Mundo Deportivo: Raphinha Scores 5 Goals in First 3 Rounds, Could Equal Barcelona's Consecutive Scoring Record Next Match

According to Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona forward Raphinha has made a flying start to the season, scoring five goals in the first three league matches. If he scores again in the next round, he will equal the club's record for consecutive scoring.

Raphinha has been Barcelona's leading attacking figure this season, having scored five league goals. Fermin Lopez follows with three goals, Yamal with two, and Adeyemi with one. After one more La Liga match, the Brazilian forward will achieve a top-level club record that very few players in Barcelona history have managed.

He has scored in each of his opening three matches: a brace against Elche, one goal against Athletic Club, and another brace against Rayo Vallecano. Only 13 players in Barcelona history have scored in each of the opening three rounds of a season, and the list of players scoring in five consecutive rounds is even shorter.

Three players have scored in four consecutive opening rounds: Kubala (1953-54 season, scoring 8 goals against Real Sociedad, Jaen, Real Valladolid and Sporting Gijon), Cayetano Re (1964-65 season, scoring 5 goals against Las Palmas, Atletico Madrid, Deportivo and Murcia), and Cesc (2011-12 season, scoring 4 goals against Villarreal, Real Sociedad, Osasuna and Valencia). Two players have scored in five consecutive rounds: Cesar Rodriguez (1950-51 season, scoring 8 goals against Real Sociedad, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Murcia and Valencia) and Ibrahimovic (2009-10 season, scoring 5 goals against Sporting Gijon, Getafe, Atletico Madrid, Racing Santander and Malaga). The latter was also the first player to achieve this feat in his debut league season.

Since the start of the 21st century, Messi is the only player to score in four consecutive official matches from the beginning of a season. In the 2011-12 season, he scored in both Spanish Super Cup matches against Real Madrid (three goals in total), the UEFA Super Cup against Porto (one goal), and the first La Liga match against Villarreal (two goals). In the 2012-13 season, he also scored consecutively in the Spanish Super Cup against Real Madrid (two goals) and in La Liga matches against Real Sociedad (two goals) and Osasuna (two goals).

In the first three league matches this season, Raphinha has contributed five goals. In the opening match against Elche, Barcelona won 5-0 away, with Raphinha and Fermin Lopez each scoring twice, while Adeyemi also found the net. In the second match against Athletic Club, Barcelona won 2-0, with Raphinha and Fermin Lopez each scoring once. In the third match against Rayo Vallecano, Raphinha scored another brace, while Yamal scored his first goal of the season and completed a brace, with Barcelona's fifth goal coming from Lejeune's own goal.