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Valencia CF 5-1 Athletic Bilbao - October 26, 2002 / Primera Division 2002/2003

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Primera Division 2002/2003 - Round 7

Mestalla - Valencia - Spain

October 26, 2002

Valencia CF

5 - 1

Athletic Bilbao

Pablo Aimar

John Carew

Pablo Aimar

28'

Pablo Aimar

43'

(penalty) Fábio Aurelio

48'

85'

Tiko

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6' - Goal Pablo Aimar6

8' - Goal John Carew8

28' - Goal Pablo Aimar28

39' - Substitution Francisco Yesteis substituted by Javi González

43' - Goal Pablo Aimar43

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46' - Substitution Ander Murillois substituted by Aitor Ocio

48' - Goal Fábio Aurelio48

51' - Substitution Rubén Barajais substituted by Kily González51

63' - Substitution Vicenteis substituted by Mista63

69' - Substitution Joseba Etxeberriais substituted by Tiko

70' - Substitution Mauricio Pellegrinois substituted by Miroslav Djukic70

85' - Goal Tiko

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Valencia CF

5 - 1

Athletic Bilbao

Valencia CF Athletic Bilbao

Team line-ups

Valencia CF

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Carew8

John Carew

Norway

B.date05/09/1979

Age23 years

H1m93

positionStriker

14Vicente63

Vicente

Spain

B.date16/07/1981

Age21 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

21Aimar62843

Pablo Aimar

Argentina

B.date03/11/1979

Age22 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

19Rufete

Francisco Rufete

Spain

B.date20/11/1976

Age25 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8Baraja51

Rubén Baraja

Spain

B.date11/07/1975

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

6Albelda

David Albelda

Spain

B.date01/09/1977

Age25 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Fábio Aurelio48

Fábio Aurelio

Brazil

B.date24/09/1979

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

2Pellegrino70

Mauricio Pellegrino

Argentina

B.date05/10/1971

Age31 years

H1m93

positionLeft central defender

4Ayala

Roberto Ayala

Argentina

B.date12/04/1973

Age29 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

Curro Torres

Spain

B.date27/12/1976

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

1Cañizares

Santiago Cañizares

Spain

B.date18/12/1969

Age32 years

H1m81

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Santiago Cañizares		32	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Mauricio Pellegrino	70	31	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Roberto Ayala		29	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Curro Torres		25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Fábio Aurelio	48	23	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	David Albelda		25	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Rubén Baraja	51	27	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Vicente	63	21	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Pablo Aimar	62843	22	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Francisco Rufete		25	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	John Carew	8	23	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Athletic Bilbao

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Ezquerro

Santi Ezquerro

Spain

B.date14/12/1976

Age25 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Yeste39

Francisco Yeste

Spain

B.date06/12/1979

Age22 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Óscar Vales

Spain

B.date13/09/1974

Age28 years

H1m79

positionCentral defender

Gurpegui

Carlos Gurpegui

Spain

B.date19/08/1980

Age22 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Etxeberria69

Joseba Etxeberria

Spain

B.date05/09/1977

Age25 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Larrazabal

Aitor Larrazabal

Spain

B.date21/06/1971

Age31 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

Murillo46

Ander Murillo

Spain

B.date22/07/1983

Age19 years

H1m82

positionRight central midfielder

Lacruz

Jesús María Lacruz

Spain

B.date25/04/1978

Age24 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Caneda

César Caneda

Spain

B.date10/05/1978

Age24 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

Larrainzar

Iñigo Larrainzar

Spain

B.date05/06/1971

Age31 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Lafuente

Iñaki Lafuente

Spain

B.date24/01/1976

Age26 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Iñaki Lafuente		26	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Óscar Vales		28	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	César Caneda		24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carlos Gurpegui		22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Iñigo Larrainzar		31	276	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Aitor Larrazabal		31	393	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jesús María Lacruz		24	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ander Murillo	46	19	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Francisco Yeste	39	22	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joseba Etxeberria	69	25	267	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Santi Ezquerro		25	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

149

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
5	D	Miroslav Djukic	70	36	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Kily González	51	28	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Mista	63	23	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Aitor Ocio	46	25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Javi González	39	28	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tiko	8569	26	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David Albelda

