Since losing at Anoeta, the team has averaged 3.82 goals per game and possession of 70.85%.
They say that in football things can change from one day to another. There were 38 days between the 5-0 rout of Elche and Sunday’s win by the same score against Levante, where Barça have bounced back from the setback of defeat to Real Sociedad by winning an impressive eleven consecutive matches. The team has not put together a winning streak like that since 2008/09, when Josep Guardiola was the man in charge.
Those eleven games have seen FCB score a mighty 42 goals (3.82 per game) and only concede a miserly eight (0.72). They have had the ball in their possession for 70.85% of the time.
Messi and Neymar have produced the majority of Barça’s goals, while Suárez’s contribution in terms of assists has also been remarkable. And an amazing 26 different players have been involved in the impressive start top 2015. Here is a rundown of how each of them has performed:
Player | Goals | Assists | Total shots | Shots on target |
Minutes played |
Messi | 14 | 9 | 54 | 28 | 900 |
Neymar | 10 | 1 | 28 | 18 | 821 |
Suárez | 4 | 6 | 25 | 10 | 721 |
Pedro | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 348 |
Piqué | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 796 |
Alba | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 761 |
Adriano | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 250 |
Iniesta | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 514 |
Rafinha | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 397 |
Mathieu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 317 |
Sergi Roberto | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 226 |
Rakitic | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 592 |
Bartra | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 386 |
Xavi | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 249 |
Sergio | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 607 |
Montoya | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 242 |
Douglas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
Dani Alves | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 699 |
Munir | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 90 |
Halilovic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 |
Traoré | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62 |
Mascherano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 762 |
Bravo (gk) | / | / | / | / | 540 |
Ter Stegen (gk) | / | / | / | / | 450 |
Gumbau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
Samper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |