Barcelona’s dominant attacking show below Hansi Flick continues to show heads as they surpass final season’s whole purpose tally in file time.
Their 4-1 victory over Sevilla cemented their standing as a scoring powerhouse, taking their whole to 113 targets for the 2024-25 season — already three greater than the 110 targets they netted throughout all competitions final season.
What makes this achievement outstanding is the effectivity with which the crew has delivered these outcomes.
Whereas it took 53 matches to achieve their tally final season below Xavi, this time Barcelona have achieved it in simply 36 video games — a distinction of 17 fewer matches.
The newest sufferer
Towards Sevilla, the scoring started early when Robert Lewandowski discovered the online simply seven minutes into the match, matching final season’s whole of 110 targets.
Barcelona have scored 113 targets up to now this season. (Picture by Fran Santiago/Getty Photographs)
Fermin Lopez adopted go well with within the forty sixth minute to boost the rely to 111. Raphinha added his contribution within the fifty fifth minute, whereas Eric Garcia sealed the deal within the 89th minute, bringing the tally to a powerful 113 targets.
Barcelona at present lead La Liga in goal-scoring, having already netted 64 occasions this season — comfortably forward of second-placed Actual Madrid, who’ve 51 targets to their title.
Chasing one other file
The Catalan giants at the moment are eyeing the 116-goal mark achieved through the 2016-17 marketing campaign below Luis Enrique, which stands as their greatest attacking season in latest historical past.
The all-time file for targets in a single season belongs to Actual Madrid, who scored 121 targets in 2011-12.
Lewandowski continues to be a pivotal determine in Barcelona’s success. His purpose towards Sevilla not solely equalled his scoring tally from final season but additionally introduced him nearer to surpassing his 22-23 file.
With 19 targets up to now within the league, he leads the Pichichi race, staying forward of Kylian Mbappe, who trails with 16.