“With an xG of just 0.06, Messi turns Neymar’s pass into a precise left-foot strike from a difficult position to break Sevilla’s resistance and open the scoring, adding La Liga goal number 277 to his career tally of 444.”
From an xG of just 0.06, Messi rifles a low‑probability left‑footer past Valencia to drag Barça level at 1–1, capping a Man of the Match display with his 389th La Liga goal and 628th of his career.
With Barcelona clinging to a one-goal lead, Messi bends in a low-probability strike (xG 0.0589) to finally shake off Deportivo in a 5–4 thriller, completing his hat-trick and bringing up career goal 299.
From just inside the box, Messi pauses Rakitić’s pass with a dead stop, then whips a sudden left-footed strike across goal into the far corner to make it 4–1, his second of the night and career goal number 560.
From a low xG 0.0568 chance, Messi whips a difficult left-footed strike past Athletic to double Barça’s lead, capping a dominant first half and pushing his career tally to 603 goals.