Barça: No red cards or penalties against after 28 LaLiga games

Barcelona's LaLiga victory over Valencia on Sunday evening saw them become the first Spanish side in over 40 years to make it past the first 28 top-flight games of the season with no red cards or penalties given against them.

The last time this occurred was in 1970/71, when both Barça and arch rivals Real Madrid reached this stage of the league campaign having suffered no dismissals or faced any spot-kicks.

The most recent LaLiga sending-off of a Barcelona player came back in October 2015, when Javier Mascherano was given his marching orders against Eibar.

Meanwhile, Los Azulgranas haven't been on the wrong end of a penalty in Primera División since a clash with Celta Vigo in February 2016.

Real's LaLiga advantage back to two points

Barça's 4-2 victory at the Camp Nou saw them reduce Real's lead at the top of LaLiga to two points, with Los Blancos still to play their game in hand at Celta.