FC Barcelona: this Catalan statistic that impresses

Since Hansi Flick took the reins at FC Barcelona, the club has forged an uncanny bond with the woodwork that no coach, data analyst or supporter can easily explain. Across all competitions the numbers are startling: 71 strikes against the frame of the goal have been recorded from the day the 60-year-old German strategist arrived, 32 of them coming in the ongoing 2025-26 season alone.

The trend has accelerated in 2026. In the first weeks of the new year Barça have already watched the ball cannon off post or bar on 15 separate occasions, a sequence that spans La Liga and the Copa del Rey. Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Marc Casado and Fermín López have each taken turns to test the reliability of the goal’s metalwork, turning near-misses into a recurring subplot of every match-day highlight reel.

Zoom in on league play and the story becomes even more striking. After 24 La Liga fixtures the Catalan side have registered 25 official woodwork hits—more than one per game. No other club in Europe’s top divisions comes close to matching that frequency, making Barcelona the continent’s most prolific—if unintentional—post finders.

While the statistic is impressive in its own right, it also underscores a broader narrative: Flick’s team is creating chances at an elite rate, only to be denied by the cruelest of margins. Whether fortune will eventually swing back toward the Blaugrana remains to be seen, but for now the framework of Spanish goals has become an unlikely protagonist in Barcelona’s season.