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Athletic Bilbao 1-3 Espanyol - August 31, 1997 / Primera Division 1997/1998

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Primera Division 1997/1998 - Round 1

San Mamés - Bilbao - Spain

August 31, 1997 - 19:00

Athletic Bilbao

1 - 3

Espanyol

(penalty) Aitor Larrazabal

18'

Juan Esnáider

10'

Juan Esnáider

35'

Nicolas Ouédec

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7' - Goal Juan Esnáider

10' - Goal Juan Esnáider

18' - Goal Aitor Larrazabal18

35' - Goal Nicolas Ouédec

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52' - Substitution Josu Urrutiais substituted by José Ángel Ziganda52

63' - Substitution Aitor Larrazabalis substituted by José Mari63

63' - Substitution Branko Brnovicis substituted by Luis Cembranos

73' - Substitution Rafael Alkortais substituted by Javi González73

80' - Substitution Nicolas Ouédecis substituted by Nenad Pralija

89' - Substitution Juan Esnáideris substituted by Miguel Ángel Benítez

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Athletic Bilbao

1 - 3

Espanyol

Athletic Bilbao Espanyol

Team line-ups

Athletic Bilbao

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

20Urzaiz

Ismael Urzaiz

Spain

B.date07/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentre forward

17Etxeberria

Joseba Etxeberria

Spain

B.date05/09/1977

Age19 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8Guerrero

Julen Guerrero

Spain

B.date07/01/1974

Age23 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

18Alkiza

Bittor Alkiza

Spain

B.date26/10/1970

Age26 years

H1m72

positionDefensive Midfielder

6Urrutia52

Josu Urrutia

Spain

B.date10/04/1968

Age29 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

24Ríos

Roberto Ríos

Spain

B.date08/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m94

positionCentral defender

10Larrazabal1863

Aitor Larrazabal

Spain

B.date21/06/1971

Age26 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

4Alkorta73

Rafael Alkorta

Spain

B.date16/09/1968

Age28 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

12Carlos García

Carlos García

Spain

B.date13/08/1970

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

21Larrainzar

Iñigo Larrainzar

Spain

B.date05/06/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

13Etxeberria

Imanol Etxeberria

Spain

B.date27/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Imanol Etxeberria		24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Rafael Alkorta	73	28	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Carlos García		27	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Roberto Ríos		25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	D	Aitor Larrazabal	1863	26	225	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Iñigo Larrainzar		26	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Bittor Alkiza		26	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Josu Urrutia	52	29	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Julen Guerrero		23	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Joseba Etxeberria		19	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Ismael Urzaiz		25	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

111

Espanyol

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Esnáider10789

Juan Esnáider

Argentina

B.date05/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Ouédec3580

Nicolas Ouédec

France

B.date28/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Pacheta

Spain

B.date23/03/1968

Age29 years

H1m84

positionVersatile Midfielder

Quique Martín

Spain

B.date29/12/1972

Age24 years

H1m73

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Brnovic63

Branko Brnovic

Montenegro

B.date08/08/1967

Age30 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Galca

Constantin Galca

Romania

B.date08/03/1972

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Torres Mestre

Spain

B.date31/12/1970

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Nando

Spain

B.date30/10/1967

Age29 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Pochettino

Mauricio Pochettino

Argentina

B.date02/03/1972

Age25 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Cristóbal

Spain

B.date21/08/1967

Age30 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Toni

Spain

B.date12/10/1970

Age26 years

H1m81

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Toni		26	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nando		29	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mauricio Pochettino		25	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Torres Mestre		26	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Cristóbal		30	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Branko Brnovic	63	30	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Constantin Galca		25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pacheta		29	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Quique Martín		24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Juan Esnáider	10789	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicolas Ouédec	3580	25	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
22	D	Javi González	73	23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	José Mari	63	26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	José Ángel Ziganda	52	30	233	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Nenad Pralija	80	26	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis Cembranos	63	25	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Miguel Ángel Benítez	89	27	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Rafael Alkorta

Óscar Vales

OUT

Imanol Etxeberria

Juanjo Valencia

OUT

Iñigo Larrainzar

Eduardo Estíbariz

OUT

Bittor Alkiza

Mikel Kortina

OUT

Josu Urrutia

Edu Alonso

OUT

Roberto Ríos

Genar Andrinúa

OUT

Julen Guerrero

Jon Andoni Goikoetxea

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Constantin Galca

José Cobos

OUT

Quique Martín

Nenad Pralija

OUT

Branko Brnovic

Jordi Lardín

OUT

Juan Esnáider

Moisés Arteaga

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Luis Fernandez

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Fernandez vs Espanyol

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 31, 1997

Fernandez vs Camacho

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 31, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

José Antonio Camacho

139

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Camacho vs Athletic Bilbao

6 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 31, 1997

Camacho vs Fernandez

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 31, 1997

Referee

José Luis Prados García

4 victories	2 draws	4 losses	Athletic Bilbao10 matches	General total	Espanyol6 matches	2 victories	2 draws	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Athletic Bilbao2 matches	Season total	Espanyol1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 29, 2001					Latest figure on January 05, 2000

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Key figures

Only back at the time of Iñaki Sáez head of Athletic Bilbao (18/03/1991-24/02/1992), you can see a manager go over Luis Fernandez with 1.7 goals scored per game in La Liga (1.97).

