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Athletic Bilbao 4-3 Racing Santander - March 29, 1998 / Primera Division 1997/1998

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Primera Division 1997/1998 - Round 31

San Mamés - Bilbao - Spain

March 29, 1998 - 17:00

36 000

4 - 3

Racing Santander

Assist by José Ángel Ziganda (header) Joseba Etxeberria

45+2'

(free kick) Aitor Larrazabal

58'

Assist by José Ángel Ziganda (right foot) Joseba Etxeberria

85'

Assist by Mikel Lasa (left foot) Julen Guerrero

89'

Fernando Correa (right foot) Assist by Vladimir Bestchastnykh

14'

Fernando Correa (right foot) Assist by Vladimir Bestchastnykh

83'

Fernando Correa (right foot)

logo Athletic Bilbao AB

4' - Goal Fernando Correa

14' - Goal Fernando Correa

18' - Yellow card Jesús Merino

30' - Yellow card Josu Urrutia30

34' - Substitution Javi Lópezis substituted by Washington Tais

39' - Yellow card Aitor Larrazabal39

43' - Yellow card Diego López

47' - Goal Joseba Etxeberria47

logo Athletic Bilbao AB

51' - Substitution Jesús María Lacruzis substituted by Mikel Lasa51

58' - Goal Aitor Larrazabal photo José Mari

58' - Substitution Josu Urrutiais substituted by José Mari58

60' - Yellow card Vladimir Bestchastnykh

61' - Substitution Sánchez Jarais substituted by Nacho Conte

62' - Yellow card Mikel Lasa62

66' - Substitution Patxi Ferreirais substituted by Roberto Ríos66

71' - Yellow card Sietes

73' - Substitution Txemais substituted by Alberto

81' - Yellow card Roberto Ríos81

83' - Goal Fernando Correa

85' - Goal Joseba Etxeberria85

89' - Goal Julen Guerrero89

logo Racing Santander RS

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Athletic Bilbao

4 - 3

Racing Santander

Athletic Bilbao Racing Santander

Team line-ups

Athletic Bilbao

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

20Urzaiz

Ismael Urzaiz

Spain

B.date07/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentre forward

9Ziganda

José Ángel Ziganda

Spain

B.date01/10/1966

Age31 years

H1m76

positionStriker

8Guerrero89

Julen Guerrero

Spain

B.date07/01/1974

Age24 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

17Etxeberria4785

Joseba Etxeberria

Spain

B.date05/09/1977

Age20 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

18Alkiza

Bittor Alkiza

Spain

B.date26/10/1970

Age27 years

H1m72

positionDefensive Midfielder

6Urrutia5830

Josu Urrutia

Spain

B.date10/04/1968

Age29 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

10Larrazabal5839

Aitor Larrazabal

Spain

B.date21/06/1971

Age26 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

15Ferreira66

Patxi Ferreira

Spain

B.date22/05/1967

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

12Carlos García

Carlos García

Spain

B.date13/08/1970

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

11Lacruz51

Jesús María Lacruz

Spain

B.date25/04/1978

Age19 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

13Etxeberria

Imanol Etxeberria

Spain

B.date27/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Imanol Etxeberria		25	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Patxi Ferreira	66	30	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Carlos García		27	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Jesús María Lacruz	51	19	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	D	Aitor Larrazabal	5839	26	258	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Bittor Alkiza		27	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Josu Urrutia	5830	29	247	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Julen Guerrero	89	24	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Joseba Etxeberria	4785	20	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	José Ángel Ziganda		31	266	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Ismael Urzaiz		26	74	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

141

Racing Santander

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Bestchastnykh60

Vladimir Bestchastnykh

Russia

B.date01/04/1974

Age23 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Correa14834

Fernando Correa

Uruguay

B.date06/01/1974

Age24 years

H1m79

positionStriker

Javi López34

Javi López

Spain

B.date24/08/1973

Age24 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Diego López43

Diego López

Uruguay

B.date22/08/1974

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Guerrero

José Félix Guerrero

Spain

B.date23/08/1975

Age22 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Sietes71

Sietes

Spain

B.date18/02/1974

Age24 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Schürrer

Gabriel Schürrer

Argentina

B.date16/08/1971

Age26 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

Txema73

Txema

Spain

B.date29/04/1971

Age26 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Merino18

Jesús Merino

Spain

B.date07/12/1967

Age30 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Sánchez Jara61

Sánchez Jara

Spain

B.date16/09/1969

Age28 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Ceballos

José Maria Ceballos

Spain

B.date07/09/1968

Age29 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	José Maria Ceballos		29	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Txema	73	26	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jesús Merino	18	30	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gabriel Schürrer		26	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Diego López	43	23	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sánchez Jara	61	28	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javi López	34	24	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sietes	71	24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	José Félix Guerrero		22	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Correa	14834	24	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Vladimir Bestchastnykh	60	23	65	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

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
24	D	Roberto Ríos	6681	26	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Mikel Lasa	5162	26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	José Mari	58	27	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Washington Tais	34	25	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nacho Conte	61	29	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alberto	73	31	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Carlos García

Roberto Ríos

OUT

Ismael Urzaiz

Mikel Lasa

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jesús Merino

Óscar Arpón

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Luis Fernandez

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Fernandez vs Racing Santander

2 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on March 29, 1998

Fernandez vs Yosu

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 29, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Nando Yosu

100

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Yosu vs Athletic Bilbao

1 victory

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on March 29, 1998

Yosu vs Fernandez

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 29, 1998

Referee

Victor José Esquinas Torres

7 victories	5 draws	5 losses	Athletic Bilbao17 matches	General total	Racing Santander14 matches	5 victories	4 draws	5 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Athletic Bilbao2 matches	Season total	Racing Santander2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 22, 2005					Latest figure on February 12, 2006

Videos

February 15, 2023

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Athletic Bilbao after 3 consecutive draws vs Racing Santander (since 05/02/1997). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 19/10/1975 (2 matches)

Imanol Etxeberria played his game number 50 in La Liga

Athletic Bilbao keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal conceded at home running (since 04/02/1998). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 02/02/1997-23/03/1997 time period (6 matches).

