With help from our friends over at Sportsmatrix, we've taken a look at Barcelona's statistics with, and without Lionel Messi to see: are the Blaugrana actually better without their little magician at the helm?
Anyone who is remotely familiar with Betteridge's law of headlines will be able to see what's coming next; in the title of this article I pitched a question to the world: are FC Barcelona actually better without their superstar striker, Lionel Messi? Of course, the answer is "no", and anyone with a working pair of eyes will have witnessed as much over the past couple of weeks, as Barcelona have somewhat lost their invincible aura without Messi spearheading their attack.