Barcelona host Deportivo Alavés on Saturday in the 11th round of La Liga at Camp Nou. A defeat would leave Barcelona with three straight official losses in a single season for the first time since 2015-16.
Two defeats in a row
Barcelona opened the season with 11 wins across all competitions, but they have now lost two matches in a row. Paris Saint-Germain beat Barcelona 4-2 in the third round of the Champions League league phase, and Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1 in the 10th round of La Liga.
Saturday's match
The meeting with Alavés is Barcelona's home game in La Liga round 11. The match will be played at Camp Nou.
The 2015-16 sequence
GOAL said Barcelona's previous run of three straight official defeats in a single season came between 9 and 17 April 2016. GOAL said the sequence began with a 1-0 away loss to Real Sociedad in the 32nd round of La Liga.
GOAL said Atlético Madrid then beat Barcelona 2-0 in the Champions League quarter-final second leg and knocked them out after losing 2-1 in the first leg in Catalonia. GOAL said Valencia then beat Barcelona 2-1 at Camp Nou in the 33rd round of the Spanish league.
