Five key stats from Barcelona 2-1 Deportivo Alaves | La Liga

After going behind within 20 seconds after kickoff, FC Barcelona mounted a comeback to defeat Deportivo Alaves 2-1 at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys on Sunday afternoon.

The Blaugrana have been very sluggish in recent matches and the trend continued on Sunday as Samu Omorodion opened the scoring for Alaves in the 18th second.

However, a second-half brace from Robert Lewandowski spared Barça’s blushes as they secured an unconvincing but crucial victory going into the international break.

It was far from a convincing display from the Catalan heavyweights, especially in the first period when they were tested by Alaves while being unable to pose much of an attacking threat.

Alaves’ opening goal meant that Barcelona have conceded the two fastest goals in La Liga this season: Bryan Zaragoza for Granada (17 seconds) and Samu Omorodion for Alaves (18 seconds), which is the fastest goal conceded by the Blaugranas in a home league game in the 21st century.

Meanwhile, the Catalans attempted just four shots in the first 45 minutes against Alaves – their lowest tally in the first half of a match at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys in all competitions this season.

However, Lewandowski stepped up for Barça in the second half, equalising in the 53rd minute, with which he brought an end to a dry spell in front of goal.

Indeed, it was the Pole’s first goal for Barcelona since his brace against Celta in September, ending his worst run without scoring at club level across all competitions (six matches) since February 2011 with Borussia Dortmund (10).

The 35-year-old then went on to win it for his team later in the second half, dispatching a flawless penalty kick.

The brace means that Lewandowski is the player to have won the most points for his team through his goals in La Liga this season (10 points, 7 goals), going past Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham (9 points, 10 goals).

The Poland veteran’s strike from the penalty spot was also the 200th goal that Barcelona scored with Xavi as the manager of the team in 107 games. Lewandowski has scored the most number of goals (41) during this period, followed by Ferran Torres (19) and Pedri (14).