Lamine Yamal equals Vinícius Jr. in key Clásico category after Barcelona 4-0 Real Madrid | OneFootball

A head-turning statistic, centering on Barcelona and Real Madrid stars Lamine Yamal and Vinícius Jr, has come to the fore online this weekend.

As much, of course, comes after both played their part in Saturday’s first El Clásico of the campaign.

Table-topping Barcelona made the trip to Spain’s capital late last night, in the knowledge that an eventual victory would see them open up a six-point advantage over Real in the hunt for the La Liga title.

And, when all was said and done, secure victory is precisely what the Blaugrana managed, in some style.

Owing to an utterly dominant 2nd-half display, Hansi Flick’s troops emerged on the right side of a remarkable 4-0 result.

The aforementioned Lamine, for his part, was amongst the goals on the evening, notching Barca’s 3rd courtesy of a brilliant near post finish.

And, in the process, the 17-year-old levelled Real Madrid counterpart Vinícius Jr, in one altogether noteworthy statistical category.

As revealed by statisticians StatMuse, Lamine, in just two starts, has now racked up as many non-penalty Clásico goals in La Liga as Ballon d’Or favourite Vinícius has managed in 11 such outings.

Conor Laird – GSFN