Final fifteen minutes of league games fruitful for Barça
Xavi’s side lead the way for goals scored and points earned in the final fifteen minutes of games in the top five European leagues
Films are known for having happy endings and that’s the case for Barça this season too. Xavi Hernández’ side have a dogged approach and keep going to the end to create their own happy ending. The blaugranes are prolific in the final fifteen minutes of league games and they are currently leading the way for goals scored and points earned during the period.
To the final whistle. An expression very much taken on board by the FC Barcelona players this season as they have proved to be somewhat specialists during the final fifteen minutes of games in LaLiga. Always a tense time in a game, Barça have scored nine times and earned eight points, the best record from any team in Europe, making Xavi’s side are dangerous proposition towards the end of league games.
9 goals scored in the final fifteen minutes
Xavi Hernández’ Barça have scored nine goals in the final fifteen minutes of league games this season, sometimes managing to turn a game blaugrana when the outcome seemed to be going another way. Probably the most interesting and invigorating league game climax was against Celta Vigo at the Estadi Olímpic Lluis Companys. The game went from sadness at 0-2 on 80 minutes to euphoria when it became 3-2, Robert Lewandowski and João Cancelo stepping up to the plate on that magical night.
In fact, the Polish forward and the Portuguese fullback have scored the most for Barça during the final stages of games. The number 9 scored another goal in the win against Osasuna and the number 2 scored one in the goal fest against Real Betis. The other scorers during this final stage of games were Pedri and Ferran Torres in the win against Cádiz, Sergi Roberto in the draw against Granada, and Sergio Ramos also scored an own goal in the win against Sevilla.
Nine goals that mean FC Barcelona lead the way in this statistic across the five major leagues in Europe, followed by Bayern Munich and Stuttgart with seven, and Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan, Napoli and Roma with six.
8 points earned in the final quarter of an hour
FC Barcelona have earned eight points in the final quarter of an hour, with six coming at a place that seems somewhat magical, the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys.
The blaugranes’ new home for the 2023/24 season has seen points being earned at the end of games since the season started. It was 0-0 against Cádiz in the 81st minute, before they went on to win 2-0. The next time on the magical mountain was the aforementioned comeback against Celta Vigo. Another game at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys saw Xavi’s side earn more points in the final fifteen minutes when after 76 minutes, Sergio Ramos broke the deadlock between Barça and Sevilla, with the home side going on to win the game.
The last time the latter stages of a game saw points earned in the league was away to Granada, with Sergi Roberto’s goal making it 2-2. As a result, Xavi Hernández’ side go into the international break as the team from the five major leagues to have earned the most points during the final quarter of an hour of games. Manchester United follow with seven points and Lecce with six points.
So, no other team from the major five European leagues have made the most of the final fifteen minutes as Barça, a team that fights until the final whistle to get that happy ending.
