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FC Barcelona 3-1 Espanyol - December 13, 1997 / Primera Division 1997/1998

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Primera Division 1997/1998 - Round 16

Camp Nou - Barcelona - Spain

December 13, 1997

FC Barcelona

3 - 1

Espanyol

Luis Enrique

24'

Giovanni

51'

Sergi

72'

58'

Juan Esnáider (penalty)

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24' - Goal Luis Enrique24

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51' - Goal Giovanni51

58' - Goal Juan Esnáider

61' - Substitution Pachetais substituted by Moisés Arteaga

63' - Substitution Dragan Ciricis substituted by Juan Antonio Pizzi63

72' - Goal Sergi72

79' - Red card Torres Mestre

81' - Substitution Quique Martínis substituted by Goran Milosevic photo José Cobos

81' - Substitution Nicolas Ouédecis substituted by José Cobos

82' - Substitution Josep Guardiolais substituted by Roger82

88' - Substitution Winston Bogardeis substituted by Albert Ferrer88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

FC Barcelona

3 - 1

Espanyol

FC Barcelona Espanyol

Team line-ups

FC Barcelona

13 Hesp

Ruud Hesp

Netherlands

B.date31/10/1965

Age32 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Bogarde88

Winston Bogarde

Netherlands

B.date22/10/1970

Age27 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

3 Abelardo

Abelardo

Spain

B.date19/04/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

12 Sergi72

Sergi

Spain

B.date28/12/1971

Age25 years

H1m74

positionLeft full-back

22 Reiziger

Michael Reiziger

Netherlands

B.date03/05/1973

Age24 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

21 Luis Enrique24

Luis Enrique

Spain

B.date08/05/1970

Age27 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Guardiola82

Josep Guardiola

Spain

B.date18/01/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

26 Celades

Albert Celades

Spain

B.date29/09/1975

Age22 years

H1m77

positionDefensive Midfielder

7 Figo

Luis Figo

Portugal

B.date04/11/1972

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

16 Ciric63

Dragan Ciric

Serbia

B.date15/09/1974

Age23 years

H1m80

positionForward

18 Giovanni51

Giovanni

Brazil

B.date04/02/1972

Age25 years

H1m90

positionSecond striker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Ruud Hesp		32	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Winston Bogarde	88	27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Abelardo		27	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Sergi	72	25	206	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Michael Reiziger		24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Luis Enrique	24	27	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Josep Guardiola	82	26	277	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Albert Celades		22	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Luis Figo		25	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Dragan Ciric	63	23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Giovanni	51	25	58	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

Espanyol

Toni

Spain

B.date12/10/1970

Age27 years

H1m81

positionGoalkeeper

Nando

Spain

B.date30/10/1967

Age30 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

Torres Mestre79

Torres Mestre

Spain

B.date31/12/1970

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Brnovic

Branko Brnovic

Montenegro

B.date08/08/1967

Age30 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Pacheta61

Pacheta

Spain

B.date23/03/1968

Age29 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Galca

Constantin Galca

Romania

B.date08/03/1972

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Quique Martín81

Quique Martín

Spain

B.date29/12/1972

Age24 years

H1m73

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Ouédec81

Nicolas Ouédec

France

B.date28/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Esnáider58

Juan Esnáider

Argentina

B.date05/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Toni		27	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nando		30	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mauricio Pochettino		25	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Cristóbal		30	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Torres Mestre	79	26	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Branko Brnovic		30	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pacheta	61	29	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Constantin Galca		25	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Quique Martín	81	24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicolas Ouédec	81	26	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Juan Esnáider	58	24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
2	D	Albert Ferrer	88	27	283	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Roger	82	20	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Juan Antonio Pizzi	63	29	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	José Cobos	81	29	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Goran Milosevic	81	25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Moisés Arteaga	61	28	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dragan Ciric

Sonny Anderson

OUT

Sergi

Albert Ferrer

OUT

Winston Bogarde

Rivaldo

OUT

Luis Enrique

Roger

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Louis van Gaal

Success rate in this team:

62 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

67 %

van Gaal vs Espanyol

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 1997

van Gaal vs Camacho

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

José Antonio Camacho

156

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Camacho vs FC Barcelona

0 victory

3 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on December 13, 1997

Camacho vs van Gaal

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 1997

Referee

Manuel Brito Arceo

7 victories	2 draws	2 losses	FC Barcelona11 matches	General total	Espanyol13 matches	5 victories	3 draws	5 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	FC Barcelona2 matches	Season total	Espanyol2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 18, 1998					Latest figure on December 05, 1999

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Key figures

It's the first time Sergi scores a goal vs Espanyol in his professional career since the 18/02/1995 (with vs )

Juan Esnáider scored 8 goals vs FC Barcelona in his professional career

End of streak for Espanyol after 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 12/11/1997).

