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Real Madrid 2-1 Espanyol - December 21, 1997 / Primera Division 1997/1998

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Primera Division 1997/1998 - Journée 18

Santiago Bernabeu - Madrid - Spain

December 21, 1997

Real Madrid

2 - 1

Espanyol

Davor Suker

17'

Davor Suker

71'

14'

Pacheta

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5' - Substitution Branko Brnovicis substituted by José Cobos

14' - Goal Pacheta

17' - Goal Davor Suker17

23' - Substitution José Emilio Amaviscais substituted by Víctor23

43' - Substitution Víctoris substituted by Fernando Morientes43

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70' - Substitution Moisés Arteagais substituted by Nenad Pralija

71' - Goal Davor Suker71

81' - Substitution Quique Martínis substituted by Raúl Tamudo

83' - Substitution Gutiis substituted by Dani83

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Real Madrid

2 - 1

Espanyol

Real Madrid Espanyol

Team line-ups

Real Madrid

1 Cañizares

Santiago Cañizares

Spain

B.date18/12/1969

Age28 years

H1m81

positionGoalkeeper

Karanka

Aitor Karanka

Spain

B.date18/09/1973

Age24 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

4 Hierro

Fernando Hierro

Spain

B.date23/03/1968

Age29 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

5 Sanchís

Manolo Sanchís

Spain

B.date23/05/1965

Age32 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

6 Redondo

Fernando Redondo

Argentina

B.date06/06/1969

Age28 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

16 Jaime

Jaime

Spain

B.date20/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Guti83

Guti

Spain

B.date31/10/1976

Age21 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

11 Amavisca23

José Emilio Amavisca

Spain

B.date19/06/1971

Age26 years

H1m82

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

10 Seedorf

Clarence Seedorf

Netherlands

B.date01/04/1976

Age21 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

9 Suker1771

Davor Suker

Croatia

B.date01/01/1968

Age29 years

H1m83

positionStriker

7 Raul

Raul

Spain

B.date27/06/1977

Age20 years

H1m80

positionSecond striker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Santiago Cañizares		28	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Aitor Karanka		24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Fernando Hierro		29	378	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Manolo Sanchís		32	610	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Fernando Redondo		28	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Jaime		24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Guti	83	21	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	José Emilio Amavisca	23	26	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Clarence Seedorf		21	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Davor Suker	1771	29	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Raul		20	155	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

150

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

Torres Mestre

Spain

B.date31/12/1970

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Cristóbal

Spain

B.date21/08/1967

Age30 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Brnovic5

Branko Brnovic

Montenegro

B.date08/08/1967

Age30 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Arteaga70

Moisés Arteaga

Spain

B.date01/06/1969

Age28 years

H1m84

positionLeft Midfielder

Pacheta14

Pacheta

Spain

B.date23/03/1968

Age29 years

H1m84

positionVersatile Midfielder

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

Ouédec

Nicolas Ouédec

France

B.date28/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Toni		27	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nando		30	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mauricio Pochettino		25	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Torres Mestre		26	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Cristóbal		30	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Branko Brnovic	5	30	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Moisés Arteaga	70	28	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pacheta	14	29	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Constantin Galca		25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Quique Martín	81	24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicolas Ouédec		26	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
18	M	Víctor	2343	21	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Dani	83	22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Fernando Morientes	43	21	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	José Cobos	5	29	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nenad Pralija	70	27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Raúl Tamudo	81	20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Davor Suker

Fernando Morientes

OUT

José Emilio Amavisca

Víctor

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mauricio Pochettino

José Cobos

OUT

Torres Mestre

Juan Eduardo Esnáider

OUT

Cristóbal

David Charcos

OUT

Moisés Arteaga

Goran Milosevic

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jupp Heynckes

Success rate in this team:

62 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Heynckes vs Espanyol

3 victories

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 21, 1997

Heynckes vs Camacho

2 victories

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 21, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

José Antonio Camacho

158

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Camacho vs Real Madrid

4 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on December 21, 1997

Camacho vs Heynckes

4 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 21, 1997

Referee

Celino Gracia Redondo

8 victories	3 draws	6 losses	Real Madrid17 matches	General total	Espanyol7 matches	2 victories	1 draw	4 losses
2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Real Madrid3 matches	Season total	Espanyol2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 07, 1998					Latest figure on December 21, 1997

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Key figures

It's the first time Pacheta scores a goal in La Liga with since the 11/02/1996 (with vs )

Real Madrid keeps its 19 matches with at least one goal scored vs Espanyol in La Liga running (since 16/05/1987). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 09/02/1956 (16 matches)

Moisés Arteaga played his game number 10 vs Espanyol Barcelone in La Liga

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VReal Madrid 5-1 Olympiacos22/10/1997

