Barcelona impressed today (Sunday) when they came back from behind and beat Real Madrid 1:2 in the El Clasico, thus recording another exciting chapter in the rich and long history between the two clubs. The outstanding numbers are in front of you.
– This is Barcelona’s longest winning streak over Real Madrid since the 2011/12 season, Pep Guardiola’s last. The Catalans won 1:3 in the League Cup and 0:1 in the King’s Cup. The teams will meet again on the return Seder night.
– Barcelona became the first team to beat Real Madrid 100 times in the 121 seasons in which the club existed.
– Sergi Roberto scored for the first time in Clasico in his 19th appearance. Only Migli and Carlos Puyol (20 appearances) have played more Clasico games without scoring between the field players.
Roberto usually plays as a midfielder or a right back, so he doesn’t often threaten the goal. He scored 6 times in the Clasico and was sent off with a straight red once, and now scored for the first time. He won 9 of the 18 games he participated in against Real Madrid. Roberto, by the way, scored the same amount of goals this season as he scored in the last 4 seasons combined.
His midfield partner, Sergio Busquets, will also want to score. Busquets has the record for appearances in these games with 47, more than anyone else. In second place are Sergio Ramos and Leo Messi with 45 each, with only Karim Benzema close behind with 42. Busquets has never scored in a Clasico.
Barcelona, by the way, will try to break history. The Catalans came back from behind to win for the last time in the Clasico in 1989, when they turned 0:1 into 1:3. Araujo’s own goal, earlier, was the 14th own goal in Clasico history. 11 of them, including Araujo’s goal, were scored in favor of the visiting team.