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Aston Villa 2-1 Athletic Bilbao - November 04, 1997 / (C3) UEFA Cup 1997/1998

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(C3) UEFA Cup 1997/1998 - Round of 32

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

November 04, 1997

35 915

Aston Villa

England

2 - 1

Athletic Bilbao

Spain

Ian Taylor

27'

Dwight Yorke

50'

70'

Javi González

logo Aston Villa AV

27' - Goal Ian Taylor27

logo Aston Villa AV

50' - Goal Dwight Yorke50

50' - Substitution Patxi Ferreirais substituted by Mikel Lasa

53' - Substitution José Ángel Zigandais substituted by Julen Guerrero

69' - Substitution Josu Urrutiais substituted by Javi González

70' - Goal Javi González

87' - Substitution Fernando Nelsonis substituted by Simon Grayson87

logo Athletic Bilbao AB

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Athletic Bilbao

Aston Villa Athletic Bilbao

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Bosnich

Mark Bosnich

Australia

B.date13/01/1972

Age25 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Staunton

Steve Staunton

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/01/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Southgate

Gareth Southgate

England

B.date03/09/1970

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Scimeca

Riccardo Scimeca

England

B.date13/06/1975

Age22 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Nelson87

Fernando Nelson

Portugal

B.date05/11/1971

Age25 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Wright

Alan Wright

England

B.date28/09/1971

Age26 years

H1m63

positionLeft full-back

Charles

Gary Charles

England

B.date13/04/1970

Age27 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Taylor27

Ian Taylor

England

B.date04/06/1968

Age29 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Draper

Mark Draper

England

B.date11/11/1970

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Yorke50

Dwight Yorke

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date03/11/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

Milosevic

Savo Milosevic

Serbia

B.date02/09/1973

Age24 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Bosnich		25	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Staunton		28	235	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Southgate		27	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Riccardo Scimeca		22	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fernando Nelson	87	25	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Wright		26	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Charles		27	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Taylor	27	29	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Draper		26	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dwight Yorke	50	26	259	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Savo Milosevic		24	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

125

Athletic Bilbao

Etxeberria

Imanol Etxeberria

Spain

B.date27/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

Ferreira50

Patxi Ferreira

Spain

B.date22/05/1967

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Alkorta

Rafael Alkorta

Spain

B.date16/09/1968

Age29 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

Ríos

Roberto Ríos

Spain

B.date08/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m94

positionCentral defender

Larrazabal

Aitor Larrazabal

Spain

B.date21/06/1971

Age26 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

Larrainzar

Iñigo Larrainzar

Spain

B.date05/06/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Alkiza

Bittor Alkiza

Spain

B.date26/10/1970

Age27 years

H1m72

positionDefensive Midfielder

Urrutia69

Josu Urrutia

Spain

B.date10/04/1968

Age29 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Etxeberria

Joseba Etxeberria

Spain

B.date05/09/1977

Age20 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Ziganda53

José Ángel Ziganda

Spain

B.date01/10/1966

Age31 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Urzaiz

Ismael Urzaiz

Spain

B.date07/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Imanol Etxeberria		24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Patxi Ferreira	50	30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rafael Alkorta		29	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roberto Ríos		26	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Aitor Larrazabal		26	237	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Iñigo Larrainzar		26	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bittor Alkiza		27	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Josu Urrutia	69	29	226	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joseba Etxeberria		20	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	José Ángel Ziganda	53	31	244	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ismael Urzaiz		26	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

117

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Simon Grayson	87	27	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Javi González	7069	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mikel Lasa	50	26	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Julen Guerrero	53	23	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mark Bosnich

Michael Oakes

OUT

Steve Staunton

Ugo Ehiogu

OUT

Savo Milosevic

Julian Joachim

OUT

Ian Taylor

Simon Grayson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Joseba Etxeberria

