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Valencia CF 5-2 Athletic Bilbao - April 12, 1997 / Primera División 1996/1997

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Primera División 1996/1997 - Round 33

Mestalla - Valencia - Spain

April 12, 1997

5 - 2

Athletic Bilbao

(penalty) Ariel Ortega

Leandro Machado

(penalty) Ariel Ortega

26'

Gabi Moya

29'

Leandro Machado

34'

43'

Ismael Urzaiz

66'

Ismael Urzaiz

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2' - Goal Ariel Ortega2

3' - Goal Leandro Machado3

11' - Substitution Bixente Lizarazuis substituted by José Ángel Ziganda

26' - Goal Ariel Ortega26

29' - Goal Gabi Moya29

34' - Goal Leandro Machado34

43' - Goal Ismael Urzaiz

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61' - Substitution Leandro Machadois substituted by Goran Vlaovic61

66' - Goal Ismael Urzaiz

75' - Substitution Iñigo Larrainzaris substituted by Óscar Vales

83' - Substitution Ariel Ortegais substituted by Claudio López83

86' - Substitution Gabi Moyais substituted by Fernando86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Valencia CF

5 - 2

Athletic Bilbao

Valencia CF Athletic Bilbao

Team line-ups

Valencia CF

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Machado33461

Leandro Machado

Brazil

B.date22/03/1976

Age21 years

H1m85

positionForward

8Moya2986

Gabi Moya

Spain

B.date20/03/1966

Age31 years

H1m74

positionForward

26Ortega26283

Ariel Ortega

Argentina

B.date04/03/1974

Age23 years

H1m70

positionOffensive Midfielder

18Karpin

Valeriy Karpin

Russia

B.date02/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m85

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

14José Ignacio

José Ignacio

Spain

B.date28/09/1973

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

31Farinós

Javier Farinós

Spain

B.date29/03/1978

Age19 years

H1m72

positionCentre Midfield

21Romero

Enrique Romero

Spain

B.date23/06/1971

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

15Ferreira

Patxi Ferreira

Spain

B.date22/05/1967

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

24Cáceres

Fernando Cáceres

Argentina

B.date07/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

6Mendieta

Gaizka Mendieta

Spain

B.date27/03/1974

Age23 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

1Zubizarreta

Andoni Zubizarreta

Spain

B.date23/10/1961

Age35 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Andoni Zubizarreta		35	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Fernando Cáceres		28	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Patxi Ferreira		29	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Enrique Romero		25	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	José Ignacio		23	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Gaizka Mendieta		23	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	M	Javier Farinós		19	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Ariel Ortega	26283	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Valeriy Karpin		28	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Leandro Machado	33461	21	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Gabi Moya	2986	31	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Athletic Bilbao

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Urzaiz4366

Ismael Urzaiz

Spain

B.date07/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentre forward

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

6Urrutia

Josu Urrutia

Spain

B.date10/04/1968

Age29 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

23José Mari

José Mari

Spain

B.date10/02/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

3Lizarazu11

Bixente Lizarazu

France

B.date09/12/1969

Age27 years

H1m69

positionLeft full-back

10Larrazabal

Aitor Larrazabal

Spain

B.date21/06/1971

Age25 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

4Karanka

Aitor Karanka

Spain

B.date18/09/1973

Age23 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

12Carlos García

Carlos García

Spain

B.date13/08/1970

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

21Larrainzar75

Iñigo Larrainzar

Spain

B.date05/06/1971

Age25 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	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Aitor Karanka		23	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Carlos García		26	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Bixente Lizarazu	11	27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Iñigo Larrainzar	75	25	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	D	Aitor Larrazabal		25	215	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Bittor Alkiza		26	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	José Mari		26	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Josu Urrutia		29	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Julen Guerrero		23	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Ismael Urzaiz	4366	25	33	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

104

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
10	M	Fernando	86	31	318	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Claudio López	83	22	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Goran Vlaovic	61	24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
14	D		Óscar Vales	75	22	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F		José Ángel Ziganda	11	30	223	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Javier Farinós

Vicente Engonga

OUT

Gaizka Mendieta

Jorge Otero

OUT

Enrique Romero

Iván Campo

OUT

Valeriy Karpin

Claudio López

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Bixente Lizarazu

Óscar Vales

OUT

José Mari

José Ángel Ziganda

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jorge Valdano

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Valdano vs Athletic Bilbao

4 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 12, 1997

Valdano vs Fernandez

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 12, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Luis Fernandez

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Fernandez vs Valencia CF

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 12, 1997

Fernandez vs Valdano

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 12, 1997

Referee

Victor José Esquinas Torres

11 victories	6 draws	5 losses	Valencia CF22 matches	General total	Athletic Bilbao17 matches	7 victories	5 draws	5 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Valencia CF2 matches	Season total	Athletic Bilbao3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 21, 2005					Latest figure on January 22, 2005

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Key figures

Valencia CF keeps its 12 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 15/02/1997). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 05/01/1994-13/03/1994 time period (13 matches).

It's the first time Ariel Ortega scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Athletic Bilbao in his professional career

End of streak for Valencia CF after 4 consecutive matches without a win (since 18/03/1997).

