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FC Barcelona 2-4 Valencia CF - January 18, 2003 / Primera Division 2002/2003

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Primera Division 2002/2003 - Round 18

Camp Nou - Barcelona - Spain

January 18, 2003 - 21:30

73 648

FC Barcelona

2 - 4

Valencia CF

Assist by Xavi (left foot) Thiago Motta

39'

Assist by Marc Overmars (right foot) Patrick Kluivert

90'

13'

Pablo Aimar (left foot) Assist by Rubén Baraja

26'

John Carew (header) Assist by Pablo Aimar

83'

Fábio Aurelio (left foot) Assist by John Carew

88'

Francisco Rufete (right foot) Assist by David Albelda

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13' - Goal Pablo Aimar

26' - Goal John Carew

38' - Substitution Fábio Rochembackis substituted by Juan Román Riquelme38

39' - Goal Thiago Motta39

42' - Red card Santiago Cañizares

44' - Substitution Rubén Barajais substituted by Andrés Palop

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46' - Substitution Gabriis substituted by Gaizka Mendieta46

52' - Yellow card Thiago Motta52

58' - Substitution Pablo Aimaris substituted by Gonzalo De los Santos

68' - Substitution Thiago Mottais substituted by Javier Saviola68

78' - Substitution Vicenteis substituted by Amedeo Carboni

80' - Yellow card Javier Garrido

83' - Goal Fábio Aurelio

88' - Goal Francisco Rufete

90' - Goal Patrick Kluivert90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

FC Barcelona

2 - 4

Valencia CF

FC Barcelona Valencia CF

Team line-ups

FC Barcelona

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Overmars

Marc Overmars

Netherlands

B.date29/03/1973

Age29 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

9Kluivert90

Patrick Kluivert

Netherlands

B.date01/07/1976

Age26 years

H1m88

positionStriker

34Iniesta

Andrés Iniesta

Spain

B.date11/05/1984

Age18 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

31Motta396852

Thiago Motta

Italy

B.date28/08/1982

Age20 years

H1m87

positionDefensive Midfielder

6Xavi

Xavi

Spain

B.date25/01/1980

Age22 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

15Rochemback38

Fábio Rochemback

Brazil

B.date10/12/1981

Age21 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

8Cocu

Philip Cocu

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age32 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

3De Boer

Frank De Boer

Netherlands

B.date15/05/1970

Age32 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

18Gabri46

Gabri

Spain

B.date10/02/1979

Age23 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

5Puyol

Carles Puyol

Spain

B.date13/04/1978

Age24 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Defender

1Bonano

Roberto Bonano

Argentina

B.date24/01/1970

Age32 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Roberto Bonano		32	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Frank De Boer		32	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Carles Puyol		24	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	D	Philip Cocu		32	230	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Gabri	46	23	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Fábio Rochemback	38	21	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	M	Thiago Motta	396852	20	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Xavi		22	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	M	Andrés Iniesta		18	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Marc Overmars		29	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Patrick Kluivert	90	26	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

121

Valencia CF

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Carew26

John Carew

Norway

B.date05/09/1979

Age23 years

H1m93

positionStriker

14Vicente78

Vicente

Spain

B.date16/07/1981

Age21 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

21Aimar1358

Pablo Aimar

Argentina

B.date03/11/1979

Age23 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

19Rufete88

Francisco Rufete

Spain

B.date20/11/1976

Age26 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8Baraja44

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 Aurelio83

Fábio Aurelio

Brazil

B.date24/09/1979

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

2Pellegrino

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

34Garrido80

Javier Garrido

Spain

B.date01/07/1979

Age23 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

1Cañizares42

Santiago Cañizares

Spain

B.date18/12/1969

Age33 years

H1m81

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Santiago Cañizares	42	33	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Mauricio Pellegrino		31	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Roberto Ayala		29	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Fábio Aurelio	83	23	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	D	Javier Garrido	80	23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	David Albelda		25	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Rubén Baraja	44	27	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Pablo Aimar	1358	23	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Vicente	78	21	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Francisco Rufete	88	26	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	John Carew	26	23	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

101

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
26	G	Víctor Valdés		21
32	D	Oleguer		22
2	D	Michael Reiziger		29
17	M	Gaizka Mendieta	46	28	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Juan Román Riquelme	38	24	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Javier Saviola	68	21	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Dani		28

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Andrés Palop	44	29	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Miroslav Djukic		36
36	D	Jean-Félix Dorothée		21
15	D	Amedeo Carboni	78	37	233	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Gonzalo De los Santos	58	26	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Mista		24
11	F	Juan Sánchez		30

