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Real Sociedad 2-1 Sporting Gijón - December 17, 1997 / Primera Division 1997/1998

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Primera Division 1997/1998 - Round 17

Anoeta - San Sebastián - Spain

December 17, 1997

Real Sociedad

2 - 1

Sporting Gijón

Gica Craioveanu

51'

(penalty) Darko Kovacevic

82'

64'

Paco Luna

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47' - Substitution Mikel Antíais substituted by Óscar De Paula47

51' - Goal Gica Craioveanu51

57' - Substitution Antonio Poyatosis substituted by Paco Luna photo Álex Fernandez

57' - Substitution Cezary Kucharskiis substituted by Álex Fernandez

64' - Goal Paco Luna

71' - Substitution Tomásis substituted by Ricardo Bango

75' - Substitution Javi Graciais substituted by Mutiu Adepoju75

82' - Goal Darko Kovacevic82

84' - Substitution Gica Craioveanuis substituted by Iñigo Idiakez84

89' - Red card Juan Carlos Ablanedo

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Real Sociedad

2 - 1

Sporting Gijón

Real Sociedad Sporting Gijón

Team line-ups

Real Sociedad

Alberto

Spain

B.date20/05/1969

Age28 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Antía47

Mikel Antía

Spain

B.date13/02/1973

Age24 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Pikabea

José Pikabea

Spain

B.date26/09/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Fuentes

Miguel Angel Fuentes

Spain

B.date06/08/1964

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

López Rekarte

Aitor López Rekarte

Spain

B.date18/08/1975

Age22 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Gracia75

Javi Gracia

Spain

B.date01/05/1970

Age27 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Imaz

Andoni Imaz

Spain

B.date05/09/1971

Age26 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Juan Gómez

Argentina

B.date25/01/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

De Pedro

Javi De Pedro

Spain

B.date04/08/1973

Age24 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Craioveanu5184

Gica Craioveanu

Romania

B.date14/02/1968

Age29 years

H1m82

positionCentre forward

Kovacevic82

Darko Kovacevic

Serbia

B.date18/11/1973

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alberto		28	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mikel Antía	47	24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	José Pikabea		27	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Miguel Angel Fuentes		33	341	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Aitor López Rekarte		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javi Gracia	75	27	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andoni Imaz		26	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Juan Gómez		26	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javi De Pedro		24	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gica Craioveanu	5184	29	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darko Kovacevic	82	24	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

117

Sporting Gijón

Ablanedo89

Juan Carlos Ablanedo

Spain

B.date02/09/1963

Age34 years

H1m77

positionGoalkeeper

Trotta

Roberto Trotta

Argentina

B.date28/01/1969

Age28 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Nikiforov

Yuriy Nikiforov

Russia

B.date16/09/1970

Age27 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Pablo

Spain

B.date05/08/1971

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Velasco

Jesús Velasco

Spain

B.date16/01/1972

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Mingo

Spain

B.date10/06/1977

Age20 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Mario Cotelo

Spain

B.date10/02/1975

Age22 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Tomás71

Tomás

Spain

B.date25/11/1970

Age27 years

H1m84

positionLeft Midfielder

Poyatos57

Antonio Poyatos

Spain

B.date19/02/1966

Age31 years

H1m82

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Ledyakhov

Igor Ledyakhov

Russia

B.date22/05/1968

Age29 years

H1m88

positionPlaymaker

Kucharski57

Cezary Kucharski

Poland

B.date17/02/1972

Age25 years

H1m81

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Juan Carlos Ablanedo	89	34	262	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roberto Trotta		28	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Yuriy Nikiforov		27	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pablo		26	214	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jesús Velasco		25	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mingo		20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario Cotelo		22	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tomás	71	27	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Antonio Poyatos	57	31	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Igor Ledyakhov		29	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cezary Kucharski	57	25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Mutiu Adepoju	75	26	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Iñigo Idiakez	84	24	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Óscar De Paula	47	22	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Ricardo Bango	71	29	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Álex Fernandez	57	23	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paco Luna	6457	26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mikel Antía

Loren

OUT

Gica Craioveanu

Luis Pérez

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mingo

Rubén Acebal

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bernd Krauss

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Krauss vs Sporting Gijón

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 17, 1997

Krauss vs Díaz Novoa

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 17, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

José Manuel Díaz Novoa

277

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Díaz Novoa vs Real Sociedad

3 victories

7 draws

13 losses

Latest figure on December 17, 1997

Díaz Novoa vs Krauss

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 17, 1997

Referee

Juan Antonio Fernández Marin

5 victories	2 draws	4 losses	Real Sociedad11 matches	General total	Sporting Gijón12 matches	2 victories	4 draws	6 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Real Sociedad2 matches	Season total	Sporting Gijón1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 26, 1998					Latest figure on December 17, 1997

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Key figures

It's the first time Gica Craioveanu scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 24/01/1996 (with vs )

Andoni Imaz played his game number 10 vs in La Liga with

Real Sociedad keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 30/11/1997).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VReal Sociedad 2-1 CP Mérida26/10/1997

