Kylian Mbappe’s arrival was broadly celebrated within the Spanish capital as the start of a particular dynasty of forwards at Actual Madrid.
Midway into the season, nevertheless, it’s Barcelona’s attacking trident that’s outperforming Los Blancos’ entrance three and by fairly some margin. The truth is, Barcelona’s entrance three can declare to be thought of the very best on this planet.
Miles aside
One of the best level of comparability to start out understanding the distinction in output between Barcelona and Actual Madrid’s entrance three is the head-to-head conferences the place Hansi Flick’s facet have loved the intense higher hand.
Within the two video games the Spanish heavyweights have performed in opposition to one another to this point this season, Barcelona have scored a surprising 9 targets to Actual Madrid’s two.
Of them, Barcelona’s ahead trio have scored eight occasions whereas Los Blancos solely have Kylian Mbappe and Rodrygo on one objective every with Vinicius Jr. firing blanks final night time.
Raphinha, Lewandowski, and Lamine on one other stage. (Photograph by Angel Martinez/Getty Photographs)
Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Lamine Yamal all three scored in each video games in opposition to Actual Madrid. The primary time round, it was the Polish striker with a brace and final night time, the Brazilian had the honour of firing two targets.
Wanting past head-to-head video games, Barcelona’s dominance is simply amplified significantly.
The Yamal-Lewandowski-Raphinha mixture, in spite of everything, has scored 53 targets to this point this season with the Polish striker scoring 26, the Brazilian 19 and the Spaniard eight. Compared, Actual Madrid’s entrance three solely have 38 targets.
As a staff, Barcelona common slightly below three targets per sport and have scored an astonishing 83 targets in simply 28 video games to this point and are Europe’s most potent attacking facet even forward of Liverpool and Bayern Munich.
Curiously, additionally it is two Barcelona gamers who prime the scoring charts in each La Liga and the UEFA Champions League – Lewandowski and Raphinha. Within the Spanish Tremendous Cup, it was Raphinha and Yamal who shared the identical honour.