With Pep Guardiola at the helm in the 2010-11 season, 'Los Cules' set the record for 31 consecutive games without losing in La Liga, before they fell 2-1 to Real Sociedad in Anoeta.
It was almost a similar story for Valverde when his squad faced the San Sebastian outfit earlier in this campaign. Although they fought hard to come back from a 2-0 deficit to take the game 4-2 and continue their impressive unbeaten run.
Skip forward to the present and Barcelona have equalled that previous record set by Guardiola, thanks to a 2-0 win over Eibar last weekend.
Now, as they prepare to face Girona in La Liga's late kick-off on Saturday, the Catalan club could surpass the tally of the much-idolised Guardiola squad, to take them to 32 games undefeated in the league.
Not all the praise can be put at Valverde's door though, as seven of the matches came under his predecessor, Luis Enrique, at the end of last season - all of which ended in a Barcelona triumph.
In fact, out of the 31 games unbeaten so far, 'Los Cules' have secured 26 wins and five draws, helping them remain sky high at the top of the La Liga table with 62 points - seven more than second-placed Atletico Madrid and a massive 14 ahead of eternal rivals Real Madrid.