Six years that FC Barcelona had not lost away in the group stage

The FC Barcelona history lets a spectacular run of 17 games unbeaten away from home in the group stage of the Champions League. The Glasgow on Wednesday is just the second defeat of FC Barcelona manager Tito Vilanova, which has a balance of 14 wins, one draw and lost only two games.

After falling into Celtic Park (2-1), FC Barcelona history lets a spectacular run of 17 games unbeaten away from home in the group stage of the Champions League. For six years the FC Barcelona team never lost away from Camp Nou at this stage of the continental showpiece.'s Last loss was on October 18, 2006 at Stamford Bridge, where Chelsea won thanks to a solitary goal from Drogba (1 - 0). Since then, the balance was 11 wins and six draws. 

The second loss of the course 

The Glasgow on Wednesday is just the second defeat of FC Barcelona manager Tito Vilanova, who has signed a record start to the season. After 17 official matches, the figures speak for themselves : 14 wins, one draw and only two defeats, 47 goals scored, with an average of 2.76 goals per game and 21 goals against. Some records may be accompanied with a 66.2% average ball possession, FC Barcelona certifying mastery in all these commitments. Last year, for example, in the first 17 competitive matches of the course, the balance was 12 wins and five draws. 

In addition, the club has been able Vilanova stringing three wins in the first three rounds of the group stage of the Champions League, something that had only been achieved in the courses 2001/02 and 2002/03.