How many games did Messi score in 91 goals?

69 games
The year 2012, in which Lionel Messi scored an incredible 91 goals in 69 games, began inauspiciously for him.

How did Lionel Messi score 91 goals?

Messi then sent an autographed Barcelona shirt to Müller in acknowledgement of beating his record. On 16 December, Messi scored twice in a 4–1 Barcelona victory against Atlético Madrid, increasing his record to 90 goals. The tally found its end at 91 goals in a year after Messi scored once against Real Valladolid.

Which year did Messi scored 91 goals in a season?

2012
It of course didn’t end there. Messi went on to score a record 91 goals in the calendar year 2012.

Who has scored the most goals in football in a year?

The most football goals scored in a calendar year is 91, and was achieved by Lionel Messi (Argentina), playing for Barcelona against Real Valladolid, at the José Zorrilla Stadium, Valladolid, Spain, on 22 December 2012. Messi surpassed Gerhard Müller’s total of 85 goals during 1972.

How many goals has Lionel Messi scored in a year?

On 16 December, Messi scored twice in a 4–1 Barcelona victory against Atlético Madrid, increasing his record to 90 goals. The tally found its end at 91 goals in a year after Messi scored once against Real Valladolid.

How many goals does the average player score in a game?

The math is easy enough; that’s an average of 1.319 goals per game. While it’s not quite up to Muller’s average of 1.417 (85 goals in 60 matches) back in ’72, well, it ain’t half bad.

What percentage of Messi’s goals were scored after halftime?

Messi opened the scoring in 21 of the 47 games in which he scored. More than half (59 percent) of his goals were scored after halftime, and the quarter-hour he scored most in was between the 76th and 90th minutes. In fact, 40 of his 91 goals were scored in the last half-hour of games.