Gonzalo De los Santos

OUT

Vicente

Kily González

OUT

John Carew

Mista

OUT

Pablo Aimar

Juan Sánchez

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Benítez vs Athletic Bilbao

3 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on October 26, 2002

Benítez vs Heynckes

3 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 26, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Jupp Heynckes

136

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Heynckes vs Valencia CF

4 victories

2 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on October 26, 2002

Heynckes vs Benítez

0 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on October 26, 2002

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time in his career that Pablo Aimar scores at least 3 goals during the same game in his professional career with Valencia CF

It's the first time Tiko scores 1 goal vs Valencia CF in his professional career

Only back at the time of José Iraragorri Ealo head of Athletic Bilbao (01/07/1949-01/07/1952), you can see a manager go over Jupp Heynckes with 1.82 goals conceded per game in La Liga (1.95).

Read the next 20 key stats

General ranking

+1	1	Celta Vigo	14 pts	7 rd
+2	2	Valencia CF	14 pts	7 rd
-2	3	Real Sociedad	14 pts	6 rd
+1	4	Real Madrid	12 pts	7 rd
-2	5	Málaga	12 pts	6 rd

General ranking

15	Osasuna	5 pts	6 rd
16	Alavés	5 pts	7 rd
17	Athletic Bilbao	5 pts	7 rd
18	Sevilla FC	4 pts	6 rd
19	Espanyol	4 pts	6 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LValencia CF 0-1 Deportivo La Coruña25/08/2002

VValencia CF 3-0 Recreativo Huelva14/09/2002

VValencia CF 2-0 Liverpool17/09/2002

VValencia CF 3-0 Rayo Vallecano29/09/2002

VValencia CF 6-2 FC Basel02/10/2002

LValencia CF 0-1 Celta Vigo06/10/2002

Overall

VSpartak Moscow 0-3 Valencia CF25/09/2002

VValencia CF 3-0 Rayo Vallecano29/09/2002

VValencia CF 6-2 FC Basel02/10/2002

LValencia CF 0-1 Celta Vigo06/10/2002

DAtlético Madrid 1-1 Valencia CF19/10/2002

DFC Basel 2-2 Valencia CF22/10/2002

Current form

Away

LRayo Vallecano 4-2 Athletic Bilbao28/04/2002

VTenerife 2-3 Athletic Bilbao11/05/2002

LReal Sociedad 4-2 Athletic Bilbao01/09/2002

VAmurrio 1-2 Athletic Bilbao11/09/2002

DSevilla FC 1-1 Athletic Bilbao22/09/2002

VRecreativo Huelva 1-2 Athletic Bilbao05/10/2002

Overall

VAmurrio 1-2 Athletic Bilbao11/09/2002

LAthletic Bilbao 0-2 FC Barcelona14/09/2002

DSevilla FC 1-1 Athletic Bilbao22/09/2002

LAthletic Bilbao 0-2 Mallorca29/09/2002

VRecreativo Huelva 1-2 Athletic Bilbao05/10/2002

DAthletic Bilbao 1-1 Málaga20/10/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	2
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	15	0
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	9	2
Conceding streak	15	27

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	17
5	General ranking (Home / Away)	10

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
3	Victories (Competition total)	1
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	3
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	11
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
1.83	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.67
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.83
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
3-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-4 (1 times)

Bookings

15	Yellow cards (Competition total)	17
8	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	9
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Rubén Baraja	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Carlos Gurpegui
John Carew	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Carlos Gurpegui
Rubén Baraja	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Rubén Baraja	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Rubén Baraja	3 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Santi Ezquerro

Historical head to head

Home

71 matches

44 v

17 d

10 l

149 gf

72 ga

Away

72 matches

12 v

14 d

46 l

87 gf

168 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

3 v

0 d

2 l

8 gf

6 ga

Total

148 matches

59 v

31 d

58 l

244 gf

246 ga

Historical head to head

Home

72 matches

46 v

14 d

12 l

168 gf

87 ga

Away

71 matches

10 v

17 d

44 l

72 gf

149 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

2 v

0 d

3 l

6 gf

8 ga

Total

148 matches

58 v

31 d

59 l

246 gf

244 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 03, 1949
Home	5 - 0	April 03, 1949

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 10, 1954
Away	5 - 1	January 15, 1933

