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The official website of the Catalan team before the upcoming Spanish Super Cup match traditionally presented an interesting collection of historical and statistical information about the future clash of the two strongest teams.
- Lionel Messi is the only footballer who managed to score in four consecutive matches of the Spanish Super Cup. These are matches against Bilbao's "Athletic", "Sevilla", and twice against Madrid's "Real";
- Tonight any result would satisfy "Barça", with which the Catalans finished their last seven matches at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium;
- Daniel Alves and Lionel Messi are the only Barcelona players who have played in the last seven El Clásico matches;
- Tonight's match with Madrid's "Real" will be the 34th in Xavi Hernandez's entire career. This is the most of all the players of the Catalan team. If Carles Puyol plays in this evening's match, it will be his 31st El Clásico, surpassing Joan Segarra in games played;
- If "Barcelona" wins tonight's match, the Catalan club will surpass Madrid's "Real" in victories throughout their official history of matches. Currently, Barcelona and Madrid teams each have 87 victories;
- If Javier Mascherano takes the field in tonight's match, it will be his 100th game in Barcelona's lineup;
- Xavi Hernandez has 24 official trophies in his collection, the most of all the players of both teams. Andrés Iniesta has won 22 trophies, Carles Puyol and Víctor Valdés - 21 each. Iker Casillas has 16 official trophies in his collection;
- Throughout the entire history of the Spanish Super Cup matches, "Barcelona" has won this cup the most times - 10. The team from the Spanish capital has won this trophy 8 times;
- If tonight's match ends with a favorable result for the Catalans, "Barcelona" will become the first club to win the country's Super Cup four years in a row;
- Since Tito Vilanova (assistant coach and head coach) has been working at "Barça", Barcelona has never lost to Madrid's "Real" when the winner is decided by the results of two matches;
- Lionel Messi has the opportunity to become the all-time top scorer for "Barcelona" in matches against Madrid's "Real". Currently, the Argentine has scored 14 times. Just as many goals have been scored against the Spanish capital's team by Cesar Rodriguez. The all-time El Clásico scoring record belongs to Alfredo Di Stefano - 18 goals.
