Barcelona are beginning to cause some concern after their dreadful start to the LaLiga Santander campaign, a competition which they have won eight times in the last decade.
If you only look at the statistics from the five games that Barcelona have played this season, there is no equivalent since three points were awarded for a win in LaLiga.
Two wins, one draw and two defeats, 12 goals for and nine against.
It is the worst start since 1994/95, when the same number of wins, draws and defeats was worth just five points, rather than seven.
Particularly concerning is the defensive record, where nine goals have been conceded, almost two per game on average.
At this time in 2018/19, Barcelona had 13 points and five goals conceded, and the year before they had 15 points and only two goals conceded, never in the club's last 10 league winning seasons had the team conceded so many after five games.
Opposition teams are finding it easy to damage Barcelona's defence, both away and at Camp Nou where both Real Betis and Valencia have scored twice each.
In attack, things aren't much better either, as whilst there have been 12 goals scored, 10 have come in two home fixtures.
At Estadio Nuevo Los Carmenes, there was only one shot on target despite having Lionel Messi, Ansu Fati, Antoine Griezmann and Luis Suarez all on the field at once.
The same statistic, one shot on target, appeared in the away defeat to Athletic Club at Estadio San Mames and against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League.
Drama away from Camp Nou
Defeat against Granada made it three games without a win on the road this season, and eight if you include last season and this year's Champions League campaign.
Throughout that run, Ernesto Valverde's team have only scored five goals, something which has not happened since Lorenzo Serra Ferrer and then Carles Rexach were in charge in 2000/01.
That Barcelona side finished fourth in and reached the UEFA Cup semi-final, having gone seven games without an away win between March and May 2001.
It was a very different team but haunted by many of the same ghosts as today, two-and-a-half decades later.
There is still time to find a cure, but Barcelona's next examination is in just a few days.
cosackntz
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From his very first season, I have been saying he isn't a coach for Barcelona but people kept calling me names. His tactics are weak, we narrowly win of which most of the wins came as a result of individual performances/brilliance, he's too defense minded forgetting that the best form of defense is attack, he isn't bold nor have strong mentality, he's always trying to play safe and finally, I kept saying he was eroding our philosophy even when we had an unbeaten run in his first season because our matches were boring to watch. I don't blame this negative Mr Bean of a coach alone, he wasn't suppose to return to the club after Roma disaster yet he did, the same disaster came last season with Liverpool yet he was retained and to crown it all, he lost our birth right (Copa De Rey) by losing the final to Valencia that Arsenal flogged home and away in Europa and yet the board still didn't sack him. Let's motivate all the Camp Nou fans who will be watching our matches live at the stadium starting from midweek to raise banners with Bartlomeu Out, Valverde Out massively, maybe we might still be able to redeem this season but we obviously don't need Mourinho, he doesn't play Barca pattern of football nor possess our DNA. It will just amount to panic signing just like what Man U did and we all know the result. Mourinho doesn't fit into our long term goal, Barcelona is known for having a long term project where young talents are being groomed to become superstars, let's get Ajax coach cos I know we can't get Guardiola back for now.