Latest head to head

February 03, 2002 - Primera Division 2001/2002

Valencia CF

2 - 1

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

September 23, 2001 - Primera Division 2001/2002

Athletic Bilbao

2 - 2

Valencia CF logo Valencia CF

May 18, 2001 - Primera Division 2000/2001

Valencia CF

1 - 0

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

December 20, 2000 - Primera Division 2000/2001

Athletic Bilbao

1 - 1

Valencia CF logo Valencia CF

March 04, 2000 - Primera División 1999/2000

Valencia CF

2 - 0

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

Best historical scorers against Athletic Bilbao

Lyuboslav Penev	7 goals	1991 - 1994
Fernando	6 goals	1991 - 1995
Adrian Ilie	4 goals	1998 - 1999
Mario Kempes	4 goals	1976 - 1977
Robert	4 goals	1982 - 1992
Eloy	3 goals	1991 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1940. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Valencia CF

Telmo Zarra	20 goals	1940 - 1951
Agustín Gainza	15 goals	1940 - 1954
José Luis Lopez Panizo	9 goals	1940 - 1952
R. Iriondo Aurtenechea	7 goals	1943 - 1950
Ismael Urzaiz	5 goals	1997 - 1999
Víctorio Unamuno	4 goals	1941 - 1941

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1940. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Athletic Bilbao

Fernando	18 matches	1984 - 1998
Enrique Saura	15 matches	1975 - 1984
Ricardo Arias	13 matches	1978 - 1991
Mario Kempes	13 matches	1976 - 1984
Gaizka Mendieta	13 matches	1994 - 2000
Francisco Camarasa	12 matches	1991 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1940. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Valencia CF

Agustín Gainza	31 matches	1940 - 1956
Telmo Zarra	31 matches	1940 - 1953
José Luis Lopez Panizo	31 matches	1940 - 1953
R. Iriondo Aurtenechea	25 matches	1940 - 1952
Roberto Bertol Garrestazu	23 matches	1940 - 1949
F. Gonzalez Valenciaga	22 matches	1943 - 1952

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1940. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Andoni Zubizarreta

184 matches

239 matches

1981 - 1998

Fernando Tirapu

113 matches

75 matches

1974 - 1982

Patxi Ferreira

70 matches

90 matches

1984 - 2000

Xabi Eskurza

59 matches

95 matches

1989 - 1997

Total : 4 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/09/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Andoni Zubizarreta

184 matches

239 matches

1981 - 1998

Xabi Eskurza

59 matches

95 matches

1989 - 1997

Patxi Ferreira

70 matches

90 matches

1984 - 2000

Fernando Tirapu

113 matches

75 matches

1974 - 1982

Total : 4 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/09/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

October 26, 2002

Real Madrid

1 1

Villarreal

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October 27, 2002

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+11	Celta Vigo	14	7	4	2	1	10	4	+6
+22	Valencia CF	14	7	4	2	1	16	5	+11
-23	Real Sociedad	14	6	4	2	0	17	11	+6
+14	Real Madrid	12	7	3	3	1	14	8	+6
-25	Málaga	12	6	3	3	0	13	9	+4
+46	Deportivo La Coruña	12	7	4	0	3	11	12	-1
+47	FC Barcelona	11	7	3	2	2	15	10	+5
-28	Valladolid	10	6	3	1	2	6	6	0
9	Real Betis	10	7	2	4	1	13	9	+4
-310	Racing Santander	10	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2
-311	Mallorca	9	6	3	0	3	6	9	-3
+112	Atlético Madrid	8	7	1	5	1	10	8	+2
-113	Rayo Vallecano	8	7	2	2	3	10	12	-2
14	Villarreal	7	7	1	4	2	9	9	0
15	Osasuna	5	6	1	2	3	10	14	-4
16	Alavés	5	7	1	2	4	9	18	-9
17	Athletic Bilbao	5	7	1	2	4	7	16	-9
18	Sevilla FC	4	6	0	4	2	4	6	-2
19	Espanyol	4	6	1	1	4	3	9	-6
20	Recreativo Huelva	2	7	0	2	5	5	15	-10

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Valencia CF 5-1 Athletic Bilbao - October 26, 2002 / Primera Division 2002/2003

Valencia CF

5 - 1

Athletic Bilbao

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Benítez vs Athletic Bilbao

Benítez vs Heynckes

Manager

Heynckes vs Valencia CF

Heynckes vs Benítez

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Athletic Bilbao

Best historical scorers against Valencia CF

Players with most games played vs Athletic Bilbao

Players with most games played vs Valencia CF

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking