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Skonto Riga 2-0 Valletta FC - July 30, 1997 / Champions League 1997/1998

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Champions League 1997/1998 - First round

Skonto stadions - Riga - Latvia

July 30, 1997

Skonto Riga

Latvia

2 - 0

Valletta FC

Malta

Vitalijs Astafjevs

14'

Mihails Miholaps

26'

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14' - Goal Vitalijs Astafjevs14

26' - Goal Mihails Miholaps26

27' - Substitution David Chaladzeis substituted by Alexander Rekhviashvili27

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46' - Substitution Ivan Woodsis substituted by Ivan Zammit

54' - Substitution Angelo Galeais substituted by Drasko Braunovic

68' - Substitution Juris Sevlakovsis substituted by Olegs Blagonadezdins68

71' - Substitution Basko Tataris substituted by Jeremy Agius

73' - Substitution Marians Paharsis substituted by Andrejs Stolcers73

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Skonto Riga

2 - 0

Valletta FC

Skonto Riga Valletta FC

Team line-ups

Skonto Riga

Kolinko

Aleksandrs Kolinko

Latvia

B.date18/06/1975

Age22 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

Sevlakovs68

Juris Sevlakovs

Latvia

B.date24/01/1959

Age38 years

H1m81

positionDefender

Ivanovs

Valerijs Ivanovs

Latvia

B.date23/02/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Stepanovs

Igors Stepanovs

Latvia

B.date21/01/1976

Age21 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

Silagadze

Levan Silagadze

Georgia

B.date04/08/1976

Age20 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Zemlinskis

Mihails Zemlinskis

Latvia

B.date21/12/1969

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Astafjevs14

Vitalijs Astafjevs

Latvia

B.date03/04/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Pahars73

Marians Pahars

Latvia

B.date05/08/1976

Age20 years

H1m74

positionVersatile Midfielder

Chaladze27

David Chaladze

Georgia

B.date22/01/1976

Age21 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Babicevs

Vladimirs Babicevs

Latvia

B.date22/04/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionForward

Miholaps26

Mihails Miholaps

Latvia

B.date24/08/1974

Age22 years

H1m84

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Aleksandrs Kolinko		22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Juris Sevlakovs	68	38	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Valerijs Ivanovs		27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Igors Stepanovs		21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Levan Silagadze		20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mihails Zemlinskis		27	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Vitalijs Astafjevs	14	26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marians Pahars	73	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Chaladze	27	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Vladimirs Babicevs		29	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mihails Miholaps	26	22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Valletta FC

Sullivan

Sean Sullivan

Malta

B.date16/09/1971

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Galea54

Angelo Galea

Malta

B.date26/03/1976

Age21 years

positionDefender

Camilleri

Joseph Camilleri

Malta

B.date23/12/1966

Age30 years

positionDefender

Debono

Darren Debono

Malta

B.date09/01/1974

Age23 years

positionDefender

Chetcuti

Jeffrey Chetcuti

Malta

B.date22/04/1974

Age23 years

positionDefender

Laferla

Kristian Laferla

Malta

B.date23/03/1967

Age30 years

positionDefender

Tatar71

Basko Tatar

Malta

B.date06/10/1965

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Saliba

Nicky Saliba

Malta

B.date26/08/1966

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Agius

Gilbert Agius

Malta

B.date21/02/1974

Age23 years

H1m76

positionMidfield

Woods46

Ivan Woods

Malta

B.date31/12/1976

Age20 years

H1m70

positionForward

Zarb

Joe Zarb

Malta

B.date17/11/1964

Age32 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Sean Sullivan		25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Angelo Galea	54	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joseph Camilleri		30	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Debono		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeffrey Chetcuti		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kristian Laferla		30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Basko Tatar	71	31	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nicky Saliba		30	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gilbert Agius		23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ivan Woods	46	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Zarb		32	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Olegs Blagonadezdins	68	24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alexander Rekhviashvili	27	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andrejs Stolcers	73	22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Drasko Braunovic	54	30	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ivan Zammit	46	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jeremy Agius	71	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Joseph Camilleri

