Man, I wanted those Girona vs Barça stats bad. You know how it is when you get obsessed with a matchup? Started simple, figured I’d just find them somewhere easy, like the official club site maybe.
Went straight to Girona’s website. Looked around, clicked “Fixtures,” found the Barça game. Hmm, saw the score, even a basic match report. But the real, deep-down stats stuff? Like shots on target, possession percentage, passing accuracy – nada. Zip. Just the surface stuff. Felt kinda frustrated already. So much for official sources being helpful, right?
Alright, thought, maybe the big sports sites are better. ESPN, Sky Sports, that kind of thing. Hopped over. Searched “Girona Barcelona” and yep, the match popped up. Saw they had a little “Stats” tab. Got excited! Clicked it.
Big mistake.
It was… okay? Saw possession, shots, corners. But digging deeper? Couldn’t find specific player stats easily. How many tackles did Eric Garcia make? What was Oriol Romeu’s pass percentage? Felt like the numbers were there, but buried deep or maybe you had to pay for the good stuff? Who knows. It was messy, navigation sucked. Felt like hitting a wall.
Time to get dirty. Knew I needed to go down the rabbit hole. Started searching like crazy:
- Search term: “girona barcelona match detailed stats report”
- Tried adding “soccerstats” or “football data” hoping for a nerdy site.
- Even looked at fan forums where people might have posted screenshots.
Found a few sites I’d never even heard of before. Some looked super sketchy, like bad ads were about to pop out any second. Others looked legit, maybe too legit, like asking for subscriptions I wasn’t ready for. Clicked through some promising ones.
404 Not Found. Like, seriously? Links just dead. Felt like a wild goose chase.
Finally, struck a little gold. Found one dedicated football stats site that wasn’t completely terrible. It seemed fan-run or something. Layout was janky, but it had the deeper cut numbers I craved:
- Possession broken down by halves? Got it.
- Exact shots on/off target for each team? Yep.
- Pass maps? Okay, simple ones.
- Even individual player stats like successful dribbles and aerial duels won! Score!
Took ages, lots of scrolling past crap, dealing with annoying pop-ups. Almost gave up three times. But finally, there the numbers were. Copied the important bits down into my notes, just raw numbers first.
Looked at the messy pile of numbers and felt… satisfied, but worn out. Knew it would be useless to just throw them at people. Started organizing them:
- First, the teams: Girona vs Barcelona.
- Made a big “Key Team Stats” section.
- Then a “Head-to-Head Bits” chunk.
- Finally, scribbled down some “Notable Player Bits” for standouts.
Made sure everything was labeled right. Possession: Girona 38% / Barça 62%. Simple, clean. Took the chaos and made it make sense for anyone reading.
And that was it. Started easy, got completely frustrated hitting dead ends everywhere, dug deeper than I wanted into weird corners of the internet, found the treasure buried under junk, and finally made it readable. Not glamorous, just a lot of clicking, swearing, and finally organizing. But hey, got the stats I wanted.