça only committed 7 fouls in the whole game. Pedro and Iniesta, with two each, topped
the list.
- Messi had more shots on goal than the whole Valencia team (7).
- Busquets and Banega were the players who won most balls.