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FC Barcelona 4-2 Athletic Bilbao - January 09, 1999 / Primera Division 1998/1999

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Primera Division 1998/1999 - Round 17

Camp Nou - Barcelona - Spain

January 09, 1999

FC Barcelona

4 - 2

Athletic Bilbao

Luis Enrique

24'

Philip Cocu

40'

Rivaldo

54'

Rivaldo

86'

52'

Ismael Urzaiz

75'

Julen Guerrero

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24' - Goal Luis Enrique24

40' - Goal Philip Cocu40

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46' - Substitution Santi Ezquerrois substituted by Ismael Urzaiz

52' - Goal Ismael Urzaiz

53' - Substitution Andoni Imazis substituted by Javi González

54' - Goal Rivaldo54

60' - Substitution Josep Guardiolais substituted by Xavi60

75' - Goal Julen Guerrero

82' - Substitution Bittor Alkizais substituted by Jesús María Lacruz

86' - Goal Rivaldo86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

FC Barcelona

4 - 2

Athletic Bilbao

FC Barcelona Athletic Bilbao

Team line-ups

FC Barcelona

Hesp

Ruud Hesp

Netherlands

B.date31/10/1965

Age33 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Cocu40

Philip Cocu

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age28 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

Pellegrino

Mauricio Pellegrino

Argentina

B.date05/10/1971

Age27 years

H1m93

positionLeft central defender

Abelardo

Spain

B.date19/04/1970

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Reiziger

Michael Reiziger

Netherlands

B.date03/05/1973

Age25 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Sergi

Spain

B.date28/12/1971

Age27 years

H1m72

positionLeft full-back

Luis Enrique24

Luis Enrique

Spain

B.date08/05/1970

Age28 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Guardiola60

Josep Guardiola

Spain

B.date18/01/1971

Age27 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Figo

Luis Figo

Portugal

B.date04/11/1972

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Kluivert

Patrick Kluivert

Netherlands

B.date01/07/1976

Age22 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Rivaldo8654

Rivaldo

Brazil

B.date19/04/1972

Age26 years

H1m86

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ruud Hesp		33	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Philip Cocu	40	28	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mauricio Pellegrino		27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Abelardo		28	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Reiziger		25	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sergi		27	251	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Luis Enrique	24	28	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Josep Guardiola	60	27	286	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis Figo		26	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Patrick Kluivert		22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Rivaldo	8654	26	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

114

Athletic Bilbao

Etxeberria

Imanol Etxeberria

Spain

B.date27/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

Ferreira

Patxi Ferreira

Spain

B.date22/05/1967

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Carlos García

Spain

B.date13/08/1970

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Alkorta

Rafael Alkorta

Spain

B.date16/09/1968

Age30 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

Felipe

Spain

B.date18/11/1975

Age23 years

H1m73

positionFull-back

Larrainzar

Iñigo Larrainzar

Spain

B.date05/06/1971

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Alkiza82

Bittor Alkiza

Spain

B.date26/10/1970

Age28 years

H1m72

positionDefensive Midfielder

Imaz53

Andoni Imaz

Spain

B.date05/09/1971

Age27 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Ezquerro46

Santi Ezquerro

Spain

B.date14/12/1976

Age22 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Etxeberria

Joseba Etxeberria

Spain

B.date05/09/1977

Age21 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Guerrero75

Julen Guerrero

Spain

B.date07/01/1974

Age25 years

H1m76

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Imanol Etxeberria		25	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Patxi Ferreira		31	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carlos García		28	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rafael Alkorta		30	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Felipe		23	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Iñigo Larrainzar		27	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bittor Alkiza	82	28	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andoni Imaz	53	27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Santi Ezquerro	46	22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joseba Etxeberria		21	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Julen Guerrero	75	25	238	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

115

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Xavi	60	18	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Jesús María Lacruz	82	20	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Javi González	53	24	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ismael Urzaiz	5246	27	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Patrick Kluivert

Sonny Anderson

OUT

Mauricio Pellegrino

Xavi

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Felipe

Aitor Larrazabal

OUT

Andoni Imaz

Josu Urrutia

OUT

Rafael Alkorta

Ismael Urzaiz

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Louis van Gaal

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

64 %

van Gaal vs Athletic Bilbao

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 09, 1999

van Gaal vs Fernandez

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 09, 1999

Manager

Age

Match num

Luis Fernandez

120

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Fernandez vs FC Barcelona

3 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on January 09, 1999

Fernandez vs van Gaal

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 09, 1999

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Key figures

The last time Athletic Bilbao has ended with the score 2-4 , It was on the 03/11/1996 (vs )

FC Barcelona keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 05/12/1998).

Only back at the time of head of (-), you can see a manager go over Louis van Gaal with 1.4 goals conceded per game in La Liga (1.57).

