Barça followed up their 5-2 Clásico thrashing of Real Madrid by scoring a further five goals against Betis in the Copa del Rey.
Since the start of 2025, Barcelona has been a goal machine, with sixteen goals in the last four matches (four against Barbastro, two against Athletic Club, five against Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup Clásico and another five against Betis in the Copa). del Rey, round of 16 on Wednesday).
Naturally, this prompted us to take a look at their overall scoring stats for the season, and the results are astonishing: with 88 goals in 29 competitive matches across all competitions, Barcelona are the highest scoring team in Europe's top leagues.
Top scoring teams in Europe's top leagues in 2024/2025
Hansi Flick's team led Chelsea (80 goals in 32 games), Bayern Munich (78 goals in 26 games) and Liverpool (75 goals in 31 games). Only PSV has scored more with 90 goals in 27 games, although the level of competition in the Eredivisie in the Netherlands is noticeably different than in LaLiga.
The numbers are no coincidence. Despite a tough November and December that seriously dented their LaLiga title challenge (they sit six points behind leaders Atlético Madrid and five behind Real Madrid), Barcelona have been entertaining and productive in equal measure all season.
Barça's goalscoring prowess in numbers
They scored five goals in two Champions League matches (5-0 against Young Boys, 5-2 against Red Star), once in the Copa del Rey (5-1 against Betis), once in the Spanish Super Cup (5- 2 v 2 against Real Madrid), and three times in LaLiga (against Villarreal, Sevilla and Mallorca). In addition, they scored seven goals past Valladolid and scored four times against Bayern Munich, Girona and Real Madrid.
Barça have won two Clásicos in the 2024/25 season with an aggregate score of 9-2.
Two statistics stand out from the rest. Firstly, Barcelona had scored 57 goals at this point last season, 31 fewer than this season.
In addition to the individual improvements to the players, this year's team is much more direct and ruthless in attack, a style that Flick is keen to maintain. Barcelona fans know this all too well as they were on the receiving end as the German guided Bayern to an 8-2 thrashing of the Catalans in the Champions League in 2020.
Guardiola, Cruijff and Luis Enrique cannot keep up with Flick
Secondly, Barcelona has not scored an average of three goals per game since the 1958/59 season under Helenio Herrera (137 goals in 42 games, 3.26 games per game). Even Johan Cruijff, Pep Guardiola or Luis Enrique have not achieved that as a coach.
Barça's incredible numbers in 2024/25 are led by Lewandowski (the current top scorer in LaLiga and the Champions League, with sixteen and seven goals respectively) and Raphinha, who is having an excellent season with twenty goals in all competitions.
Original article written by Juan Jiménez, translated with the help of AI and edited by Roddy Cons.
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