Stats present Barcelona face alarming actuality with out their €150 million-rated sensation

Barcelona’s current run of type has largely been attributed to the absence of Lamine Yamal, forcing many followers right into a dilemma of whether or not the staff is just too depending on the teenager at this level.

Certainly, it’s too early to evaluate whether or not the staff’s deficiencies in current video games are right down to {the teenager}’s damage and resultant absence. In spite of everything, the staff has been producing threats from a number of sources and has appeared well-oiled.

Nonetheless, it’s clear that it’s no mere coincidence and the numbers converse for themselves.

Barcelona’s contrasting document

To place issues in perspective, of the 33 video games Barcelona have performed to date with Yamal beginning since his debut, they’ve gained a staggering 27, drawn three and misplaced three. That makes their win proportion with him on the sector a surprising 82%.

Additional, the Blaugrana averages 2.64 targets per recreation with him on the sector, a statistic that clearly reveals how he impacts the play within the remaining third.

Barcelona have struggled with out Lamine Yamal. (Picture by David Ramos/Getty Pictures)

With out him beginning, nonetheless, Barcelona have gained simply 10 of their 19 video games and see their win proportion drop to an alarming 53%. They’ve even misplaced 4 instances with out him accessible and have drawn the 5 remaining video games.

What’s extra is that Barcelona’s common targets per recreation fall to 1.79 with out Yamal, implying a distinction of virtually one objective in each recreation in his absence.

In current weeks, Barcelona misplaced towards Actual Sociedad after Yamal’s newest damage after which went on to attract towards Celta Vigo.

Later tonight, they’ll as soon as once more be with out his providers as they tackle Brest within the UEFA Champions League and it stays to be seen if they’ll show the ‘Yamal-depencia’ principle flawed.

Because it stands, the Catalans hope to have him again towards Las Palmas and Hansi Flick will hope he meets the restoration deadline this time round.

*Participant valuation in title obtained from transfermarkt.com on the date of publication.