Barcelona superstar matches Lionel Messi with remarkable early-season record

Barcelona superstar matches Lionel Messi with remarkable early-season record FC Barcelona rising superstar Lamine Yamal is continuing to produce extraordinary numbers at the start of the new season. The teenage forward has already recorded seven goals and two assists in his first six competitive appearances for the Blaugrana during the 2026/27 season. Lamine equals Messi Lamine’s La Liga figures are even more striking. Indeed, he has scored six goals in the opening five league matches, with all six coming in the form of three separate braces. Since the turn of the century, only former Barcelona captain and club legend Lionel Messi had previously managed the same feat. No other player had scored three braces in the opening five rounds of a La Liga season during the 21st century. There’s no stopping Lamine. (Photo by Alex Caparros/Getty Images) Messi achieved the feat in 2012/13, finding the net twice against Real Sociedad in a 5-1 win at Spotify Camp Nou, Osasuna in a 2-1 victory at El Sadar and Getafe in a 4-1 success at the Coliseum. Yamal has now matched that record with his own run of remarkable performances. His latest brace came in Barcelona’s 4-2 victory over Levante at the Ciutat de Valencia this past Sunday. Prior to that, the 19-year-old sensation had scored twice in the emphatic 5-0 win against Valencia at Mestalla after having netted a double against Rayo Vallecano in Barcelona’s 5-2 victory at Spotify Camp Nou. Yamal among La Liga’s leading scorers Those numbers have also propelled Yamal to the top of the La Liga scoring charts. He currently has six goals, level with Barcelona teammate Raphinha, as well as last season’s Pichichi winner Kylian Mbappe and Sergio Camello, who has emerged as one of the competition’s surprise goalscorers. Joint top-scorers in La Liga. (Photo by Alex Caparros/Getty Images) With the first international break of the season approaching, Lamine has firmly established himself as one of Barcelona’s main sources of goals. Together with Raphinha , the club’s forwards have scored 12 of Barcelona’s 21 league goals, helping Flick’s side sit at the top of the domestic table. For the La Masia product, it has been a start to the campaign that sees him equal a unique record held by the greatest footballer in Barcelona’s history. Source: Mundo Deportivo