Barcelona ripped through Real Betis with a 5-2 victory on October 17, pushing their 2026/27 La Liga campaign to an absolutely perfect nine straight wins. That is a run unlike any other in Spanish football, and it just cemented their spot next to a nearly 60-year-old record that has stood the test of time. Hansi Flick’s squad isn’t just winning, they are steamrolling the competition, leading the La Liga standings by a massive five-point margin with a flawless 27 points. It is truly electric to watch.
Equaling a Historic Mark in Style
Seriously, nine straight wins to kick off a La Liga season? That’s insane. This isn’t some flash-in-the-pan streak either, this is history. Barcelona’s 5-2 win over Real Betis secured that ninth consecutive victory, putting them shoulder to shoulder with a record that has been on the books for almost six decades. You have to go all the way back to the 1968/69 season to find the last team that pulled this off: Real Madrid. That legendary Real Madrid squad also started with nine straight wins, eventually only halted by a 0-0 draw with Pontevedra. They went on to grab their 14th league title and their second three-peat, led by Pichichi winner Amancio. Now, Barcelona, under Flick’s high-flying attacking style, has matched it. Can you even imagine the pressure and the excitement of what comes next?
A Goal-Scoring Pace That’s Flat-Out Preposterous
And it isn’t just the wins, it is HOW they are winning. This Barcelona team is on an utterly preposterous goal-scoring pace through these first nine games. They have put up an absurd 39 goals so far, which averages out to an outrageous 4.3 goals every single game. If they can keep this up for the entire 38-game season, we are talking about an unthinkable 163 goals by the end of the campaign. Let that sink in. That would absolutely smash the current record for goals in a La Liga season, which Real Madrid set with 121 goals in 2011/12, a team led by Cristiano Ronaldo’s 46 goals and a combined 43 from Gonzalo Higuain and Karim Benzema. Barcelona’s own best was 116 goals in the 2016/17 season, with Lionel Messi hitting 37 and Luis Suarez and Neymar combining for 41. What Flick’s side is doing right now is on another level, something the league has truly never seen before.
So, what is next for this record-tying Barcelona squad? They can actually break the record. Next weekend, in El Clasico, they have a chance to not only beat their fiercest rivals but to steal their famous record outright. If they win, it is 10 straight, a new standard set. Talk about high stakes.
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Originally reported by The Sporting News.
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