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If I haven't missed anything, Barca played 7 games without Lewa and won all of them.

Its an interesting thing with Dortmund players. Big credit to the club for being able to pick out gems and polish them. However, many of these players only played well at Dortmund and were lost after transferring to a new/better club. What happened to Goetze, Kagawa, Mkhitaryan, Dembele, Sancho...

8 games LL + 2 CL: 10 goals/5.52 xg = 181% * todays match stats are from sofascore (2g/0.62 xg), rest from opta IMO, he is currently the best player in the world

Ferran is much better this season. Stats of both (LL+CL): Robert Lewandowski 10, 785, 6, 7.2, 83%, 4, 1.4, 0.16 Ferrán Torres 9, 377, 4, 2.0, 200%, 0, 1.2, 0.28 * player, games, minutes, goals, xg (expected goals), efficiency (goals/xg), assists, xAG (expected assists), xAG/90

Unfortunately the referee was Barca best player (2nd ter Stegen, 3rd Ferran). After the match the obvious question arises, was Porto that good or Barca that weak? BTW. Ferran will probably continue to sit on the bench despite the important goal.

Exactly. Due to the low number of points (goals) gained, football is the most random team sport. In a single match, luck plays a big role. Everyone probably remembers the match Argentina vs Arabia at the World Cup. Result was 1-2, but xg 2.26 vs 0.15. Good statistics only translate into good...

Wolves stats vs City are funny. 0 shots and they lead 1-0 (half time).

I can't believe you're writing this seriously. Even sofascore, a site that favours offensive actions (defenders usually have the lowest ratings there) voted Lewadnowski the worst Barca player. Shots statistics from opta. Lewa doesn't participate in the offensive actions of the team (look at...

xG is only counted when a shot is taken. Lewandowski had 2-3 situations where he get a great pass, but Sevilla defender caught up him and kicked ball away. The chance from about 30 min was one-on-one with the goalie, it was ~0.5 xg. Barca offensive power this season compared to last season is...

80M for Hjolund is a promotional price when Dembele or Coutinho cost 135M. Please. I'm shocked that Barca creating so many goal situations for him. Sorry, from a guy who plays at Barca 9 and earns the most money we must demand a little. He has to be at least a little creative and be able to...

He has always looked better in the stats than on the pitch (these mask his poor performances in big games). His stats this season are not due to his great play, but to Barcelona's better offensive power (Felix, Yamal, Gundogan, Cancelo > Dembele). 3 assists, but expected only 0.8 (without today...

You are a dreamer if you think he will play 30% better. Currently Lewandowski plays at the same level as in Bayern 6 games, 5 goals, 5.4 expected goals, efficiency 92% (at Bayern 94%), expected assistst 0.8 (0.13/90, 0.18/90 at Bayern). These statistics are better than we can expect from a 35yo...

9 in a row (8x Bayern + 1x Barca). BVB won league in 1st and 2nd Lewandowski's seasons, not in 3rd and 4th

Yeap, the odds of 21/22 are a bit strange. Impossible that the bookies thought Messi meant nothing to Barca (ridiculous 2%?). Maybe contract with PSG has not yet been finalised. That's why I compared current season with Messi's last. Site is great, have a look at it in the long term :p Average...

Real need Haaland more than Mbappe. I love Frenchmen, but he looks best as left-wing striker. Exactly the same position where Real already have a world class player - Vicnicius. He loses some of his qualities playing in position 9 (speed). And how many years have Real been trying to sign him? 3...

Real plan to spend 400 million this summer. 100M for Bellingham, 60M for Havertz, 100M for Kane, Davis for the rest? It makes sense.

I just don't see the point of listing Real players from seasons when Barca were on average favourites. In terms of winning the league, Messi has not had to face as difficult challenge as Lewy did with BVB. Why leave out 1/3 of Lewadnowski's career in Germany if we count all the league titles? I...

Messi has always looked best as a false 9, with 2 fast, mobile strikers more of a wingers profile (Neymar, Suarez). At the World Cup in Qatar, Argentina also played this way. That's why I can't imagine how Xavi is going to play Leo and Lewandowski combined. Ibrahimovic and Messi could not play...

Of course, I wrote that half in jest and half in earnest. Simple maths, if you play 10 seasons in a league with 2 title contenders you will win the league 5 times and in a league without rivals you will win it 10 times. This is a simplification, in reality the other teams have at least 20-30%...

Do you think Barca will dump Lewadnowski when Messi arrives? Before Leo's transfer, Mbappe had 0.86 xg/90 for 4 seasons at PSG, and after the Argentine's transfer, this statistic has dropped to 0.77. Messi didn't pass to the Frenchman :P Messi 10x LL +2x Ligue 1... Lewandowski 10x Bundesliga...