DReal Sociedad 0-0 Burgos CF28/10/1997

VReal Sociedad 2-0 Espanyol09/11/1997

DReal Sociedad 0-0 Atlético Madrid15/11/1997

VReal Sociedad 5-1 Compostela30/11/1997

DReal Sociedad 1-1 Valencia CF07/12/1997

Overall

DReal Sociedad 0-0 Atlético Madrid15/11/1997

DSalamanca 0-0 Real Sociedad23/11/1997

VReal Sociedad 5-1 Compostela30/11/1997

LXerez CD 1-0 Real Sociedad03/12/1997

DReal Sociedad 1-1 Valencia CF07/12/1997

DDeportivo La Coruña 1-1 Real Sociedad14/12/1997

Current form

Away

DOsasuna 1-1 Sporting Gijón08/10/1997

DValladolid 1-1 Sporting Gijón18/10/1997

LCelta Vigo 1-0 Sporting Gijón02/11/1997

LCP Mérida 1-0 Sporting Gijón12/11/1997

DEspanyol 1-1 Sporting Gijón24/11/1997

LAtlético Madrid 2-1 Sporting Gijón06/12/1997

Overall

LCP Mérida 1-0 Sporting Gijón12/11/1997

LSporting Gijón 2-3 Real Zaragoza16/11/1997

DEspanyol 1-1 Sporting Gijón24/11/1997

LSporting Gijón 2-3 Real Betis29/11/1997

LAtlético Madrid 2-1 Sporting Gijón06/12/1997

DSporting Gijón 1-1 Salamanca14/12/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	14	2
Winless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	10	19
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	9	18

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

16	Number of games (Competition total)	16
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
7	Victories (Competition total)	0
6	Victories (Home / Away)	0
7	Draws (Competition total)	3
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
2	Losses (Competition total)	13
0	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

23	Goals scored (Competition total)	14
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
11	Goals conceded (Competition total)	37
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
1.44	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.88
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.75
0.69	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.31
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.25

Betting aid

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

Bookings

44	Yellow cards (Competition total)	51
20	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	28
2	Red cards (Competition total)	3
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Darko Kovacevic	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Igor Ledyakhov
Darko Kovacevic	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Dmitriy Cheryshev
Javi De Pedro	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Igor Ledyakhov
Darko Kovacevic	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Igor Ledyakhov
Javi Gracia	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Cezary Kucharski

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

24 v

12 d

7 l

73 gf

37 ga

Away

43 matches

9 v

12 d

22 l

38 gf

71 ga

Total

86 matches

33 v

24 d

29 l

111 gf

108 ga

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

22 v

12 d

9 l

71 gf

38 ga

Away

43 matches

7 v

12 d

24 l

37 gf

73 ga

Total

86 matches

29 v

24 d

33 l

108 gf

111 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	January 06, 1988
Home	4 - 0	January 06, 1988

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	April 05, 1978
Away	1 - 0	April 17, 1994

Latest head to head

February 16, 1997 - Primera División 1996/1997

Sporting Gijón

0 - 0

Real Sociedad logo Real Sociedad

September 15, 1996 - Primera División 1996/1997

Real Sociedad

1 - 1

Sporting Gijón logo Sporting Gijón

January 24, 1996 - Primera Division 1995/1996

Sporting Gijón

1 - 1

Real Sociedad logo Real Sociedad

September 10, 1995 - Primera Division 1995/1996

Real Sociedad

2 - 0

Sporting Gijón logo Sporting Gijón

June 04, 1995 - Primera Division 1994/1995

Sporting Gijón

1 - 2

Real Sociedad logo Real Sociedad

Best historical scorers against Sporting Gijón

José María Bakero	7 goals	1983 - 1988
Jesús Mari Zamora	5 goals	1980 - 1988
Jokin Uría	3 goals	1991 - 1993
Luis Pérez	3 goals	1993 - 1995
Roberto López Ufarte	3 goals	1981 - 1983
Meho Kodro	3 goals	1993 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/12/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Real Sociedad

Abel	2 goals	1980 - 1980
José Luis Morales	2 goals	1995 - 1995
Juanele	2 goals	1993 - 1993
Manuel Mesa	2 goals	1981 - 1981
Darío Óscar Scotto	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Uría	1 goal	1982 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/12/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sporting Gijón

Juan Antonio Larrañaga	26 matches	1981 - 1993
Alberto Górriz	23 matches	1980 - 1992
Agustín Gajate	16 matches	1980 - 1991
Miguel Angel Fuentes	16 matches	1987 - 1997
Jesús Mari Zamora	16 matches	1980 - 1988
Luis Miguel Arconada	15 matches	1980 - 1988

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/12/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Real Sociedad

Juan Carlos Ablanedo	11 matches	1986 - 1997
Abelardo	10 matches	1989 - 1994
Pablo	9 matches	1992 - 1997
Joaquín	9 matches	1980 - 1992
Óscar Celada	8 matches	1990 - 1994
Tomás	7 matches	1993 - 1997