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Newcastle United 3-2 FC Barcelone - September 17, 1997 / Ligue des Champions 1997/1998

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Ligue des Champions 1997/1998 - Journée 1 - Groupe C

St. James Park - Newcastle - England

September 17, 1997

35 274

Newcastle United

England

3 - 2

FC Barcelone

Spain

(penalty) Faustino Asprilla

22'

Faustino Asprilla

30'

Faustino Asprilla

48'

73'

Luis Enrique

89'

Luis Figo

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22' - Goal Faustino Asprilla22

30' - Goal Faustino Asprilla30

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46' - Substitution Emmanuel Amunikeis substituted by Dragan Ciric

48' - Goal Faustino Asprilla48

56' - Substitution Sonny Andersonis substituted by Christophe Dugarry

73' - Goal Luis Enrique

76' - Substitution Jon Dahl Tomassonis substituted by Darren Peacock76

80' - Substitution John Barnesis substituted by Temur Ketsbaia80

89' - Goal Luis Figo

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle United

3 - 2

FC Barcelone

Newcastle United FC Barcelone

Team line-ups

Newcastle United

1 Given

Shay Given

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/04/1976

Age21 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

19 Watson

Steve Watson

England

B.date01/04/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

2 Barton

Warren Barton

England

B.date19/03/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

27 Albert

Philippe Albert

Belgium

B.date10/08/1967

Age30 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

3 Beresford

John Beresford

England

B.date04/09/1966

Age31 years

H1m65

positionLeft full-back

7 Lee

Rob Lee

England

B.date01/02/1966

Age31 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

4 Batty

David Batty

England

B.date02/12/1968

Age28 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

10 Barnes80

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

18 Gillespie

Keith Gillespie

Northern Ireland

B.date18/02/1975

Age22 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

16 Tomasson76

Jon Dahl Tomasson

Denmark

B.date29/08/1976

Age21 years

H1m82

positionStriker

11 Asprilla304822

Faustino Asprilla

Colombia

B.date10/11/1969

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Shay Given		21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Steve Watson		23	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Warren Barton		28	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Philippe Albert		30	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	John Beresford		31	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Rob Lee		31	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	David Batty		28	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	John Barnes	80	33	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Keith Gillespie		22	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Jon Dahl Tomasson	76	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Faustino Asprilla	304822	27	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

FC Barcelone

13 Hesp

Ruud Hesp

Netherlands

B.date31/10/1965

Age31 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

20 Nadal

Miguel Ángel Nadal

Spain

B.date28/07/1966

Age31 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

12 Sergi

Sergi

Spain

B.date28/12/1971

Age25 years

H1m72

positionLeft full-back

22 Reiziger

Michael Reiziger

Netherlands

B.date03/05/1973

Age24 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

21 Luis Enrique73

Luis Enrique

Spain

B.date08/05/1970

Age27 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

17 Celades

Albert Celades

Spain

B.date29/09/1975

Age21 years

H1m77

positionDefensive Midfielder

23 De la Peña

Iván De la Peña

Spain

B.date06/05/1976

Age21 years

H1m71

positionBox-to-box midfielder

7 Figo89

Luis Figo

Portugal

B.date04/11/1972

Age24 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

9 Anderson56

Sonny Anderson

Brazil

B.date19/09/1970

Age26 years

H1m81

positionStriker

Amunike46

Emmanuel Amunike

Nigeria

B.date25/12/1970

Age26 years

H1m76

positionLeft Winger

11 Rivaldo

Rivaldo

Brazil

B.date19/04/1972

Age25 years

H1m86

positionSecond striker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Ruud Hesp		31	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Miguel Ángel Nadal		31	263	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Sergi		25	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Michael Reiziger		24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Luis Enrique	73	27	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Albert Celades		21	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Iván De la Peña		21	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Luis Figo	89	24	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Sonny Anderson	56	26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Emmanuel Amunike	46	26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Rivaldo		25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
5	D		Darren Peacock	76	29	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M		Temur Ketsbaia	80	29	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
15	F		Christophe Dugarry	56	25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F		Dragan Ciric	46	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Faustino Asprilla

Ian Rush

OUT

David Batty

Alessandro Pistone

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Emmanuel Amunike

Christophe Dugarry

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Dalglish vs FC Barcelone

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 17, 1997

Dalglish vs van Gaal

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 17, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Louis van Gaal

Success rate in this team:

75 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

68 %

van Gaal vs Newcastle United

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 17, 1997

van Gaal vs Dalglish

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 17, 1997

Referee

Pierluigi Collina

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Newcastle United1 match	General total	FC Barcelone6 matches	2 victories	1 draw	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Newcastle United1 match	Season total	FC Barcelone1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 17, 1997					Latest figure on March 08, 2005

Videos

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Comments

Key figures

Newcastle United keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored in Ligue des Champions running (since 13/08/1997). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Faustino Asprilla scores at least 3 goals during the same game vs in his professional career

It's the first time Luis Enrique scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 16 key stats

General ranking

1	Dynamo Kiev	3 pts	1 rd
2	Newcastle United	3 pts	1 rd
3	FC Barcelone	0 pt	1 rd
4	PSV Eindhoven	0 pt	1 rd

General ranking

1	Dynamo Kiev	3 pts	1 rd
2	Newcastle United	3 pts	1 rd
3	FC Barcelone	0 pt	1 rd
4	PSV Eindhoven	0 pt	1 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNewcastle United 3-1 Derby County19/04/1997

VNewcastle United 5-0 Nottingham Forest11/05/1997

VNewcastle United 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday09/08/1997

VNewcastle United 2-1 Dinamo Zagreb13/08/1997

VNewcastle United 1-0 Aston Villa23/08/1997

LNewcastle United 1-3 Wimbledon FC13/09/1997

Overall

VNewcastle United 5-0 Nottingham Forest11/05/1997

VNewcastle United 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday09/08/1997

VNewcastle United 2-1 Dinamo Zagreb13/08/1997

VNewcastle United 1-0 Aston Villa23/08/1997

DDinamo Zagreb 2-2 Newcastle United27/08/1997

LNewcastle United 1-3 Wimbledon FC13/09/1997

Current form

Away

VCelta Vigo 1-3 FC Barcelone19/05/1997

LHércules CF 2-1 FC Barcelone01/06/1997

VRayo Vallecano 1-2 FC Barcelone22/06/1997

LReal Madrid 4-1 FC Barcelone23/08/1997

VSkonto Riga 0-1 FC Barcelone27/08/1997

VValencia CF 0-3 FC Barcelone07/09/1997

Overall

VFC Barcelone 2-1 Real Madrid20/08/1997

LReal Madrid 4-1 FC Barcelone23/08/1997

VSkonto Riga 0-1 FC Barcelone27/08/1997

VFC Barcelone 3-0 Real Sociedad31/08/1997

VValencia CF 0-3 FC Barcelone07/09/1997

VFC Barcelone 2-1 Deportivo La Coruña13/09/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	7	1
Scoring streak	9	6
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	10	20
Scoring streak	14	31
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

John Beresford	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Giovanni
John Beresford	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Sonny Anderson
Faustino Asprilla	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
John Beresford	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Giovanni