Drasko Braunovic

OUT

Ivan Woods

Ivan Zammit

OUT

Joe Zarb

Ferenc Lovasz

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Alexandrs Starkovs

117

Success rate in this team:

79 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

79 %

Starkovs vs Valletta FC

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on July 30, 1997

Starkovs vs Aquilina

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on July 30, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Edward Aquilina

Success rate in this team:

64 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Aquilina vs Skonto Riga

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on July 30, 1997

Aquilina vs Starkovs

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on July 30, 1997

Referee

Lars Gerner

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Skonto Riga1 match	General total	Valletta FC1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Skonto Riga1 match	Season total	Valletta FC1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on July 30, 1997					Latest figure on July 30, 1997

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Key figures

Valletta FC keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals conceded away from home running (since 24/08/1995). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Valletta FC after 4 matches with at least one goal scored away from home (since 15/09/1993). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 02/10/1974 (3 matches)

End of streak for Skonto Riga after 3 consecutive matches without a win at home in Champions League (since 30/09/1992). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSkonto Riga 2-0 Metalurgs Liepaja11/05/1997

DSkonto Riga 0-0 Dinaburg25/05/1997

VSkonto Riga 9-0 Dizvanagi Rezekne14/06/1997

DSkonto Riga 1-1 JFK Ventspils21/06/1997

VSkonto Riga 4-1 FK Lokomotive Daugavpils13/07/1997

VSkonto Riga 5-0 RAF Jelgava16/07/1997

Overall

VSkonto Riga 9-0 Dizvanagi Rezekne14/06/1997

DSkonto Riga 1-1 JFK Ventspils21/06/1997

VSkonto Riga 4-1 FK Lokomotive Daugavpils13/07/1997

VSkonto Riga 5-0 RAF Jelgava16/07/1997

LValletta FC 1-0 Skonto Riga23/07/1997

VMetalurgs Liepaja 0-1 Skonto Riga26/07/1997

Current form

Away

DNaxxar Lions 1-1 Valletta FC26/10/1996

DFloriana 0-0 Valletta FC24/11/1996

VLija Athletic 0-8 Valletta FC08/12/1996

VHibernians 1-4 Valletta FC12/01/1997

VPieta Hotspurs 0-3 Valletta FC02/02/1997

VRabat Ajax 1-4 Valletta FC16/02/1997

Overall

VValletta FC 4-2 Hamrun Spartans08/01/1997

VHibernians 1-4 Valletta FC12/01/1997

VValletta FC 5-1 Naxxar Lions19/01/1997

VPieta Hotspurs 0-3 Valletta FC02/02/1997

VRabat Ajax 1-4 Valletta FC16/02/1997

VValletta FC 1-0 Skonto Riga23/07/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	11	1
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	4	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	4	6
Unbeaten streak	9	6
Drawless streak	4	9
Scoring streak	4	6
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

	-		Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Angelo Galea
	-		The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Angelo Galea

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	July 23, 1997
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

July 23, 1997 - Ligue des Champions 1997/1998

Valletta FC

1 - 0

Skonto Riga logo Skonto Riga

Best historical scorers against Valletta FC

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/07/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Skonto Riga

Angelo Galea

1 goal

1997 - 1997

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Players with most games played vs Valletta FC

Mihails Miholaps	1 match	1997 - 1997
Andrejs Stolcers	1 match	1997 - 1997
Igors Slesarcuks	1 match	1997 - 1997
Aleksandrs Kolinko	1 match	1997 - 1997
Marians Pahars	1 match	1997 - 1997
Mihails Zemlinskis	1 match	1997 - 1997

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Players with most games played vs Skonto Riga

Jeffrey Chetcuti	1 match	1997 - 1997
Nicky Saliba	1 match	1997 - 1997
Gilbert Agius	1 match	1997 - 1997
Ivan Woods	1 match	1997 - 1997
Sean Sullivan	1 match	1997 - 1997
Kristian Laferla	1 match	1997 - 1997