Barcelona face Las Palmas on Thursday with a chance to extend their unbeaten start to the season, a run that currently stands at 25 games.
The two sides infamously played in front of an empty Camp Nou earlier this season, after La Liga decided that their fixture would go ahead despite protests on the streets of Barcelona during the Catalan referendum.
Here are the key stats and facts ahead of Thursday’s return fixture in the Canary Islands.
KEY STATS
– Las Palmas have not won any of their last 13 games against Barcelona in La Liga (D4 L9), losing the last five. It is their longest run without a win against them in the competition.
– At home, the Canary side have gone six games without a win against Barcelona in La Liga (D2 L4), this after three home wins in a row against them.
– Las Palmas have only lost two of their last six games in La Liga at Gran Canaria stadium (W3 D1), this after losing the previous four.
– Barcelona have gone 16 league games away from home without a defeat (W13 D3), keeping clean sheets in nine of them, their longest undefeated run on the road in the competition since January 2013 (18).
– Pedro Bigas is the only current Las Palmas player who has found the net against Barcelona in La Liga – he did it in his last game against them in May 2017.
– Luis Suárez has had a hand in at least one goal in his five La Liga games against Las Palmas (six goals, two assists).
– Calleri has been directly involved in five of Las Palmas’ last six goals at Gran Canaria stadium (three goals, two assists).
– Las Palmas are the only La Liga side Lionel Messi has played twice away from home without scoring at least once.
– Paco Jémez has lost his eight games as a manager in La Liga against Barcelona, scoring five goals and conceding 36, all of them as Rayo Vallecano’s boss.
– On the other hand, Ernesto Valverde has only lost once as La Liga manager against Las Palmas (W2 D2), with all four games coming as Athletic’s boss.