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Frank De Boer

Gerard

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Javier Garrido

Curro Torres

OUT

David Albelda

Carlos Marchena

OUT

Santiago Cañizares

Andrés Palop

OUT

Pablo Aimar

Amedeo Carboni

OUT

Vicente

Mista

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Louis van Gaal

199

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

63 %

van Gaal vs Valencia CF

6 victories

1 draw

8 losses

Latest figure on January 18, 2003

van Gaal vs Benítez

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 18, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Benítez vs FC Barcelona

2 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on January 18, 2003

Benítez vs van Gaal

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 18, 2003

Referee

Julián Rodríguez Santiago

7 victories	3 draws	4 losses	FC Barcelona14 matches	General total	Valencia CF15 matches	9 victories	4 draws	2 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	FC Barcelona1 match	Season total	Valencia CF1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on January 17, 2009					Latest figure on March 22, 2009

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Key figures

End of streak for FC Barcelona after 3 consecutive matches without a loss (since 21/12/2002).

It's the first time John Carew scores 1 goal vs FC Barcelona in his professional career

End of streak for FC Barcelona after 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 21/12/2002).

Read the next 21 key stats

General ranking

7	Mallorca	26 pts	17 rd
8	Atlético Madrid	24 pts	17 rd
9	FC Barcelona	23 pts	18 rd
10	Valladolid	21 pts	17 rd
11	Villarreal	21 pts	17 rd

General ranking

	1	Real Sociedad	40 pts	18 rd
	2	Real Madrid	36 pts	17 rd
+1	3	Valencia CF	32 pts	18 rd
-1	4	Deportivo La Coruña	29 pts	17 rd
	5	Real Betis	27 pts	17 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Villarreal09/11/2002

VFC Barcelona 3-1 Galatasaray13/11/2002

DFC Barcelona 0-0 Real Madrid23/11/2002

VFC Barcelona 3-1 Newcastle United11/12/2002

LFC Barcelona 0-3 Sevilla FC15/12/2002

VFC Barcelona 3-0 Recreativo Huelva05/01/2003

Overall

LRayo Vallecano 1-0 FC Barcelona07/12/2002

VFC Barcelona 3-1 Newcastle United11/12/2002

LFC Barcelona 0-3 Sevilla FC15/12/2002

VMallorca 0-4 FC Barcelona21/12/2002

VFC Barcelona 3-0 Recreativo Huelva05/01/2003

DMálaga 0-0 FC Barcelona12/01/2003

Current form

Away

DAlicante 3-3 Valencia CF06/11/2002

LOsasuna 1-0 Valencia CF17/11/2002

DAlavés 0-0 Valencia CF01/12/2002

DArsenal 0-0 Valencia CF10/12/2002

VVillarreal 0-2 Valencia CF14/12/2002

LReal Madrid 4-1 Valencia CF05/01/2003

Overall

VValencia CF 2-0 Racing Santander07/12/2002

DArsenal 0-0 Valencia CF10/12/2002

VVillarreal 0-2 Valencia CF14/12/2002

LValencia CF 0-1 Deportivo La Coruña22/12/2002

LReal Madrid 4-1 Valencia CF05/01/2003

DValencia CF 2-2 Real Sociedad11/01/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

9	General ranking (Competition total)	4
6	General ranking (Home / Away)	6

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
6	Victories (Competition total)	8
4	Victories (Home / Away)	3
5	Draws (Competition total)	5
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
6	Losses (Competition total)	4
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

25	Goals scored (Competition total)	27
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
19	Goals conceded (Competition total)	14
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
1.47	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.59
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.13
1.12	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.82
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
6	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	6
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
2-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (2 times)

Bookings

40	Yellow cards (Competition total)	42
19	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	21
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Patrick Kluivert	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	John Carew
Patrick Kluivert	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Rubén Baraja
Gaizka Mendieta	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Rubén Baraja
Gaizka Mendieta	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Patrick Kluivert	4 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Fábio Aurelio

Historical head to head

Home

81 matches

48 v

22 d

11 l

176 gf

96 ga

Away

82 matches

27 v

18 d

37 l

129 gf

162 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

3 v

0 d

1 l

9 gf

8 ga

Total

167 matches

78 v

40 d

49 l

314 gf

266 ga

Historical head to head

Home

82 matches

37 v

18 d

27 l

162 gf

129 ga

Away

81 matches

11 v

22 d

48 l

96 gf

176 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

1 v

0 d

3 l

8 gf

9 ga

Total

167 matches

49 v

40 d

78 l

266 gf

314 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	September 14, 1958
Home	6 - 0	September 14, 1958

