Statistics That Defined Barcelona's 2016-17 Season | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
At the end of the season, a three-point margin in La Liga isn't a huge one and it's easy to look back on matches and wonder just where the league title was lost.
For Barcelona, usually so imperious at the Camp Nou, the six times they didn't win at home (across all competitions) might be seen as so out of the ordinary that it must have had an impact over the last 10 months: Alaves, Atletico Madrid, Malaga, Real Madrid, Atleti again in the Copa and Juventus in the Champions League all came to the Camp Nou, and left with something.
The early season home defeat against Alaves, in particular, must rankle, as will the last-minute draw to eventual champions Real.
And, more than that, they didn't win more than two successive away fixtures after September until the penultimate day of the season, when a win at Las Palmas ensured a third away win in a row.