Five key stats from Real Madrid 0-4 Barcelona

Barcelona visited the Santiago Bernabeu to take on Real Madrid for the second league El Clasico of the season. Despite being in excellent form, nobody expected Xavi and co. to have a field day in the Spanish capital.

But it seems this Barcelona side will defy expectations for years to come. They not only smacked Real Madrid 0-4 in front of 60,000 Los Blancos’ faithfuls, but dominated proceedings like they in a training ground.

Those two are not the only major statistics following the sensational win.

1. Welcome to Xavi-ball

With this 4-0 win, Xavi becomes only the third Barcelona manager to win his La Liga game vs Real Madrid by 4+ goals in history. Ferdinand Daucic complete that feat in 1951, winning 7-2, and then Helenio Herrera repeated it in 1959, winning 4-0. Neither did it away from home, though.

2. Aubama-whaaa

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored two goals and assisted one as Barcelona ran riot. He became the first player to be directly involved in three goals in El Clasico in his first appearance in the 21st century.

3. More Aubameyang propoganda

Not only was directly part of three of the four goals that Barcelona scored, but he had more shots on target (5) than the entire Real Madrid team combined (4).

4. Xavi on Pep rythm

Xavi won his first ever away Clasico with a four-goal margin, and not many saw it coming. But given how he’s been following in Pep Guardiola’s footsteps, more should have. For in fact, Pep, too, won his first ever game at the Bernabeu with a 4-goal margin — 2-6.

5. El Clasico dominance

Call it luck, call it better game management, call it the big game mentality, but Barcelona have now won six El Clasicos with a 4+ goal margin in history. Real Madrid have only won one.