The Backwards Gooner: Barcelona Attacking Statistics 2010/2011

Monday, 1 November 2010

Barcelona Attacking Statistics 2010/2011

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Standout attacking performances:

David Villa
2 goals, 1 assist
Barcelona 5-0 Real Madrid (La Liga)

Lionel Messi
3 goals
Barcelona 4-0 Sevilla (Supercopa de Espana)

Lionel Messi
2 goals, 1 assist, 1 key pass
Barcelona 5-0 Sevilla (La Liga)

Lionel Messi
2 goals, 1 assist
Barcelona 5-1 Panathinaikos (Champions League)

Lionel Messi
1 goal, 2 assists
Getafe 1-3 Barcelona (La Liga)

Lionel Messi
3 goals, 2 assists
Almeria 0-8 Barcelona (La Liga)

Lionel Messi
2 assists, 1 key pass
Barcelona 5-0 Real Madrid (La Liga)

Lionel Messi
2 goals, 1 assist
Osasuna 0-3 Barcelona (La Liga)

Lionel Messi
2 goals, 1 key pass
Barcelona 5-0 Real Sociedad (La Liga)

Lionel Messi
2 assists, 1 key pass
Espanyol 1-5 Barcelona (La Liga)

Lionel Messi
1 goal, 2 assists
Deportivo 0-4 Barcelona (La Liga)

Lionel Messi
3 goals, 1 key pass
Barcelona 5-0 Real Betis (Copa del Rey)

Lionel Messi
2 goals, 1 assist, 1 key pass
Barcelona 5-0 Almeria (Copa del Rey)

Lionel Messi
3 goals
Barcelona 3-0 Atletico Madrid (La Liga)

Lionel Messi
2 goals, 1 assist
Barcelona 3-1 Almeria (La Liga)

Pedro
2 goals, 1 key pass
Espanyol 1-5 Barcelona (La Liga)

Thiago
3 assists
Barcelona 5-1 Ceuta (Copa del Rey)

Xavi
1 assist, 2 key passes
Barcelona 5-1 Panathinaikos (Champions League)

Xavi
1 goal, 1 assist, 1 key pass
Espanyol 1-5 Barcelona (La Liga)

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Berend Beunhaas · 741 weeks ago

What is a key pass? Is it the assist of the assist?

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BackwardsGooner 61p · 741 weeks ago

Hello

Key passes are any passes that I feel are creative and add momentum to an attack in which a goal is scored. For instance
-a tackle/interception leading to a counter-attack
-a throughball in between the centre back/fullback for a wide player to run onto and square across goal (like Xavi's throughball vs Malaga last season)
-a long pass out to the wing for a wide player to cross into the box
-a forward pass into the space between the opposition defence and midfield, which then sets up a simple throughball into the box (for instance Alonso's pass to Benzema which led to Pedro Leon's goal against Milan this season)
-an accurate set piece into the box which gets headed on for someone else to score
-an aerial ball into the box which gets knocked down for someone else to score (like Alonso's pass to set up Oezil's backheel/Benzema's goal vs Ajax this season)
etc etc

Sometimes a goal will have more than 1 key pass, sometimes there might be no key passes. It's a matter of my opinion but I think it adds a little bit more depth to statistics, beyond just goals + assists.

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Totaalvoetbal · 732 weeks ago

Did you not count his assist vs Zaragoza?

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Totaalvoetbal · 732 weeks ago

I mean Messi's assist..

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BackwardsGooner 61p · 732 weeks ago

Is that the one which Keita scored? I didn't count it because the defender blocked it and it took a deflection off him into Keita's path. I've recorded it as a key pass instead.

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Totaalvoetbal · 731 weeks ago

Why? When Messi takes a shot on goal, and the ball deflects slightly from a defender, then the goal would be Messi's and not a own goal. De pass Messe gave doesn't chance direction drastically. So it should be a assist. (On the barca site Messi has 17 assists).

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BackwardsGooner 61p · 731 weeks ago

I try to keep in line with the OPTA definition of an assist, it makes it easier to maintain consistency.

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