If he manages to keep a clean sheet for 56 minutes in the Balearic lands, he will surpass his best unbeaten record
He has never conceded a goal at the Visit Malllorca Stadium and last year he signed a save that gave the team three points
Ter Stegen’s start to the season is remembering his best version. The goalkeeper has started sweetly and the team is feeling it. His stops give points again and his records place him as one of the fittest goalkeepers on the world scene. This Saturday he will have a new opportunity to extend his streak.
The German has four consecutive games without conceding a goal in the League (Valladolid, Seville, Cádiz and Elche), establishing Barça as the team with the fewest goals in the competition. And not only that: also of the five major European leagues. Villarreal follows, with Gerónimo Rulli under the sticks, with two goals against; and Atalanta, with the gloves of Juan Musso, with three goals against.
Such is the level that Ter Stegen is showing this season that he is very close to achieving a new unbeaten record. 444 minutes have elapsed since Isak’s goal with Real Sociedad on matchday two. If the Teuton manages to spend at least the first 56 minutes of the match against Mallorca without picking up a ball from the bottom of the net, he will improve his mark.
During the 2019/20 season, he went 500 minutes without conceding a goal, divided between matchdays 27 and 31 (Real Sociedad, Mallorca, Leganés, Seville and Athletic Club). Since then he has not chained five consecutive league games without keeping a clean sheet.
prolific land
Precisely, the Visit Mallorca Stadium is a fiefdom that brings back very good memories. In his two visits to the Balearic Islands he has managed to put the lock on his goal: 0-4 in the 2019/20 season and 0-1 in 2021/22.
Just in this last precedent, signed one of the best stops that are remembered. One of those that will appear in the highlights video of his best moments when he hangs up the gloves. Jaume Costa’s volley and point-blank shot at the edge of the small area and Ter Stegen saved with his shoulder with the marker still not moving.