Barcelona have this afternoon secured for themselves a head-turning benchmark. This comes owing to developments in the club’s La Liga showdown with Espanyol.
Hansi Flick’s troops are of course currently locked in action, in the season’s first edition of The Derbi Barceloní.
And, as things stand late in proceedings in Catalunya’s capital, the Blaugrana find themselves headed towards yet another three-point haul.
Owing to first-half strikes on the part of Dani Olmo (2) and Raphinha, the evening’s hosts lead by three goals to one at Montjuïc.
And it is such exploits in front of goal which, as alluded to above, have given rise to an altogether noteworthy statistic.
As revealed by statisticians Opta, after Dani Olmo hit the five-goal mark courtesy of his first-half double on Sunday, Barcelona became ‘the only team with four different players to have scored at least five goals in Europe’s top five leagues this season’.
The other Blaugrana stars to have managed 5+ La Liga goals in 2024/25? Robert Lewandowski (14), Raphinha (7), and Lamine Yamal (5).
Conor Laird – GSFN
