Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández announced on January 27 that he was not going to renew as coach of the club of his life. The Catalan coach is the Spanish coach with the most defeats in the club's history.

Since then, ten games and zero defeats, with a 70% victory rate, at the level of Guardiola, Luis Enrique or Vilanova. The Barça club has had to deal with several injuries to its players throughout the season. Marc-André Ter Stegen has affected the results the most.