DBasia.news – Several interesting facts emerged after the fifth jornada of LaLiga 2019-20. Two of them relate to Barcelona and Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema.
A negative trend is befalling Barcelona at the start of the 2019-2020 season. How not, of the six matches they went through at the official event, only two wins were obtained.
Besides, in LaLiga alone Barcelona have lost twice. First by Athletic Bilbao, then the latest when they surrendered from Granada on Saturday (9/21).
These results make Barcelona only collect seven points from five LaLiga matches. This is the start of the Blaugrana’s worst season since 1994-1995 when they won the same points.
Worse, Antoine Griezmann helped make a bad note in the match. Of the four Barcelona away games in all competitions, Griezmann failed to record a shot towards goal.
In contrast with Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao started the best season in LaLiga since 1993-1994. Bilbao collected 11 points that made them top the standings.
Turning to Real Madrid, Barcelona’s rival incised a record against Sevilla. Los Merengues did not let the home side create a single shot towards goal.
In addition, Karim Benzema has established himself as the king of headers in Europe throughout 2019. Benzema has scored nine header goals, the most in Europe’s top five leagues in 2019.
Meanwhile, Atletico Madrid failed to record positive results when entertaining Celta Vigo. Los Rojiblancos only played 0-0 in front of their supporters.
In fact, Atletico Madrid recorded a total of 20 kicks when serving Celta Vigo. Unfortunately, no one has lodged in the visitors’ goal.