The last time Espanyol has won with a difference of 2 goals away from home, It was on the 14/10/1995 (vs )

Only back at the time of Rafael Iriondo Aurtenechea head of (01/07/1975-01/07/1976), you can see a maanger go beneath Luis Fernandez with 24% of losses (24%).

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DAthletic Bilbao 2-2 Compostela23/03/1997

DAthletic Bilbao 0-0 Sevilla FC06/04/1997

VAthletic Bilbao 4-0 Sporting Gijón16/04/1997

DAthletic Bilbao 0-0 Valladolid04/05/1997

VAthletic Bilbao 1-0 Real Madrid25/05/1997

VAthletic Bilbao 1-0 Deportivo La Coruña16/06/1997

Overall

LAtlético Madrid 2-1 Athletic Bilbao11/05/1997

VCF Extremadura 1-2 Athletic Bilbao18/05/1997

VAthletic Bilbao 1-0 Real Madrid25/05/1997

VCelta Vigo 0-2 Athletic Bilbao01/06/1997

VAthletic Bilbao 1-0 Deportivo La Coruña16/06/1997

LHércules CF 3-2 Athletic Bilbao22/06/1997

Current form

Away

VHércules CF 1-2 Espanyol23/03/1997

VRayo Vallecano 0-1 Espanyol06/04/1997

DRacing Santander 1-1 Espanyol20/04/1997

LReal Zaragoza 1-0 Espanyol11/05/1997

LCompostela 3-1 Espanyol25/05/1997

LSevilla FC 3-1 Espanyol15/06/1997

Overall

LReal Zaragoza 1-0 Espanyol11/05/1997

VEspanyol 1-0 Tenerife18/05/1997

LCompostela 3-1 Espanyol25/05/1997

VEspanyol 5-1 CD Logroñés01/06/1997

LSevilla FC 3-1 Espanyol15/06/1997

VEspanyol 3-2 Valencia CF21/06/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	10	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	6
Scoring streak	2	6
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	5	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	4	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

68 matches

47 v

9 d

12 l

169 gf

70 ga

Away

68 matches

17 v

14 d

37 l

84 gf

120 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

12 gf

1 ga

Total

139 matches

67 v

23 d

49 l

265 gf

191 ga

Historical head to head

Home

68 matches

37 v

14 d

17 l

120 gf

84 ga

Away

68 matches

12 v

9 d

47 l

70 gf

169 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

1 gf

12 ga

Total

139 matches

49 v

23 d

67 l

191 gf

265 ga

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 0	February 17, 1929
Home	9 - 0	February 17, 1929

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	May 01, 1977
Away	3 - 1	November 06, 1994

Latest head to head

February 19, 1997 - Primera División 1996/1997

Espanyol

0 - 2

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

September 21, 1996 - Primera División 1996/1997

Athletic Bilbao

2 - 2

Espanyol

March 10, 1996 - Primera Division 1995/1996

Espanyol

3 - 0

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

October 22, 1995 - Primera Division 1995/1996

Athletic Bilbao

0 - 0

Espanyol

April 16, 1995 - Primera Division 1994/1995

Espanyol

3 - 1

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

Best historical scorers against Espanyol

Telmo Zarra	28 goals	1942 - 1951
Agustín Gainza	14 goals	1940 - 1950
José Luis Lopez Panizo	13 goals	1941 - 1953
José Luis Artetxe	7 goals	1951 - 1956
R. Iriondo Aurtenechea	6 goals	1941 - 1952
Venancio	6 goals	1949 - 1952

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/10/1940. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Athletic Bilbao

José Maria Rodilla	3 goals	1964 - 1965
Francisco	3 goals	1994 - 1996
Xavier Escaich	2 goals	1991 - 1993
Orlando Jimenez	2 goals	1984 - 1985
G. L. V. José Maria	2 goals	1965 - 1965
Mauricio Pochettino	2 goals	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/10/1940. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Espanyol

Agustín Gainza	32 matches	1940 - 1956
José Luis Lopez Panizo	32 matches	1940 - 1955
Telmo Zarra	29 matches	1940 - 1954
Raimundo Pérez Lezama	24 matches	1943 - 1952
R. Iriondo Aurtenechea	22 matches	1940 - 1952
F. Gonzalez Valenciaga	22 matches	1943 - 1952

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/10/1940. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Athletic Bilbao

Francisco	9 matches	1991 - 1996
Diego Orejuela	9 matches	1984 - 1990
Thomas N'Kono	9 matches	1984 - 1989
Iñaki	8 matches	1984 - 1988
Michel Pineda	8 matches	1984 - 1989
Miquel Soler	8 matches	1984 - 1988