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAthletic Bilbao 4-1 CF Extremadura21/01/1998

VAthletic Bilbao 1-0 Salamanca31/01/1998

VAthletic Bilbao 2-1 Mallorca04/02/1998

LAthletic Bilbao 0-3 Valencia CF15/02/1998

DAthletic Bilbao 2-2 Sporting Gijón01/03/1998

VAthletic Bilbao 3-1 Mallorca16/03/1998

Overall

LAthletic Bilbao 0-3 Valencia CF15/02/1998

LDeportivo La Coruña 3-0 Athletic Bilbao22/02/1998

DAthletic Bilbao 2-2 Sporting Gijón01/03/1998

VTenerife 0-2 Athletic Bilbao08/03/1998

VAthletic Bilbao 3-1 Mallorca16/03/1998

LFC Barcelona 4-0 Athletic Bilbao22/03/1998

Current form

Away

LCompostela 2-0 Racing Santander07/01/1998

DSalamanca 0-0 Racing Santander11/01/1998

LValencia CF 6-1 Racing Santander25/01/1998

LSporting Gijón 2-1 Racing Santander08/02/1998

LMallorca 2-1 Racing Santander22/02/1998

DReal Madrid 2-2 Racing Santander14/03/1998

Overall

VRacing Santander 2-1 Tenerife15/02/1998

LMallorca 2-1 Racing Santander22/02/1998

LRacing Santander 2-4 FC Barcelona02/03/1998

DRacing Santander 1-1 Compostela08/03/1998

DReal Madrid 2-2 Racing Santander14/03/1998

LRacing Santander 1-2 Valladolid22/03/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	4	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	8	5
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	4	7
Conceding streak	4	10

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

30	Number of games (Competition total)	30
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
12	Victories (Competition total)	8
7	Victories (Home / Away)	2
11	Draws (Competition total)	8
4	Draws (Home / Away)	5
7	Losses (Competition total)	14
2	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

39	Goals scored (Competition total)	35
23	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
38	Goals conceded (Competition total)	46
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	28
1.3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.17
1.77	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.93
1.27	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.53
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.87

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (3 times)

Bookings

62	Yellow cards (Competition total)	83
19	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	45
5	Red cards (Competition total)	5
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Ismael Urzaiz	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Fernando Correa
Ismael Urzaiz	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Vladimir Bestchastnykh
Aitor Larrazabal	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Fernando Correa
Aitor Larrazabal	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
José Ángel Ziganda	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
José Ángel Ziganda	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Aitor Larrazabal	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 6 matches	Fernando Correa

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

26 v

3 d

4 l

96 gf

30 ga

Away

34 matches

10 v

9 d

15 l

40 gf

50 ga

Total

67 matches

36 v

12 d

19 l

136 gf

80 ga

Historical head to head

Home

34 matches

15 v

9 d

10 l

50 gf

40 ga

Away

33 matches

4 v

3 d

26 l

30 gf

96 ga

Total

67 matches

19 v

12 d

36 l

80 gf

136 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	February 22, 1931
Home	7 - 1	February 22, 1931

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 30, 1934
Away	2 - 1	January 02, 1994

Latest head to head

November 16, 1997 - Primera Division 1997/1998

Racing Santander

0 - 0

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

February 23, 1997 - Primera División 1996/1997

Athletic Bilbao

2 - 2

Racing Santander logo Racing Santander

February 05, 1997 - Copa del Rey 1996/1997

Athletic Bilbao

1 - 1

Racing Santander logo Racing Santander

January 29, 1997 - Copa del Rey 1996/1997

Racing Santander

1 - 0

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

September 28, 1996 - Primera División 1996/1997

Racing Santander

1 - 2

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

Best historical scorers against Racing Santander

José Ángel Ziganda	7 goals	1994 - 1996
Manu Sarabia	6 goals	1981 - 1985
Dani	4 goals	1981 - 1984
Agustín Gainza	3 goals	1953 - 1955
Julen Guerrero	3 goals	1994 - 1995
Eneko Arieta	3 goals	1953 - 1955

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/01/1951. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Athletic Bilbao

Óscar Arpón	2 goals	1997 - 1997
Dmitriy Radchenko	2 goals	1994 - 1994
Michel Pineda	1 goal	1994 - 1994
Quique Setién	1 goal	1994 - 1994
Txema	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Vladimir Bestchastnykh	1 goal	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/01/1951. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Racing Santander

Iñigo Larrainzar	11 matches	1994 - 1997
José Ángel Ziganda	11 matches	1994 - 1997
Manolín	10 matches	1950 - 1955
Julen Guerrero	9 matches	1994 - 1997
Venancio	8 matches	1950 - 1954
Andoni Zubizarreta	8 matches	1981 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/10/1950. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Athletic Bilbao

José Maria Ceballos	11 matches	1994 - 1997
Jesús Merino	8 matches	1994 - 1997
Esteban Torre	8 matches	1994 - 1997
Pablo Alfaro	6 matches	1994 - 1996
Quique Setién	6 matches	1984 - 1995
Diego López	5 matches	1996 - 1997