Stats interpretation from La Liga

http://www.managingmadrid.com/2012/1/31/2761606/real-madrid-la-liga-2012-statistics-analysis

Real Madrid's top two assist-ers, Angel Di Maria and Mesut Özil have combined for a whopping 23 assists this season, and are the number one and two assist-ers in la Liga. That's better than the next three players--who happen to be Barcelona's Leo Messi, Dani Alves and Xavi Hernandez--combined. This really makes you think about how much Madrid really misses Di Maria--he's leading the league in assists by three (13 to Özil's 10), and he has missed a bunch of games. It also puts how awesome he has been this season into perspective: his assists more than double Xavi's total.

Following from my first point in this article, Real Madrid have completed 85% of their passes overall. This is another incredibly underrated part of Madrid's game that gets ignored because of Barça's ridiculous 89%. Like the first point, it's worth noting that Real Madrid are an incredibly good passing team.