Barcelona managed to suffer their fourth defeat in the 20/21 campaign away against Cadiz in La Liga yesterday. The likes of Martin Braithwaite, Antoine Griezmann, Phillippe Coutinho and Leo Messi were there to front the attack. However, it was not enough against the hosts.
Cadiz currently find themselves in 5th, behind Real Madrid and Villareal, in third and fourth respectively. Barcelona have only managed to gather 7 points from the last 18 available, and are looking quite inconsistent this season.
The statistics say that Barcelona have managed to get their worst start in 33 years with their defeat to Cadiz. The Catalonian club were wasteful in possession and were unsuccessful in getting past a resolute Cadiz defence.
Leo Messi set an unwanted personal record of having lost the ball the most number of times on the pitch, 29. This is not the first time that the Argentinian has managed to give away the ball so many times.
He managed to lose the ball on 26 occasions against Real Madrid in El Clasico and 27 times against Alaves in La Liga. In the last 13 matches, Messi has lost the ball the most number of times in 9 of those 13 matches.
The club as a whole managed to get 21 shots on goal but had an xG of only close to 1.7. All in all, Ronald Koeman must manage to motivate his team to give a better performance on the pitch since things really haven’t been going in their favour in the matches that matter.
The Blaugrana will host Juventus in their final matchday in the Champions League this week. They must find a way to build back the confidence they once showed and win the group to put away doubts about their consistency for the time being.
