History suggests Barcelona are on course to win La Liga – Report | OneFootball

FC Barcelona are quietly having a very good season in La Liga. Having already secured Champions League qualification for the upcoming season, the team are currently on 73 points, 4 ahead of Real Madrid with 9 games to go.

They still have hard work ahead of them, but the numbers are giving supporters a real reason to believe. Hansi Flick’s side sit on 73 points after 29 La Liga matches, and history suggests that is exactly the kind of position from which Barca usually finish the job.

According to Mundo Deportivo, this is now the seventh time Barcelona have reached 73 points at this stage of a league season. The key detail is the one Barca fans will want to hear most: in each of the previous six cases, the club went on to win the title.

The report lists those earlier campaigns as 2009-10, 2010-11, 2012-13, 2015-16, 2017-18 and 2022-23. In all of them, Barcelona ended the season as champions, even if a couple of those title wins were only secured by narrow margins late in the run-in.

There is also another layer to it. With 9 games left and 27 points still to be played for, mathematically reach 100 points this season, something the club last achieved in 2012-13.

Of course, none of this means the title is already won. Barcelona still have a demanding final stretch, with games against Atletico, Getafe and Madrid but this historical stat is just the kind of confidence booster that they need.

Flick’s team have put themselves in the sort of position that champions usually occupy. That is the real meaning behind the stat. They are on course to do something special this season. Let’s wait and see how the remaining 9 games play out.