Barca closes gap on Real
The La Liga round 16 produced 26 goals with home teams scoring 13 and the away teams scoring 13.
The key match of the round was the El Clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Barca went into with just two away wins and Real with a perfect home record and when Real scored in the first minute of the match it looked like they were going to extend their perfect record at home.
The result means that Barca are on equal points with Real but having played one extra match.
Assuming that Real wins its game in hand, they will go three points ahead.
10 goals were scored in the first half whilst 16 were scored after half-time.
Here is the league summary so far this season:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 150 | |
| Home wins | 75 | 50.0 |
| Away wins | 35 | 23.3 |
| Drawn | 40 | 26.7 |
| Goalless draws | 18 | 12.0 |
| Goals | 393 | |
| Goals/game | 2.6 | |
| First half goals | 174 | 44.3 |
| Second half goals | 219 | 55.7 |
| Home team goals | 247 | 62.8 |
| Away team goals | 146 | 37.2 |
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