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 18, 1979
Away	3 - 0	September 27, 1980

Latest head to head

February 23, 2002 - Primera Division 2001/2002

Valencia CF

2 - 0

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

October 14, 2001 - Primera Division 2001/2002

FC Barcelona

2 - 2

Valencia CF logo Valencia CF

June 17, 2001 - Primera Division 2000/2001

FC Barcelona

3 - 2

Valencia CF logo Valencia CF

January 20, 2001 - Primera Division 2000/2001

Valencia CF

0 - 1

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

May 10, 2000 - Ligue des Champions 1999/2000

FC Barcelona

2 - 1

Valencia CF logo Valencia CF

Best historical scorers against Valencia CF

Rivaldo	11 goals	1997 - 2001
Laszlo Kubala	9 goals	1953 - 1958
César	9 goals	1943 - 1952
Patrick Kluivert	8 goals	1998 - 2000
Hristo Stoichkov	7 goals	1990 - 1994
Michael Laudrup	7 goals	1991 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/10/1941. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Claudio López	12 goals	1998 - 2000
Mario Kempes	6 goals	1978 - 1983
Fernando	5 goals	1992 - 1998
Gaizka Mendieta	4 goals	1999 - 2000
Rainer Bonhof	4 goals	1979 - 1980
Machado Waldo	4 goals	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/10/1941. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Valencia CF

Juan Segarra Iracheta	26 matches	1950 - 1963
Josep Guardiola	26 matches	1991 - 2001
Migueli	24 matches	1975 - 1987
Ferran Olivella	22 matches	1956 - 1967
Guillermo Amor	22 matches	1988 - 1998
Antonio Ramallets	21 matches	1950 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/10/1941. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

Enrique Saura	18 matches	1976 - 1984
Gaizka Mendieta	17 matches	1994 - 2001
Ricardo Arias	17 matches	1978 - 1992
José Carrete	16 matches	1976 - 1983
Amedeo Carboni	16 matches	1997 - 2002
Manuel Botubot	16 matches	1977 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/10/1941. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Andoni Zubizarreta

410 matches

184 matches

1986 - 1998

Roberto

194 matches

223 matches

1981 - 1995

Óscar

97 matches

29 matches

1993 - 2000

José Manuel Pesudo

95 matches

1 match

1961 - 1970

Luis Milla

78 matches

105 matches

1984 - 2001

Gerard

76 matches

67 matches

1997 - 2003

Total : 17 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/12/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Gaizka Mendieta

23 matches

305 matches

1993 - 2002

Roberto

194 matches

223 matches

1981 - 1995

Andoni Zubizarreta

410 matches

184 matches

1986 - 1998

Mauricio Pellegrino

25 matches

157 matches

1998 - 2003

Luis Milla

78 matches

105 matches

1984 - 2001

Gerard

76 matches

67 matches

1997 - 2003

Total : 17 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/12/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Real Sociedad	40	18	11	7	0	34	20	+14
2	Real Madrid	36	17	10	6	1	37	16	+21
+13	Valencia CF	32	18	9	5	4	31	16	+15
-14	Deportivo La Coruña	29	17	8	5	4	24	20	+4
5	Real Betis	27	17	7	6	4	28	21	+7
6	Celta Vigo	27	18	8	3	7	20	18	+2
7	Mallorca	26	17	8	2	7	23	30	-7
8	Atlético Madrid	24	17	6	6	5	26	22	+4
9	FC Barcelona	23	18	6	5	7	27	23	+4
10	Valladolid	21	17	6	3	8	17	19	-2
11	Villarreal	21	17	5	6	6	19	21	-2
12	Sevilla FC	21	17	5	6	6	15	14	+1
13	Athletic Bilbao	21	17	6	3	8	25	32	-7
14	Racing Santander	20	17	6	2	9	20	23	-3
15	Málaga	20	17	4	8	5	22	24	-2
16	Alavés	20	17	5	5	7	21	28	-7
17	Osasuna	19	17	5	4	8	18	23	-5
18	Rayo Vallecano	18	17	5	3	9	18	25	-7
19	Espanyol	16	17	5	1	11	19	28	-9
20	Recreativo Huelva	10	17	2	4	11	13	34	-21

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FC Barcelona 2-4 Valencia CF - January 18, 2003 / Primera Division 2002/2003

FC Barcelona

2 - 4

Valencia CF

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

van Gaal vs Valencia CF

van Gaal vs Benítez

Manager

Benítez vs FC Barcelona

Benítez vs van Gaal

Referee

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 Valencia CF

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Players with most games played vs Valencia CF

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking