Hansi Flick's Barcelona near historic La Liga start as Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid chase

Barcelona tin adjacent the champion commencement to a La Liga play successful their past by beating Getafe connected Saturday, but the destiny of the lone erstwhile Blaugrana broadside to statesman with 8 consecutive victories offers Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid an important reminder that October records bash not determine championships.

Hansi Flick's broadside person made an bonzer commencement to their bid for a 3rd successive Spanish title.

Barcelona person won each 7 of their league games, scoring 31 goals and conceding lone 7 to cod the maximum 21 points.

That has already opened a six-point vantage implicit fourth-placed Real Madrid, who person suffered defeats distant to some Real Betis and Atletico Madrid during an inconsistent opening nether Mourinho.

Victory implicit Getafe astatine the Camp Nou would instrumentality Barcelona to 8 wins from 8 and adjacent a nine grounds that has stood since 2013-14.

There is, however, 1 item astir that grounds that should involvement Madrid.

The Barcelona squad that acceptable it did not triumph La Liga.

Barcelona tin lucifer Tata Martino's eight-win record

Gerardo Martino's Barcelona began the 2013-14 run by beating Levante 7-0 earlier pursuing up with victories implicit Malaga, Valencia, Sevilla, Rayo Vallecano, Real Sociedad, Almeria and Valladolid.

That made them the archetypal - and truthful acold lone - Barcelona broadside to triumph their opening 8 La Liga matches.

Their winning series yet ended with a goalless gully distant to Osasuna successful crippled nine.

Flick's existent squad person been adjacent much destructive going forward.

Martino's broadside scored 28 times crossed those opening 8 victories; Barcelona person already reached 31 aft lone 7 games this season.

The reigning champions person besides won 8 successive matches successful each competitions and instrumentality from the planetary interruption with Getafe lasting betwixt them and different portion of nine history.

On existent form, the rubric contention already risks processing into a acquainted occupation for Real Madrid.

Barca are six points wide of Mourinho's broadside earlier the eighth circular of fixtures, and each dropped constituent increases the value of the archetypal Clasico of the play aboriginal this month.

Yet Madrid bash not request to look precise acold into Barcelona's past to find grounds that adjacent an seemingly cleanable opening tin unravel.

Why 2013-14 offers Real Madrid hope

Martino's Barcelona did not simply commencement with 8 victories and past collapse.

They remained superior rubric contenders passim the campaign, and adjacent defeated Real Madrid 2-1 successful the archetypal Clasico aft their winning tally had ended.

However, Atletico Madrid refused to disappear. Diego Simeone's broadside yet arrived astatine the Camp Nou connected the last time knowing that a gully would beryllium capable to go champions.

Alexis Sanchez enactment Barcelona ahead, but Diego Godin equalised aboriginal successful the 2nd half, and the 1-1 effect handed Atletico their archetypal La Liga rubric since 1995-96.

Barcelona, contempt producing the champion opening 8 games successful their league history, finished second.

That precedent does not marque Real's existent presumption comfortable. Mourinho's 2nd spell has already produced a precise antithetic opening from his archetypal stint astatine the Bernabeu, with much attacking output but importantly little antiaircraft control.

Mourinho's squad inactive request greater consistency, peculiarly distant from home, and cannot simply hold for Flick's broadside to statesman dropping points.

Barcelona's existent attacking numbers besides suggest that this squad whitethorn yet beryllium stronger than Martino's version.

But the 2013-14 play demonstrates wherefore a six-point shortage aft 7 rounds is precise antithetic from a decisive spread successful the spring. Mourinho himself insisted aft the Atletico decision that Real Madrid stay susceptible of warring for the title.

Real inactive person 2 Clasicos successful which they tin straight impact Barcelona's advantage, opening with the gathering astatine the Camp Nou connected October 25. Before then, Madrid indispensable guarantee that the spread does not grow.

Barcelona tin marque past against Getafe by matching their greatest-ever start. Mourinho's encouragement is that the past squad to bash truthful discovered that a cleanable archetypal 8 matches inactive offered nary warrant implicit the remaining 30.