LReal Madrid 2-3 FC Barcelona01/11/1997

VReal Madrid 3-1 Valladolid17/11/1997

VReal Madrid 3-1 Celta Vigo30/11/1997

VReal Madrid 4-0 FC Porto10/12/1997

VReal Madrid 1-0 CP Mérida14/12/1997

Overall

LRosenborg 2-0 Real Madrid27/11/1997

VReal Madrid 3-1 Celta Vigo30/11/1997

DReal Oviedo 1-1 Real Madrid06/12/1997

VReal Madrid 4-0 FC Porto10/12/1997

VReal Madrid 1-0 CP Mérida14/12/1997

DReal Zaragoza 2-2 Real Madrid17/12/1997

Current form

Away

DFigueres 1-1 Espanyol Barcelone08/10/1997

VAtlético Madrid 0-2 Espanyol Barcelone26/10/1997

LReal Sociedad 2-0 Espanyol Barcelone09/11/1997

DDeportivo La Coruña 1-1 Espanyol Barcelone16/11/1997

DTenerife 0-0 Espanyol Barcelone30/11/1997

LFC Barcelona 3-1 Espanyol Barcelone13/12/1997

Overall

DDeportivo La Coruña 1-1 Espanyol Barcelone16/11/1997

DEspanyol Barcelone 1-1 Sporting Gijón24/11/1997

DTenerife 0-0 Espanyol Barcelone30/11/1997

VEspanyol Barcelone 1-0 Mallorca06/12/1997

LFC Barcelona 3-1 Espanyol Barcelone13/12/1997

DEspanyol Barcelone 0-0 Racing Santander17/12/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	5
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	7	0
Scoring streak	7	5
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	4	2
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
10	Victories (Competition total)	7
5	Victories (Home / Away)	2
6	Draws (Competition total)	8
2	Draws (Home / Away)	4
1	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

30	Goals scored (Competition total)	24
15	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
13	Goals conceded (Competition total)	11
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1.76	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.41
1.88	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.13
0.76	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.65
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.13

Betting aid

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

Bookings

34	Yellow cards (Competition total)	46
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	29
0	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Fernando Morientes	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Juan Eduardo Esnáider
Raul	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Juan Eduardo Esnáider
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Juan Eduardo Esnáider
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Juan Eduardo Esnáider
Roberto Carlos	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Roberto Carlos	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Raul	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Juan Eduardo Esnáider

Historical head to head

Home

65 matches

50 v

11 d

4 l

180 gf

53 ga

Away

65 matches

22 v

16 d

27 l

99 gf

115 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

2 v

0 d

2 l

9 gf

6 ga

Total

134 matches

74 v

27 d

33 l

288 gf

174 ga

Historical head to head

Home

65 matches

27 v

16 d

22 l

115 gf

99 ga

Away

65 matches

4 v

11 d

50 l

53 gf

180 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

2 v

0 d

2 l

6 gf

9 ga

Total

134 matches

33 v

27 d

74 l

174 gf

288 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	April 19, 1992
Home	7 - 0	April 19, 1992

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	March 05, 1930
Away	4 - 2	December 29, 1929

Latest head to head

March 03, 1997 - Primera División 1996/1997

Espanyol

0 - 2

Real Madrid logo Real Madrid

October 01, 1996 - Primera División 1996/1997

Real Madrid

2 - 0

Espanyol

April 21, 1996 - Primera Division 1995/1996

Real Madrid

1 - 2

Espanyol

January 18, 1996 - Copa del Rey 1995/1996

Real Madrid

2 - 1

Espanyol

January 11, 1996 - Copa del Rey 1995/1996

Espanyol

4 - 1

Real Madrid logo Real Madrid

Best historical scorers against Espanyol

Alfredo Di Stéfano	16 goals	1953 - 1959
Hugo Sánchez	11 goals	1985 - 1989
Santillana	10 goals	1972 - 1986
Emilio Butragueño	9 goals	1984 - 1992
Fernando Hierro	8 goals	1991 - 1993
Pirri	7 goals	1965 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/06/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Real Madrid

Jordi Lardín	7 goals	1995 - 1996
Michel Pineda	3 goals	1984 - 1985
Wolfram Wuttke	3 goals	1991 - 1991
Pichi Alonso	2 goals	1987 - 1987
Jesús Orejuela	2 goals	1983 - 1984
José Aurelio Gay	2 goals	1990 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/06/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Espanyol

Santillana	27 matches	1971 - 1987
Pirri	26 matches	1965 - 1979
Paco Gento	26 matches	1953 - 1971
José Antonio Camacho	25 matches	1974 - 1989
Manolo Sanchís	22 matches	1983 - 1996
Míchel	21 matches	1984 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/03/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Real Madrid

Thomas N'Kono	16 matches	1982 - 1989
Manuel Zúñiga	16 matches	1980 - 1988
John Lauridsen	14 matches	1982 - 1988
Antoni Arabí	12 matches	1979 - 1986
Diego Orejuela	12 matches	1983 - 1989
Job	11 matches	1982 - 1988