Barcelona are set to kickstart the brand new season tomorrow as they within the La Liga opener.
Because the defending champions, Barcelona will probably be anticipated to start out the marketing campaign on a powerful observe and safe three factors.
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If Barça’s mighty squad and distinctive pre-season type weren’t sufficient, historical past additionally seems to again the Catalans heading into the league opener.
Barcelona’s spectacular profitable file in opening fixtures
Final season, Flick’s males started with a comeback 2-1 win over Valencia at Mestalla. Robert Lewandowski’s brace overturned an early deficit to make sure the proper begin.
Whereas the 2021/22 and 2020/21 campaigns began with goalless attracts, Barcelona have in any other case been remarkably constant of their opening fixtures.
Can Barcelona lengthen their pre-season momentum and begin with a win over Mallorca? (Photograph by Judit Cartiel/Getty Photographs)
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The 2023/24 opener noticed them grind out a consequence in opposition to Getafe on the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, whereas the 2022/23 marketing campaign started at residence with a 0-0 in opposition to Rayo Vallecano.
The years prior produced extra emphatic begins, together with a 4-2 win over Actual Sociedad in 2021/22 and a 4-0 thrashing of Villarreal in 2020/21.
In actual fact, between the 2009/10 and 2018/19 seasons, Barcelona put collectively a shocking streak of ten consecutive opening-day victories.
Solely twice up to now decade have the Blaugrana didn’t win their first match of the season, and so they have suffered only one defeat of their final 15 league openers.
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That loss got here within the 2019/20 season, when Athletic Membership’s Aritz Aduriz scored a spectacular late winner at San Mames.
The earlier defeat earlier than that was all the best way again in August 2008 – Pep Guardiola’s debut as supervisor – in a 1-0 loss to Numancia.