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Vélez Sarsfield 2-1 Boca Juniors - September 17, 1998 / Copa Mercosur 1998

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Copa Mercosur 1998 - Group D

Estadio José Amalfitani - Buenos Aires - Argentina

September 17, 1998

Vélez Sarsfield

Argentina

2 - 1

Boca Juniors

Argentina

Patricio Camps

Christian Bassedas

35'

90'

Diego Cagna

logo Vélez Sarsfield VS

2' - Goal Patricio Camps2

31' - Yellow card Roberto Abbondanzieri photo José Basualdo

31' - Yellow card José Basualdo

33' - Red card César La Paglia

35' - Goal Christian Bassedas35

45' - Substitution Emiliano Reyis substituted by G. Barros Schelotto

logo Vélez Sarsfield VS

58' - Red card Fabián Cubero58

61' - Substitution Cristian Traversois substituted by Diego Cagna

75' - Red card Ariel Javier Rosada

76' - Yellow card G. Barros Schelotto

84' - Yellow card Diego Cagna

85' - Red card Lucas Castromán85

90' - Goal Diego Cagna

logo Boca Juniors BJ

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Vélez Sarsfield

2 - 1

Boca Juniors

Vélez Sarsfield Boca Juniors

Team line-ups

Vélez Sarsfield

Chilavert

José Luis Chilavert

Paraguay

B.date27/07/1965

Age33 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Cardozo

Raul Cardozo

Argentina

B.date28/10/1967

Age30 years

positionLeft central defender

Méndez

Sebastián Méndez

Argentina

B.date04/07/1977

Age21 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

C. Husaín

Claudio Husaín

Argentina

B.date20/11/1974

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Bassedas35

Christian Bassedas

Argentina

B.date16/02/1973

Age25 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

Castromán85

Lucas Castromán

Argentina

B.date02/10/1980

Age17 years

H1m74

positionRight Midfielder

Compagnucci

Carlos Compagnucci

Argentina

B.date06/08/1968

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Cubero58

Fabián Cubero

Argentina

B.date21/12/1978

Age19 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Camps2

Patricio Camps

Argentina

B.date22/01/1972

Age26 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

D. Husaín

Darío Husaín

Argentina

B.date02/05/1976

Age22 years

H1m75

positionForward

Pandolfi

Fernando Pandolfi

Argentina

B.date29/05/1974

Age24 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	José Luis Chilavert		33	252	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Raul Cardozo		30	350	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sebastián Méndez		21	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Claudio Husaín		23	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Christian Bassedas	35	25	242	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lucas Castromán	85	17	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carlos Compagnucci		30	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fabián Cubero	58	19	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patricio Camps	2	26	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darío Husaín		22	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Pandolfi		24	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

143

Boca Juniors

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

21Gimenez

Christian Gimenez

Mexico

B.date01/02/1981

Age17 years

H1m70

positionOffensive Midfielder

20Rey45

Emiliano Rey

Argentina

B.date05/01/1975

Age23 years

H1m78

positionForward

19La Paglia33

César La Paglia

Argentina

B.date25/02/1979

Age19 years

H1m75

positionPlaymaker

24Pereda

José Pereda

Peru

B.date08/09/1973

Age25 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

18Basualdo31

José Basualdo

Argentina

B.date20/06/1963

Age35 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

16Rosada75

Ariel Javier Rosada

Argentina

B.date11/04/1978

Age20 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Arruabarrena

Rodolfo Arruabarrena

Argentina

B.date20/07/1975

Age23 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

15Matellán

Aníbal Matellán

Argentina

B.date08/05/1977

Age21 years

H1m82

positionLeft central defender

13Traverso61

Cristian Traverso

Argentina

B.date17/04/1972

Age26 years

H1m82

positionDefender

4Ortiz

Fernando Ortiz

Argentina

B.date25/12/1977

Age20 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

12Abbondanzieri31

Roberto Abbondanzieri

Argentina

B.date20/07/1972

Age26 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Roberto Abbondanzieri	31	26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Cristian Traverso	61	26	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Aníbal Matellán		21	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Fernando Ortiz		20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Rodolfo Arruabarrena		23	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	José Pereda		25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Ariel Javier Rosada	75	20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	José Basualdo	31	35	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	César La Paglia	33	19	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Christian Gimenez		17	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Emiliano Rey	45	23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
8	M		Diego Cagna	906184	28	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F		G. Barros Schelotto	4576	25	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Claudio Husaín

Eduardo Domínguez

OUT

Carlos Compagnucci

Flavio Zandona

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

César La Paglia

Juan Román Riquelme

OUT

Christian Gimenez

Martín Palermo

OUT

Roberto Abbondanzieri

Óscar Córdoba

OUT

José Basualdo

Diego Cagna

OUT

Ariel Javier Rosada

Mauricio Serna

OUT

Emiliano Rey

Guillermo Barros Schelotto

OUT

José Pereda

Fernando Navas

OUT

Rodolfo Arruabarrena

Hugo Ibarra

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Julio César Falcioni

Eduardo Luján Manera

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

60 %

Falcioni vs Boca Juniors

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 17, 1998

Falcioni vs Bianchi

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 17, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Carlos Bianchi

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Bianchi vs Vélez Sarsfield

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 17, 1998

Bianchi vs Falcioni

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 17, 1998

Referee

Javier Castrilli

4 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Vélez Sarsfield6 matches	General total	Boca Juniors7 matches	2 victories	1 draw	4 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Vélez Sarsfield1 match	Season total	Boca Juniors1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 17, 1998					Latest figure on September 17, 1998

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Key figures

Vélez Sarsfield keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss in Copa Mercosur running (since 05/08/1998). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Diego Cagna scores 1 goal vs in Copa Mercosur

Boca Juniors keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 02/09/1998).