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LValencia CF 0-2 Las Palmas05/02/1997

DValencia CF 1-1 Real Zaragoza15/02/1997

VValencia CF 2-1 Compostela24/02/1997

VValencia CF 4-2 Sevilla FC08/03/1997

DValencia CF 1-1 Schalke 0418/03/1997

DValencia CF 1-1 FC Barcelona30/03/1997

Overall

VValencia CF 4-2 Sevilla FC08/03/1997

VAtlético Madrid 1-4 Valencia CF15/03/1997

DValencia CF 1-1 Schalke 0418/03/1997

LSporting Gijón 2-1 Valencia CF24/03/1997

DValencia CF 1-1 FC Barcelona30/03/1997

LValladolid 4-1 Valencia CF06/04/1997

Current form

Away

LRacing Santander 1-0 Athletic Bilbao29/01/1997

DRayo Vallecano 1-1 Athletic Bilbao09/02/1997

VEspanyol 0-2 Athletic Bilbao19/02/1997

DReal Sociedad 0-0 Athletic Bilbao02/03/1997

DTenerife 3-3 Athletic Bilbao14/03/1997

VCD Logroñés 1-4 Athletic Bilbao30/03/1997

Overall

DReal Sociedad 0-0 Athletic Bilbao02/03/1997

DAthletic Bilbao 2-2 Real Zaragoza09/03/1997

DTenerife 3-3 Athletic Bilbao14/03/1997

DAthletic Bilbao 2-2 Compostela23/03/1997

VCD Logroñés 1-4 Athletic Bilbao30/03/1997

DAthletic Bilbao 0-0 Sevilla FC06/04/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	5	0
Winless streak	2	4
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	5	6
Conceding streak	8	11

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	5	11
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

32	Number of games (Competition total)	32
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
12	Victories (Competition total)	11
8	Victories (Home / Away)	4
7	Draws (Competition total)	15
5	Draws (Home / Away)	7
13	Losses (Competition total)	6
3	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

47	Goals scored (Competition total)	57
25	Goals scored (Home / Away)	22
45	Goals conceded (Competition total)	44
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
1.47	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.78
1.56	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.47
1.41	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.38
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.47

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	19
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

80	Yellow cards (Competition total)	66
37	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	30
6	Red cards (Competition total)	5
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Gabi Moya	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	15 goals	José Ángel Ziganda
Claudio López	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Ismael Urzaiz
Gaizka Mendieta	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Aitor Larrazabal
Ariel Ortega	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Aitor Larrazabal
Valeriy Karpin	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Julen Guerrero
Valeriy Karpin	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Goran Vlaovic	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	9 goals during the last 10 matches	Ismael Urzaiz

Historical head to head

Home

65 matches

39 v

16 d

10 l

134 gf

67 ga

Away

67 matches

11 v

12 d

44 l

81 gf

162 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

3 v

0 d

2 l

8 gf

6 ga

Total

137 matches

53 v

28 d

56 l

223 gf

235 ga

Historical head to head

Home

67 matches

44 v

12 d

11 l

162 gf

81 ga

Away

65 matches

10 v

16 d

39 l

67 gf

134 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

2 v

0 d

3 l

6 gf

8 ga

Total

137 matches

56 v

28 d

53 l

235 gf

223 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 03, 1949
Home	5 - 0	April 03, 1949

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 10, 1954
Away	5 - 1	January 15, 1933

Latest head to head

November 10, 1996 - Primera División 1996/1997

Athletic Bilbao

2 - 0

Valencia CF logo Valencia CF

March 17, 1996 - Primera Division 1995/1996

Athletic Bilbao

0 - 1

Valencia CF logo Valencia CF

October 29, 1995 - Primera Division 1995/1996

Valencia CF

3 - 1

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

May 13, 1995 - Primera Division 1994/1995

Valencia CF

3 - 1

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

December 10, 1994 - Primera Division 1994/1995

Athletic Bilbao

2 - 1

Valencia CF logo Valencia CF

Best historical scorers against Athletic Bilbao

Lyuboslav Penev	7 goals	1991 - 1994
Fernando	6 goals	1991 - 1995
Robert	4 goals	1982 - 1992
Mario Kempes	4 goals	1976 - 1977
Eloy	3 goals	1991 - 1993
Johnny Rep	3 goals	1975 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1940. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Valencia CF

Telmo Zarra	20 goals	1940 - 1951
Agustín Gainza	15 goals	1940 - 1954
José Luis Lopez Panizo	9 goals	1940 - 1952
R. Iriondo Aurtenechea	7 goals	1943 - 1950
Ismael Urtubi	4 goals	1983 - 1986
Hermenegildo Elices	4 goals	1940 - 1943

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1940. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Athletic Bilbao

Enrique Saura	15 matches	1975 - 1984
Fernando	15 matches	1984 - 1996
Ricardo Arias	13 matches	1978 - 1991
Mario Kempes	13 matches	1976 - 1984
Francisco Camarasa	12 matches	1991 - 1996
José Manuel Sempere	12 matches	1980 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1940. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Valencia CF

José Luis Lopez Panizo	31 matches	1940 - 1953
Agustín Gainza	31 matches	1940 - 1956
Telmo Zarra	31 matches	1940 - 1953
R. Iriondo Aurtenechea	25 matches	1940 - 1952
Roberto Bertol Garrestazu	23 matches	1940 - 1949
F. Gonzalez Valenciaga	22 matches	1943 - 1952