The dominance of Barcelona

Barca's dominance in the domestic league is evident. Barcelona have won the league seven times since 2008-09. They have only not been able to win on three occasions since then. Real Madrid in 2012 and 2017 and Atletico in 2014.  Barcelona is within touching distance of its eighth league title in 11 seasons. An unprecedented dominance in the modern era of the league. They are 10 points clear of second and 12 clear of third. There are 10 matches left to play. 

Mathematically, a massive collapse or a great fightback is still possible, but it's complicated for such a disaster to occur taking into account they have only suffered two defeats in the last 28 matches played. Barcelona have also got a better head to head record than Real Madrid; Atletico has got one last chance when they visit the Camp Nou. Ernesto Valverde's team lead the way in almost all individual and team stats. In 10 different statistics of great importance, the 'Azulgrana' are in first position. 

Real Madrid are the team which has won La Liga on most occasions in its 88 year history. 33 titles for Real Madrid, 25 for Barcelona. Real's advantage has been reduced in recent times. In the last three decades, Madrid have won nine leagues, Barcelona 15 and on the verge of making it 16. The irruption of Leo Messi, of course, is largely responsible for this domiantion. He is the highest ever goalscorer and is two wins away from being the player with the most number of La Liga wins ever (Iker Casillas is top at the moment with 334).

Below are some of the stats: Top scorer, player with most assists, highest scoring team, team with most possession, team with most passes and cleanest team. 

March 19, 2019