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FC Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Bilbao - April 20, 1997 / Primera División 1996/1997

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Primera División 1996/1997 - Round 35

Camp Nou - Barcelona - Spain

April 20, 1997

2 - 0

Athletic Bilbao

Abelardo

48'

Ronaldo

64'

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45' - Substitution Ismael Urzaizis substituted by Joseba Etxeberria

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48' - Goal Abelardo48

64' - Goal Ronaldo64

70' - Substitution Josu Urrutiais substituted by José Mari

72' - Red card Óscar Vales

77' - Substitution Giovanniis substituted by Juan Antonio Pizzi77

78' - Substitution Ronaldois substituted by Hristo Stoichkov78

81' - Substitution Iván De la Peñais substituted by Guillermo Amor81

82' - Substitution Eduardo Estíbarizis substituted by Jon Andoni Goikoetxea

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

FC Barcelona

2 - 0

Athletic Bilbao

FC Barcelona Athletic Bilbao

Team line-ups

FC Barcelona

13 Busquets

Carles Busquets

Spain

B.date19/07/1967

Age29 years

H1m81

positionGoalkeeper

15 Blanc

Laurent Blanc

France

B.date19/11/1965

Age31 years

H1m90

positionSweeper

3 Abelardo48

Abelardo

Spain

B.date19/04/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Ferrer

Albert Ferrer

Spain

B.date06/06/1970

Age26 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

27 Roger

Roger

Spain

B.date15/12/1976

Age20 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

4 Guardiola

Josep Guardiola

Spain

B.date18/01/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

23 De la Peña81

Iván De la Peña

Spain

B.date06/05/1976

Age20 years

H1m71

positionBox-to-box midfielder

7 Figo

Luis Figo

Portugal

B.date04/11/1972

Age24 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

9 Ronaldo6478

Ronaldo

Brazil

B.date22/09/1976

Age20 years

H1m83

positionStriker

10 Giovanni77

Giovanni

Brazil

B.date04/02/1972

Age25 years

H1m90

positionSecond striker

17 Amunike

Emmanuel Amunike

Nigeria

B.date25/12/1970

Age26 years

H1m76

positionLeft Winger

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Carles Busquets		29	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Laurent Blanc		31	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Abelardo	48	27	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Albert Ferrer		26	256	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Roger		20	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Josep Guardiola		26	259	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Iván De la Peña	81	20	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Luis Figo		24	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Ronaldo	6478	20	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Giovanni	77	25	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Emmanuel Amunike		26	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

101

Athletic Bilbao

13 Etxeberria

Imanol Etxeberria

Spain

B.date27/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

Corino

Sergio Corino

Spain

B.date10/10/1974

Age22 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

14 Óscar Vales72

Óscar Vales

Spain

B.date13/09/1974

Age22 years

H1m79

positionCentral defender

12 Carlos García

Carlos García

Spain

B.date13/08/1970

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

20 Estíbariz82

Eduardo Estíbariz

Spain

B.date27/05/1966

Age30 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

10 Larrazabal

Aitor Larrazabal

Spain

B.date21/06/1971

Age25 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

18 Alkiza

Bittor Alkiza

Spain

B.date26/10/1970

Age26 years

H1m72

positionDefensive Midfielder

6 Urrutia70

Josu Urrutia

Spain

B.date10/04/1968

Age29 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

8 Guerrero

Julen Guerrero

Spain

B.date07/01/1974

Age23 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

11 Urzaiz45

Ismael Urzaiz

Spain

B.date07/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentre forward

9 Ziganda

José Ángel Ziganda

Spain

B.date01/10/1966

Age30 years

H1m76

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Imanol Etxeberria		24	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Sergio Corino		22	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Óscar Vales	72	22	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Carlos García		26	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Eduardo Estíbariz	82	30	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	D	Aitor Larrazabal		25	217	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Bittor Alkiza		26	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Josu Urrutia	70	29	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Julen Guerrero		23	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Ismael Urzaiz	45	25	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	José Ángel Ziganda		30	225	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

118

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
18	M	Guillermo Amor	81	29	380	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Juan Antonio Pizzi	77	28	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Hristo Stoichkov	78	31	241	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
7	D	Jon Andoni Goikoetxea	82	31	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	José Mari	70	26	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Joseba Etxeberria	45	19	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Carles Busquets

Vitor Baia

OUT

Giovanni

Hristo Stoichkov

OUT

Laurent Blanc

Miguel Ángel Nadal

OUT

Albert Ferrer

Fernando Couto

OUT

Emmanuel Amunike

Guillermo Amor

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Eduardo Estíbariz

Joseba Etxeberria

OUT

Bittor Alkiza

Jon Andoni Goikoetxea

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bobby Robson

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Robson vs Athletic Bilbao

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 20, 1997

Robson vs Fernandez

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 20, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Luis Fernandez

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Fernandez vs FC Barcelona

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 20, 1997

Fernandez vs Robson

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 20, 1997

Referee

Evaristo Puentes Leira

9 victories	2 draws	1 loss	FC Barcelona12 matches	General total	Athletic Bilbao14 matches	7 victories	2 draws	5 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	FC Barcelona2 matches	Season total	Athletic Bilbao1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 26, 2005					Latest figure on April 29, 2006

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Key figures

End of streak for Athletic Bilbao after 3 matches with at least one goal scored away from home (since 14/03/1997).