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFC Barcelona 2-0 Racing Santander26/10/1997

LFC Barcelona 0-4 Dynamo Kyiv05/11/1997

LFC Barcelona 1-2 Valladolid09/11/1997

VFC Barcelona 3-2 Celta Vigo16/11/1997

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Newcastle United26/11/1997

VFC Barcelona 3-1 CP Mérida01/12/1997

Overall

VFC Barcelona 3-2 Celta Vigo16/11/1997

LReal Oviedo 1-0 FC Barcelona22/11/1997

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Newcastle United26/11/1997

VFC Barcelona 3-1 CP Mérida01/12/1997

VReal Zaragoza 1-2 FC Barcelona06/12/1997

DPSV Eindhoven 2-2 FC Barcelona10/12/1997

Current form

Away

DReal Zaragoza 1-1 Espanyol04/10/1997

DFigueres 1-1 Espanyol08/10/1997

VAtlético Madrid 0-2 Espanyol26/10/1997

LReal Sociedad 2-0 Espanyol09/11/1997

DDeportivo La Coruña 1-1 Espanyol16/11/1997

DTenerife 0-0 Espanyol30/11/1997

Overall

LReal Sociedad 2-0 Espanyol09/11/1997

VEspanyol 3-0 Valencia CF12/11/1997

DDeportivo La Coruña 1-1 Espanyol16/11/1997

DEspanyol 1-1 Sporting Gijón24/11/1997

DTenerife 0-0 Espanyol30/11/1997

VEspanyol 1-0 Mallorca06/12/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	4
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	7	0
Scoring streak	4	4
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

15	Number of games (Competition total)	15
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
11	Victories (Competition total)	7
6	Victories (Home / Away)	2
1	Draws (Competition total)	7
0	Draws (Home / Away)	4
3	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

32	Goals scored (Competition total)	23
17	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
18	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
2.13	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.53
2.43	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.14
1.2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.53
1.14	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.86

Betting aid

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

Bookings

44	Yellow cards (Competition total)	39
19	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	25
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Rivaldo	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Juan Esnáider
Luis Enrique	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Juan Esnáider
Rivaldo	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Juan Esnáider
Rivaldo	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Iván De la Peña	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Sergi	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Rivaldo	10 goals during the last 15 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Quique Martín

Historical head to head

Home

72 matches

56 v

7 d

9 l

174 gf

71 ga

Away

73 matches

26 v

21 d

26 l

99 gf

102 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

146 matches

83 v

28 d

35 l

276 gf

174 ga

Historical head to head

Home

73 matches

26 v

21 d

26 l

102 gf

99 ga

Away

72 matches

9 v

7 d

56 l

71 gf

174 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

146 matches

35 v

28 d

83 l

174 gf

276 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 29, 1992
Home	5 - 0	November 29, 1992

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 15, 1951
Away	4 - 1	April 18, 1954

Latest head to head

February 09, 1997 - Primera División 1996/1997

Espanyol

2 - 0

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

September 07, 1996 - Primera División 1996/1997

FC Barcelona

2 - 1

Espanyol

May 15, 1996 - Primera Division 1995/1996

Espanyol

1 - 1

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

February 28, 1996 - Copa del Rey 1995/1996

Espanyol

2 - 3

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

February 22, 1996 - Copa del Rey 1995/1996

FC Barcelona

1 - 0

Espanyol

Best historical scorers against Espanyol

Asensi	9 goals	1973 - 1980
Sandor Kocsis	8 goals	1959 - 1964
Justo Tejada Martinez	8 goals	1956 - 1960
Laszlo Kubala	8 goals	1953 - 1961
Manuel Clares Garcia	7 goals	1974 - 1977
Eduardo Manchon Molina	6 goals	1953 - 1956

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/04/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Tintín Márquez	3 goals	1986 - 1986
Igor Korneev	2 goals	1992 - 1992
Michel Pineda	2 goals	1986 - 1987
Florin Raducioiu	2 goals	1997 - 1997
Ismael Urzaiz	2 goals	1996 - 1996
Javi	1 goal	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/04/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Espanyol

Migueli	29 matches	1974 - 1988
Juan Segarra Iracheta	24 matches	1950 - 1962
Antonio Ramallets	23 matches	1949 - 1961
Francisco Carrasco	21 matches	1978 - 1988
Sigfrido Gracia Royo	20 matches	1955 - 1964
Sánchez	19 matches	1976 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/04/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

Thomas N'Kono	13 matches	1983 - 1989
Diego Orejuela	13 matches	1983 - 1990
Manuel Zúñiga	11 matches	1983 - 1988
Francisco	11 matches	1990 - 1996
John Lauridsen	11 matches	1983 - 1988
Iñaki	10 matches	1984 - 1988