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LFC Barcelona 1-2 Bayern Munich04/11/1998

VFC Barcelona 4-1 Tenerife15/11/1998

DFC Barcelona 3-3 Manchester United25/11/1998

LFC Barcelona 0-1 Atlético Madrid28/11/1998

LFC Barcelona 1-3 Villarreal13/12/1998

VFC Barcelona 7-1 Alavés03/01/1999

Overall

LFC Barcelona 0-1 Atlético Madrid28/11/1998

LDeportivo La Coruña 2-1 FC Barcelona05/12/1998

VBröndby 0-2 FC Barcelona09/12/1998

LFC Barcelona 1-3 Villarreal13/12/1998

VValladolid 0-1 FC Barcelona20/12/1998

VFC Barcelona 7-1 Alavés03/01/1999

Current form

Away

DJuventus 1-1 Athletic Bilbao04/11/1998

LReal Sociedad 3-1 Athletic Bilbao08/11/1998

VTenerife 0-1 Athletic Bilbao20/11/1998

LRosenborg 2-1 Athletic Bilbao25/11/1998

DAtlético Madrid 0-0 Athletic Bilbao05/12/1998

VVillarreal 0-1 Athletic Bilbao20/12/1998

Overall

VAthletic Bilbao 1-0 Mallorca29/11/1998

DAtlético Madrid 0-0 Athletic Bilbao05/12/1998

VAthletic Bilbao 1-0 Galatasaray09/12/1998

VAthletic Bilbao 2-1 Deportivo La Coruña13/12/1998

VVillarreal 0-1 Athletic Bilbao20/12/1998

VAthletic Bilbao 2-1 Valladolid03/01/1999

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	8	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	4
Unbeaten streak	2	6
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

16	Number of games (Competition total)	16
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
7	Victories (Competition total)	8
4	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	2
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
5	Losses (Competition total)	6
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

30	Goals scored (Competition total)	23
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
19	Goals conceded (Competition total)	22
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.88	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.44
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.88
1.19	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.38
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.25

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
4-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (3 times)

Bookings

36	Yellow cards (Competition total)	34
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	23
2	Red cards (Competition total)	4
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Rivaldo	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Ismael Urzaiz
Rivaldo	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Ismael Urzaiz
Rivaldo	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Aitor Larrazabal
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Aitor Larrazabal
Rivaldo	8 goals during the last 12 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 5 matches	Ismael Urzaiz

Historical head to head

Home

83 matches

55 v

9 d

19 l

182 gf

95 ga

Away

82 matches

19 v

17 d

46 l

109 gf

168 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

3 v

0 d

2 l

8 gf

6 ga

Total

170 matches

77 v

26 d

67 l

299 gf

269 ga

Historical head to head

Home

82 matches

46 v

17 d

19 l

168 gf

109 ga

Away

83 matches

19 v

9 d

55 l

95 gf

182 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

2 v

0 d

3 l

6 gf

8 ga

Total

170 matches

67 v

26 d

77 l

269 gf

299 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	March 10, 1991
Home	5 - 0	December 11, 1949

Largest victory

Overall	12 - 1	February 08, 1931
Away	6 - 0	October 21, 1945

Latest head to head

March 22, 1998 - Primera Division 1997/1998

FC Barcelona

4 - 0

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

November 13, 1997 - Primera Division 1997/1998

Athletic Bilbao

3 - 0

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

April 20, 1997 - Primera División 1996/1997

FC Barcelona

2 - 0

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

November 23, 1996 - Primera División 1996/1997

Athletic Bilbao

2 - 1

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

March 02, 1996 - Primera Division 1995/1996

Athletic Bilbao

0 - 0

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

Best historical scorers against Athletic Bilbao

Laszlo Kubala	11 goals	1951 - 1960
José María Bakero	10 goals	1988 - 1995
Hristo Stoichkov	8 goals	1991 - 1994
Justo Tejada Martinez	8 goals	1954 - 1961
Francisco Carrasco	7 goals	1982 - 1987
César	7 goals	1948 - 1954

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/03/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Telmo Zarra	22 goals	1942 - 1953
Agustín Gainza	12 goals	1943 - 1955
Hermenegildo Elices	9 goals	1941 - 1944
José Luis Lopez Panizo	9 goals	1940 - 1951
Manu Sarabia	7 goals	1980 - 1985
R. Iriondo Aurtenechea	7 goals	1940 - 1950

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/03/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Athletic Bilbao

Migueli	32 matches	1975 - 1987
Juan Segarra Iracheta	29 matches	1950 - 1962
Alexanco	26 matches	1980 - 1992
Sánchez	25 matches	1977 - 1986
Antonio Ramallets	23 matches	1951 - 1961
Sigfrido Gracia Royo	21 matches	1953 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/03/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

Agustín Gainza	39 matches	1940 - 1958
José Luis Lopez Panizo	31 matches	1940 - 1953
Telmo Zarra	27 matches	1942 - 1953
R. Iriondo Aurtenechea	25 matches	1940 - 1953
Canito	25 matches	1949 - 1960
Jesús Garay	22 matches	1950 - 1960