REVIEW: Brilliant Barça threesome surpass 100-goal mark

FOOTBALL – The sensational attacking trio of Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez and Neymar combined for five goals against Getafe CF on Tuesday, raising their combined season total to 102.

ANALYSE THIS: A Statistical Breakdown Of El Clásico (update)

FOOTBALL – On Sunday 22 March Real Madrid and FC Barcelona will go head-to-head in the 230th edition of El Clásico. In the week before the last clash between these archrivals (25 October) we posted a statistical analysis discussing several numbers on this match. We have updated this analysis with the performances of the teams in current season and added a brand new piece of analysis at the end.

BREAKING: Bueno scores hat-trick which is ‘perfect’ AND ‘flawless’

FOOTBALL – Rayo Vallecano’s Alberto Bueno scored four goals in a first half outburst against Levante UD on Saturday. Bueno’s hat-trick enters the record books as both ‘flawless’ and ‘perfect’.

REVIEW: Messi equals hat-trick landmark

FOOTBALL – Lionel Messi scored his 31st hat-trick for FC Barcelona in their 5-0 Liga win against Levante to equal Telmo Zarra on a record 31 hat-tricks for Spanish club players.

REVIEW: Madrid derby by the numbers

FOOTBALL – Atlético Madrid beat crosstown rivals Real Madrid 4-0 in La Liga on Saturday, their biggest win against Real since 7 November 1987 when they won 4-0 at Real in the league. Click on the continue reading button to see a breakdown of statistics of this Madrid derby.

INFOGRAPHIC: Matadors of Madrid

FOOTBALL – Cristiano Ronaldo is two goals shy of equalling Alfredo Di Stéfano as all-time top scorer in the Madrid derby. Check out our infographic here.

REVIEW: Ronaldo’s home run ends

FOOTBALL – Cristiano Ronaldo’s scoring run of netting in 17 Liga home matches in a row came to and in Real Madrid’s 3-0 home win against Espanyol.

INFOGRAPHIC: Fernando Torres returns to Atlético

FOOTBALL –  Fernando Torres has rejoined Atlético Madrid seven and a half years after leaving for Liverpool, the beginning of an odyssey which saw him win the 2011/12 Champions League, 2012/13 Europa League and 2011/12 FA Cup with Chelsea as well as two European Championships (2008 and 2012) and the World Cup (2010) with Spain. Check out our infographic on El Niño here.

REVIEW: Messi finishes 2014 calendar year on 50 goals for Barça

FOOTBALL – By scoring a brace late in a 5-0 victory over Córdoba CF, Lionel Messi raised his total of official goals for FC Barcelona in the 2014 calendar year to 50. At club level, Messi has now cracked the half century in four of the last five calendar years. The only exception in that span was last seasson, when he finished with 39 goals for the blaugranas.
When counting his goals for Argentina, Messi finishes the 2014 calendar year on 58 official goals for club and country

Lionel Messi’s double digits

FOOTBALL – Lionel Messi scored his tenth, 11^th and 12^th La Liga goal against Espanyol in FC Barcelona’s 5-1 home win against their city rivals. He has now scored 10+ goals against 14 different teams in La Liga. Click on the continue reading button to found out which teams they are.