Javi González

OUT

Josu Urrutia

Txomin Nagore

OUT

Aitor Larrazabal

Mikel Lasa

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Little

144

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Little vs Athletic Bilbao

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 04, 1997

Little vs Fernandez

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 04, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Luis Fernandez

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Fernandez vs Aston Villa

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 04, 1997

Fernandez vs Little

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 04, 1997

Referee

Sandor Piller

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Aston Villa1 match	General total	Athletic Bilbao1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Aston Villa1 match	Season total	Athletic Bilbao1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 04, 1997					Latest figure on November 04, 1997

Videos

December 25, 2012

Comments

Key figures

No Aston Villa manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Brian Little has done less than 0.97 goals conceded per game .

The last time Athletic Bilbao has ended with the score 1-2 in Europa League, It was on the 15/09/1982 (vs )

Aston Villa keeps its 9 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home in Europa League running (since 18/09/1990). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAston Villa 1-0 Leeds United30/08/1997

VAston Villa 2-1 Derby County20/09/1997

DAston Villa 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday27/09/1997

VAston Villa 1-0 Bordeaux30/09/1997

LAston Villa 1-2 Wimbledon FC18/10/1997

LAston Villa 0-2 Chelsea01/11/1997

Overall

VBolton Wanderers 0-1 Aston Villa04/10/1997

LWest Ham 3-0 Aston Villa15/10/1997

LAston Villa 1-2 Wimbledon FC18/10/1997

DAthletic Bilbao 0-0 Aston Villa21/10/1997

DArsenal 0-0 Aston Villa26/10/1997

LAston Villa 0-2 Chelsea01/11/1997

Current form

Away

DReal Betis 1-1 Athletic Bilbao06/09/1997

VSampdoria 1-2 Athletic Bilbao16/09/1997

DSalamanca 0-0 Athletic Bilbao27/09/1997

DValencia CF 1-1 Athletic Bilbao15/10/1997

DDeportivo La Coruña 1-1 Athletic Bilbao18/10/1997

VSporting Gijón 1-2 Athletic Bilbao26/10/1997

Overall

DAthletic Bilbao 1-1 Real Sociedad04/10/1997

DValencia CF 1-1 Athletic Bilbao15/10/1997

DDeportivo La Coruña 1-1 Athletic Bilbao18/10/1997

DAthletic Bilbao 0-0 Aston Villa21/10/1997

VSporting Gijón 1-2 Athletic Bilbao26/10/1997

VAthletic Bilbao 3-0 Tenerife01/11/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	2	5
Drawless streak	3	1
Goalless streak	1	3
Conceding streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	6	11
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	3	2
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

1	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
0.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.33
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	6
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Savo Milosevic	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Aitor Larrazabal
Savo Milosevic	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Roberto Ríos
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Aitor Larrazabal
Savo Milosevic	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Aitor Larrazabal

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

2 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

2 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

2 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

3 matches

0 v

2 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	November 23, 1977
Home	2 - 0	November 23, 1977

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

October 21, 1997 - (C3) Coupe UEFA 1997/1998

Athletic Bilbao

0 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

December 01, 1977 - (C3) Coupe UEFA 1977/1978

Athletic Bilbao

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

November 23, 1977 - (C3) Coupe UEFA 1977/1978

Aston Villa

2 - 0

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

Players with most games played vs Athletic Bilbao

Mark Draper	1 match	1997 - 1997
Simon Grayson	1 match	1997 - 1997
Savo Milosevic	1 match	1997 - 1997
Fernando Nelson	1 match	1997 - 1997
Riccardo Scimeca	1 match	1997 - 1997
Steve Staunton	1 match	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/10/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Iñigo Larrainzar	1 match	1997 - 1997
Josu Urrutia	1 match	1997 - 1997
Bittor Alkiza	1 match	1997 - 1997
Joseba Etxeberria	1 match	1997 - 1997
Mario Bermejo	1 match	1997 - 1997
Rafael Alkorta	1 match	1997 - 1997