Raphinha smashes hat-trick as FC Barcelona thump Valladolid 7-0: Stats
Raphinha scored a sensational hat-trick as FC Barcelona thumped Real Valladolid 7-0 at Camp Nou in matchweek 4 of the La Liga 2024-25 season. This was Barcelona's 4th successive victory as they sit atop unscathed. In addition to Raphinha's three goals, Robert Lewandowski, Jules Kounde, Dani Olmo and Ferran Torres scored for the Catalan giants. Here are the key stats registered.
A look at the match stats
Barcelona dished out 23 attempts with 11 shots being on target. Their opponents managed one shot on target from four attempts. Hansi Flick's side dominated possession (71%) and owned a pass accuracy of 91% from 595 passes.
63rd goal for Lewandowski in Barca colors
Lewandowski has started the 2024-25 season on a high. After netting a brace against Valencia last weekend, he scored the winner for the Catalan giants against Athletic Club. Playing his 99th match for Barcelona, former Bayern Munich superstar Lewandowski has raced to 63 goals in all competitions. Meanwhile, Lewandowski scored his 46th La Liga goal in 73 appearances. He owns four goals this season.
Raphinha scores his maiden hat-trick
Raphinha made his 91st appearance for Barcelona. He now owns 23 goals. With this hat-trick, Raphinha opened his account in the 2024-25 season. Before this, he scored 10 times each in the previous two seasons. Raphinha now owns 16 La Liga goals from 68 appearances. As per Opta, Raphinha netted his first hat-trick of his career in all competitions across Europe's top five leagues.
Yamal has been involved in 15 La Liga goals
Lamine Yamal made two assists. He assisted Lewandowski for Barca's second goal before turning provider for Raphinha (5th goal). From four matches this season, Yamal owns four assists (one goal). Yamal has been involved in 15 goals in 42 appearances in La Liga (6 goals and 9 assists). It's the most by a player before turning 18 in the competition in the 21st century.
Key numbers in terms of assists for Raphinha and Lewy
Raphinha made an assist in this contest. He assisted Torres for the 7th goal. Raphinha has raced to 25 assists for Barcelona in all competitions. Lewandowski registered his 16th assist in La Liga, setting up Raphinha for the 4th goal. Overall, he has 18 assists.
Olmo nets again; Torres scores his 26th Barca goal
Olmo, who made a big-money move in the summer, scored in his second successive outing. He had scored against Rayo Vallecano in a 2-1 win before this. Torres scored his 26th goal for Barca in all competitions (117 appearances).
Massive feats attained by Barcelona
Barca have won 16 of their last 18 meetings against Valladolid. They have raced to 51 goals against Valladolid in these meetings. Valladolid remain winless in their last 16 away league matches against Barca. This was Barca's 10th successive home win in La Liga against Valladolid. Barca have achieved their biggest win in La Liga since April 2016 against Deportivo La Coruna (8-0).
Flick maintains his 100% win record
As per Opta, Flick has become the first FC Barcelona coach to win each of his first four La Liga games since Ernesto Valverde (seven wins from his first seven games in 2017-18).
