Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi passed 350 goals for Barcelona in La Liga with Saturday’s double against Alaves.

Without new signing Ousmane Dembele or the injured Luis Suarez, Messi ensured Barca didn’t lose any early ground in the title race despite a tumultuous start to the campaign off the field.

The five-time World Player of the Year missed from the penalty spot for the 20th time in his career as Fernando Pacheco produced a stunning save midway through the first half.

However, Messi wasn’t to be denied as his deflected effort opened the scoring shortly after half-time before a sweetly-struck volley secured all three points.

Only ex-Germany striker Gerd Muller, with 365 for Bayern Munich, has scored more goals for one club in Europe’s top five leagues.

Here is a breakdown of Messi’s career league goals statistically.

BY SEASON

2004-05: 1
2005-06: 6
2006-07: 14
2007-08: 10
2008-09: 23
2009-10: 34
2010-11: 31
2011-12: 50
2012-13: 46
2013-14: 28
2014-15: 43
2015-16: 26
2016-17: 37
2017-18: 2

FAVOURITE OPPONENTS

v Sevilla: 23 goals
v Atletico Madrid: 22
v Valencia: 21
v Osasuna: 21
v Deportivo La Coruna: 17

SCORED WITH…

Left foot: 274
Right foot: 63
Head: 14

Messi scored a handball goal against local rivals Espanyol in 2007, which is officially included in his header tally.

VENUE

Home: 200
Away: 151

MULTIPLE GOALS

Messi has scored multiple goals in a La Liga game on 102 occasions.

He has 26 hat-tricks to his name, including three occasions on which he scored four goals – against Valencia and Espanyol in 2012 and Osasuna in January 2013.

TIME

Messi has scored five goals in the 90th minute of league matches and 18 more in stoppage time – including a penalty 14 minutes beyond the scheduled 90 against Espanyol in 2008, after a lengthy delay when a flare was thrown onto the field.

He has never scored in the first minute of either half.

The only other minutes in which he has never scored are the second, 10th, 34th and 69th.