Athletic Bilbao keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 30/03/1997).

FC Barcelona keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw at home in La Liga running (since 16/02/1997). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 23/09/1995-18/11/1995 time period (6 matches).

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFC Barcelona 3-0 Compostela09/03/1997

VFC Barcelona 5-4 Atlético Madrid12/03/1997

VFC Barcelona 4-0 Sevilla FC23/03/1997

VFC Barcelona 3-0 Las Palmas03/04/1997

VFC Barcelona 4-0 Sporting Gijón06/04/1997

DFC Barcelona 1-1 Fiorentina10/04/1997

Overall

DValencia CF 1-1 FC Barcelona30/03/1997

VFC Barcelona 3-0 Las Palmas03/04/1997

VFC Barcelona 4-0 Sporting Gijón06/04/1997

DFC Barcelona 1-1 Fiorentina10/04/1997

VAtlético Madrid 2-5 FC Barcelona13/04/1997

LValladolid 3-1 FC Barcelona16/04/1997

Current form

Away

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

LValencia CF 5-2 Athletic Bilbao12/04/1997

Overall

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

LValencia CF 5-2 Athletic Bilbao12/04/1997

VAthletic Bilbao 4-0 Sporting Gijón16/04/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	12	0
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	54	13
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	3	2
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

34	Number of games (Competition total)	34
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
21	Victories (Competition total)	12
13	Victories (Home / Away)	4
6	Draws (Competition total)	15
3	Draws (Home / Away)	7
7	Losses (Competition total)	7
1	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

86	Goals scored (Competition total)	63
56	Goals scored (Home / Away)	24
43	Goals conceded (Competition total)	49
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	27
2.53	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.85
3.29	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
1.26	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.44
0.94	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.69

Betting aid

22	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	21
14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	20
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
3-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

76	Yellow cards (Competition total)	72
35	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	35
6	Red cards (Competition total)	5
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Ronaldo	29 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	16 goals	Ismael Urzaiz
Ronaldo	18 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	10 goals	Ismael Urzaiz
Ronaldo	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Aitor Larrazabal
Ronaldo	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Aitor Larrazabal
Luis Figo	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Julen Guerrero
Luis Figo	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Ronaldo	11 goals during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	13 goals during the last 12 matches	Ismael Urzaiz

Historical head to head

Home

81 matches

53 v

9 d

19 l

176 gf

95 ga

Away

81 matches

19 v

17 d

45 l

109 gf

165 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

3 v

0 d

2 l

8 gf

6 ga

Total

167 matches

75 v

26 d

66 l

293 gf

266 ga

Historical head to head

Home

81 matches

45 v

17 d

19 l

165 gf

109 ga

Away

81 matches

19 v

9 d

53 l

95 gf

176 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

2 v

0 d

3 l

6 gf

8 ga

Total

167 matches

66 v

26 d

75 l

266 gf

293 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	March 10, 1991
Home	5 - 0	December 11, 1949

Largest victory

Overall	12 - 1	February 08, 1931
Away	6 - 0	October 21, 1945

Latest head to head

November 23, 1996 - Primera División 1996/1997

Athletic Bilbao

2 - 1

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March 02, 1996 - Primera Division 1995/1996

Athletic Bilbao

0 - 0

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

October 14, 1995 - Primera Division 1995/1996

FC Barcelona

4 - 1

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

June 18, 1995 - Primera Division 1994/1995

Athletic Bilbao

0 - 2

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

January 28, 1995 - Primera Division 1994/1995

FC Barcelona

1 - 0

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

Best historical scorers against Athletic Bilbao

Laszlo Kubala	11 goals	1951 - 1960
José María Bakero	10 goals	1988 - 1995
Hristo Stoichkov	8 goals	1991 - 1994
Justo Tejada Martinez	8 goals	1954 - 1961
Estanilao Basora	7 goals	1948 - 1958
Francisco Carrasco	7 goals	1982 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/03/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Telmo Zarra	22 goals	1942 - 1953
Agustín Gainza	12 goals	1943 - 1955
Hermenegildo Elices	9 goals	1941 - 1944
José Luis Lopez Panizo	9 goals	1940 - 1951
Manu Sarabia	7 goals	1980 - 1985
R. Iriondo Aurtenechea	7 goals	1940 - 1950

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/03/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Athletic Bilbao

Migueli	32 matches	1975 - 1987
Juan Segarra Iracheta	29 matches	1950 - 1962
Alexanco	26 matches	1980 - 1992
Sánchez	25 matches	1977 - 1986
Antonio Ramallets	23 matches	1951 - 1961
Sigfrido Gracia Royo	21 matches	1953 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/03/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

Agustín Gainza	39 matches	1940 - 1958
José Luis Lopez Panizo	31 matches	1940 - 1953
Telmo Zarra	27 matches	1942 - 1953
R. Iriondo Aurtenechea	25 matches	1940 - 1953
Canito	25 matches	1949 - 1960
Jesús Garay	22 matches	1950 - 1960