FC Barcelona drew 1-1 with Napoli at the Camp Nou in the first leg of the round of access to the round of 16 of the Europa League. And throughout history the tie is not a result that has brought special luck to the culé team.
As MisterChip points out on his Twitter account, of the 12 European competition qualifiers in which Barça played the first leg at the Camp Nou and tied it, they only advanced to the round on 5 occasions, less than half. A fact that plays against the azulgranas.
FCB 1-1 NAP (FT) – Barcelona have won 5 of 12 European ties (42%) after drawing the first leg at home.
— MisterChip (Alexis) (@2010MisterChip) February 17, 2022
But not only that statistic has Barça against them and it is that the Italian team has overcome all the qualifiers in European competition in which they drew away from home in the first leg as they did this Thursday.
#OJOALDATA – Napoli have NEVER lost a two-legged European tie after drawing away from home in the first leg. They defended that tie at home 12 times and always managed to get through to the next round.
— MisterChip (Alexis) (@2010MisterChip) February 17, 2022
Xavi’s team will have to fight against Napoli and against the statistics if they want to be in the round of 16 of the Europa League. However, now that UEFA has eliminated the rule of double value of goals scored away from home, the tie reaches the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium level and that goal scored by the Italian team is no longer a great disadvantage for Barcelona.
Next Thursday, February 24 at 9:00 p.m. we will see if Barcelona is capable of turning the statistics around or if it will increase its negative streak.
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