Barcelona’s victory over Valencia at the Camp Nou on Sunday may have been an eventful affair, but it was what Luis Enrique’s side did not do that led to them matching a long-standing La Liga record.

With 28 league games played so far this season, Barça are yet to concede a penalty or have one of their players sent off.

No other Spanish team has achieved such a feat since the 1970/71 season, when both Barça and rivals Real Madrid found themselves in the higher reaches of the fair play rankings.

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Valencia, on the other hand, went down to defeat on Sunday following Eliaquim Mangala’s sending-off on the stroke of half-time.

The centre-back, currently on loan from Manchester City, was shown red after his pull on Luis Suarez in the penalty area. Lionel Messi despatched the resulting spot-kick.



The last La Liga penalty Barcelona conceded came over a year ago, on Valentine’s Day 2016 in a 6-1 victory over Celta Vigo, with John Guidetti scoring from the spot.

The game is best remembered for a penalty awarded to Barcelona, which saw Lionel Messi elect to tee up Luis Suarez rather than score the kick himself.