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VVélez Sarsfield 4-1 Ferro Carril Oeste10/05/1998

VVélez Sarsfield 1-0 Huracán31/05/1998

VVélez Sarsfield 2-0 Estudiantes de La Plata14/08/1998

VVélez Sarsfield 1-0 Flamengo19/08/1998

VVélez Sarsfield 3-0 Talleres28/08/1998

DVélez Sarsfield 1-1 Independiente13/09/1998

Overall

VVélez Sarsfield 1-0 Flamengo19/08/1998

DSan Lorenzo de Almagro 0-0 Vélez Sarsfield21/08/1998

VVélez Sarsfield 3-0 Talleres28/08/1998

DCerro Porteño 2-2 Vélez Sarsfield03/09/1998

VRosario Central 1-2 Vélez Sarsfield06/09/1998

DVélez Sarsfield 1-1 Independiente13/09/1998

Current form

Away

DUnión 1-1 Boca Juniors07/06/1998

VFerro Carril Oeste 2-4 Boca Juniors09/08/1998

LCerro Porteño 3-2 Boca Juniors19/08/1998

DGimnasia La Plata 0-0 Boca Juniors30/08/1998

VFlamengo 0-2 Boca Juniors02/09/1998

VBelgrano de Córdoba 2-4 Boca Juniors13/09/1998

Overall

LCerro Porteño 3-2 Boca Juniors19/08/1998

DBoca Juniors 2-2 Argentinos Juniors23/08/1998

DGimnasia La Plata 0-0 Boca Juniors30/08/1998

VFlamengo 0-2 Boca Juniors02/09/1998

VBoca Juniors 6-2 Huracán06/09/1998

VBelgrano de Córdoba 2-4 Boca Juniors13/09/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	9	20
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	10	4
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	3	5
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.33
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

1	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
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
1-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-3 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

José Luis Chilavert	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Martín Palermo
Fernando Pandolfi	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Martín Palermo
José Luis Chilavert	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Emiliano Rey
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Emiliano Rey
José Luis Chilavert	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	Emiliano Rey

Historical head to head

Home

64 matches

21 v

21 d

22 l

87 gf

82 ga

Away

70 matches

15 v

13 d

42 l

79 gf

141 ga

Total

134 matches

36 v

34 d

64 l

166 gf

223 ga

Historical head to head

Home

70 matches

42 v

13 d

15 l

141 gf

79 ga

Away

64 matches

22 v

21 d

21 l

82 gf

87 ga

Total

134 matches

64 v

34 d

36 l

223 gf

166 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	June 16, 1996
Home	5 - 1	June 16, 1996

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 12, 1971
Away	5 - 0	October 07, 1945

Latest head to head

August 05, 1998 - Copa Mercosur 1998

Boca Juniors

0 - 1

Vélez Sarsfield logo Vélez Sarsfield

March 01, 1998 - Primera División 1997/1998

Boca Juniors

2 - 3

Vélez Sarsfield logo Vélez Sarsfield

September 17, 1997 - Primera División 1997/1998

Vélez Sarsfield

0 - 0

Boca Juniors logo Boca Juniors

April 20, 1997 - Primera División 1996/1997

Boca Juniors

1 - 2

Vélez Sarsfield logo Vélez Sarsfield

October 27, 1996 - Primera División 1996/1997

Vélez Sarsfield

1 - 1

Boca Juniors logo Boca Juniors

Best historical scorers against Boca Juniors

Carlos Bianchi	6 goals	1970 - 1981
Miguel Benito	5 goals	1970 - 1973
Turu Flores	4 goals	1994 - 1996
José Luis Chilavert	4 goals	1996 - 1998
Roberto Trotta	3 goals	1992 - 1993
Omar Wehbe	2 goals	1967 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/05/1950. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Vélez Sarsfield

Juan José Ferraro	2 goals	1950 - 1950
Óscar Ruggeri	2 goals	1981 - 1981
Diego Armando Maradona	1 goal	1981 - 1981
Darío Óscar Scotto	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Hugo Perotti	1 goal	1981 - 1981
Sergio Daniel Martínez	1 goal	1995 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/05/1950. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Boca Juniors

Raul Cardozo	21 matches	1987 - 1998
Carlos Bianchi	20 matches	1967 - 1984
José Luis Chilavert	15 matches	1992 - 1998
Marcelo Gomez	13 matches	1991 - 1997
Christian Bassedas	13 matches	1992 - 1998
Luis Gallo	13 matches	1967 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/05/1950. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Vélez Sarsfield

Navarro Montoya	7 matches	1990 - 1996
Diego Latorre	6 matches	1990 - 1998
Néstor Fabbri	6 matches	1994 - 1998
Diego Armando Maradona	6 matches	1981 - 1997
Nelson Vivas	5 matches	1994 - 1997
Sergio Daniel Martínez	4 matches	1994 - 1997