LEO'S LAS CHANCE

Lionel Messi faces Las Palmas at the Nou Camp knowing if he scores he will have netted against ALL 19 La Liga clubs

Barcelona legend has bagged 325 league goals in Spain - and just one of the current top-flight teams have kept him out...

LAS PALMAS stand between Lionel Messi and another landmark goal for Barcelona this Saturday.

The mid-table Canarians are the only current top-flight side Messi has failed to net against.

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Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi has yet to score against Las Palmas but had a big role in a goal for Neymar during this 2-1 victory in February last yearCredit: AP:Associated Press

The five-time world player of the year, 29 has hit 325 La Liga goals in 13 years.


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Just four teams have kept the Argentina attacker out during league matches - Las Palmas in two games, plus now relegated sides Xerez (twice) and Cadiz and Murcia (once each).

Messi, though, might have particularly painful memories of the yellows ahead of their visit to the Nou Camp this weekend.

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He lasted just 10 minutes against Las Palmas in September 2015 in the same fixture last season, tearing a knee ligament and sitting out the next two months.

Messi has scored against 34 of the 38 clubs he has faced in La Liga for BarcaCredit: AP:Associated Press

Luis Suarez hit a double in Barcelona's 2-1 win that day.

Then in February last year Messi saw Suarez and Neymar clinch victory by the same margin in Gran Canaria.

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But Neymar only scored from a rebound after Messi was thwarted by a brilliant save from Yellows' keeper Javi Parasa.

Messi has been most prolific in his remarkable career against two of La Liga's big guns.

He has hit 21 goals in 20 games with Sevilla and 21 from 21 against Atletico Madrid.

Barcelona and Argentina legend Messi is warming up for his bid to make it 19 out of 19 current La Liga rivals he has scored againstCredit: AP:Associated Press
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Next come Osasuna and Valencia (both 19 goals), Deportivo (17), Ray (16), Levante and Espanyol (15).

More importantly, perhaps, Messi has netted 14 times against Barca's biggest rivals and current La Liga leaders Real Madrid.

Messi holds the record for the most goals in a calendar year, 91 in 2012.

But Real superstar and current world player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo was the first player to pass the 40 mark in two successive seasons.

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Ex-Manchester United hero Ronaldo, 31, is also the only man to net 50-plus goals for six calendar years in a row.

Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo and his long-time Barcelona rival Lionel Messi dominate the world of scoring in top-flight European footballCredit: Getty Images

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