Barcelona’s early-season surge rolled on in Catalonia on Wednesday, where Racing Santander were swept aside 7-2 and Hansi Flick’s side moved deeper into a start rarely seen in Spanish football.
Key takeaways
- Barcelona have won all seven matches played in 2026/27, scoring 33 times and conceding six.
- The 7-2 result against Racing Santander gave Barça six victories from six LaLiga rounds and a league-record attacking start.
- Raphinha struck a hat-trick and has reached 11 goals this season, including nine in the league.
- Lamine Yamal scored as well, taking his campaign total to eight goals, seven of them in LaLiga.
- Barcelona lead Real Madrid by three points and will travel on to face Sevilla on Saturday.
Barcelona’s record-breaking opening in Spain
The Racing win was Barcelona’s fifth game of the new campaign in which they have scored at least five goals. Their seven-match return of 33 goals, alongside seven straight victories, is the club’s most prolific and successful start of this kind for 111 years.
Within LaLiga, the numbers are even more striking. Barcelona have collected 18 points from a possible 18 after six rounds, with 28 goals scored and six allowed. No previous side had begun a Spanish top-flight season with six successive wins while scoring so freely.
Flick is now in his third season in charge and has already overseen two LaLiga titles, a Copa del Rey and two Spanish Super Cups. His Barcelona teams have consistently carried attacking force, although defensive fragility has occasionally surfaced in earlier campaigns. This term, conceding at an average of one goal per match has not slowed a side whose forwards are overwhelming opponents.
Raphinha and Yamal set the pace
Raphinha’s three goals against Racing came from his current central role in the Barcelona attack. The Brazilian has scored in six of the club’s seven fixtures so far; the lone exception was against Levante, when he supplied two assists. He is LaLiga’s outright leading scorer.
Yamal’s goal maintained an exceptional partnership at the front of Flick’s side. With Raphinha on nine league goals and Yamal on seven, no two players had produced such a combined total through the first six rounds of a LaLiga season since 1940/41.
After the Racing match, Raphinha said improvement remains central to Barcelona’s approach. “You always have to believe there is an area where you can get better,” he said. “I will never say I am doing enough; I try to improve everything I can. The players are hungry and always want more. We have the mentality of creating more chances whenever we can, and that shows on the pitch. We support one another a great deal.”
Barcelona now sit first, three points clear of Real Madrid, with Sevilla next on Saturday. For a side already rewriting the opening-week record book, the journey south offers another measure of how long this fierce rhythm can be maintained.
SEO title: Barcelona hit seven against Racing as Raphinha and Yamal drive historic LaLiga start
SEO description: Barcelona beat Racing Santander 7-2 to make it six wins from six in LaLiga, with Raphinha scoring a hat-trick and Lamine Yamal adding another goal.
