Points record equalled

With the win in Villarreal,
Barca have set a new club
record of 90 points in a 20
team league, equalling the
1996/97 total, when there
were 22 teams in La Liga,
and there’s still three
games to go!
The win didn’t just
consolidate Barca’s position
at the top of the table, it also
set a new club record of 90
points in a season. The points
have come after just 35
games, 28 wins, six draws and
just the one defeat and equal
the total Bobby Robson’s
team took from 42 games in
the 1996/97 season.
Three more than last year
The total beats the previous
best achieved last season,
when the team piled up 87
points in the 38 games of the
whole season, though it
should be remembered that
the team took just 1 from 9
in their last three games
once the title had been won,
falling just short of the
1996/97 record, when
Robson ’s team won 28 games
drew six and lost eight.
Two off La Liga record
The record points total in La
Liga was achieved by Fabio
Capello ’s Madrid in that
96/97 season, who took 92
points. Barca have games
against Tenerife, Seville and
Valladolid to take the three
points they need to beat that.
Success at home and away
49 of this season’s 90 punts
have come at the Nou Camp,
where the team have
dropped just the one point,
whilst on the road they ’ve
taken a record 41 points.