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FC Barcelona 1-0 Newcastle United - November 26, 1997 / Champions League 1997/1998

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Champions League 1997/1998 - Round 5 - Group C

Camp Nou - Barcelona - Spain

November 26, 1997

26 000

FC Barcelona

Spain

1 - 0

Newcastle United

England

Giovanni

17'

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17' - Goal Giovanni17

30' - Substitution Darren Peacockis substituted by Stuart Pearce

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46' - Substitution Philippe Albertis substituted by Aaron Hughes

56' - Substitution Sonny Andersonis substituted by Juan Antonio Pizzi56

65' - Substitution Josep Guardiolais substituted by Guillermo Amor65

80' - Substitution Giovanniis substituted by Miguel Ángel Nadal80

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

FC Barcelona

1 - 0

Newcastle United

FC Barcelona Newcastle United

Team line-ups

FC Barcelona

13 Hesp

Ruud Hesp

Netherlands

B.date31/10/1965

Age32 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

5 Couto

Fernando Couto

Portugal

B.date02/08/1969

Age28 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

3 Abelardo

Abelardo

Spain

B.date19/04/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

2 Ferrer

Albert Ferrer

Spain

B.date06/06/1970

Age27 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

22 Reiziger

Michael Reiziger

Netherlands

B.date03/05/1973

Age24 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

4 Guardiola65

Josep Guardiola

Spain

B.date18/01/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

17 Celades

Albert Celades

Spain

B.date29/09/1975

Age22 years

H1m77

positionDefensive Midfielder

10 Giovanni1780

Giovanni

Brazil

B.date04/02/1972

Age25 years

H1m90

positionSecond striker

9 Anderson56

Sonny Anderson

Brazil

B.date19/09/1970

Age27 years

H1m81

positionStriker

11 Rivaldo

Rivaldo

Brazil

B.date19/04/1972

Age25 years

H1m86

positionSecond striker

16 Ciric

Dragan Ciric

Serbia

B.date15/09/1974

Age23 years

H1m80

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Ruud Hesp		32	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Fernando Couto		28	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Abelardo		27	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Albert Ferrer		27	279	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Michael Reiziger		24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Josep Guardiola	65	26	274	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Albert Celades		22	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Giovanni	1780	25	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Sonny Anderson	56	27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Rivaldo		25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Dragan Ciric		23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Newcastle United

15 Hislop

Shaka Hislop

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date22/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m98

positionGoalkeeper

27 Albert46

Philippe Albert

Belgium

B.date10/08/1967

Age30 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

5 Peacock30

Darren Peacock

England

B.date03/02/1968

Age29 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

19 Watson

Steve Watson

England

B.date01/04/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

3 Beresford

John Beresford

England

B.date04/09/1966

Age31 years

H1m65

positionLeft full-back

23 Pistone

Alessandro Pistone

Italy

B.date27/07/1975

Age22 years

H1m85

positionFull-back

4 Batty

David Batty

England

B.date02/12/1968

Age28 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

10 Barnes

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age34 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

22 Hamilton

Des Hamilton

England

B.date15/08/1976

Age21 years

positionMidfield

14 Ketsbaia

Temur Ketsbaia

Georgia

B.date18/03/1968

Age29 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

16 Tomasson

Jon Dahl Tomasson

Denmark

B.date29/08/1976

Age21 years

H1m82

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
15	G	Shaka Hislop		28	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Philippe Albert	46	30	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Darren Peacock	30	29	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Steve Watson		23	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	John Beresford		31	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Alessandro Pistone		22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	David Batty		28	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	John Barnes		34	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Des Hamilton		21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Temur Ketsbaia		29	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Jon Dahl Tomasson		21	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
20	D	Miguel Ángel Nadal	80	31	270	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Guillermo Amor	65	29	401	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Juan Antonio Pizzi	56	29	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
28	D		Aaron Hughes	46	18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D		Stuart Pearce	30	35	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael Reiziger

Sergi

OUT

Josep Guardiola

Guillermo Amor

OUT

Sonny Anderson

Juan Antonio Pizzi

OUT

Dragan Ciric

Luis Figo

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Beresford

Keith Gillespie

OUT

Des Hamilton

Rob Lee

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Louis van Gaal

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

67 %

van Gaal vs Newcastle United

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 26, 1997

van Gaal vs Dalglish

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 26, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Dalglish vs FC Barcelona

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 26, 1997

Dalglish vs van Gaal

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 26, 1997

Referee

Marc Batta

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	FC Barcelona1 match	General total	Newcastle United1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	FC Barcelona1 match	Season total	Newcastle United1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 26, 1997					Latest figure on November 26, 1997

Videos

December 27, 2012

Comments

Key figures

Newcastle United keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 18/11/1997).

It's the first time Giovanni scores 1 goal vs Newcastle United in his professional career

The last time FC Barcelona has ended with the score 1-0 at home in Champions League, It was on the 16/09/1992 (vs )

Read the next 14 key stats

General ranking

	1	Dynamo Kyiv	10 pts	4 rd
	2	PSV Eindhoven	7 pts	4 rd
+1	3	FC Barcelona	4 pts	5 rd
-1	4	Newcastle United	4 pts	5 rd

General ranking

	1	Dynamo Kyiv	10 pts	4 rd
	2	PSV Eindhoven	7 pts	4 rd
+1	3	FC Barcelona	4 pts	5 rd
-1	4	Newcastle United	4 pts	5 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DFC Barcelona 2-2 PSV Eindhoven01/10/1997

VFC Barcelona 3-2 Tenerife05/10/1997

VFC Barcelona 2-0 Racing Santander26/10/1997

LFC Barcelona 0-4 Dynamo Kyiv05/11/1997

LFC Barcelona 1-2 Valladolid09/11/1997

VFC Barcelona 3-2 Celta Vigo16/11/1997

Overall

VReal Madrid 2-3 FC Barcelona01/11/1997

LFC Barcelona 0-4 Dynamo Kyiv05/11/1997

LFC Barcelona 1-2 Valladolid09/11/1997

LAthletic Bilbao 3-0 FC Barcelona13/11/1997

VFC Barcelona 3-2 Celta Vigo16/11/1997

LReal Oviedo 1-0 FC Barcelona22/11/1997

Current form

Away

LChelsea 1-0 Newcastle United27/09/1997

DDynamo Kyiv 2-2 Newcastle United01/10/1997

LLeeds United 4-1 Newcastle United18/10/1997

LPSV Eindhoven 1-0 Newcastle United22/10/1997

DCoventry 2-2 Newcastle United08/11/1997

VDerby County 0-1 Newcastle United18/11/1997

Overall

DNewcastle United 1-1 Blackburn25/10/1997

DNewcastle United 3-3 Leicester01/11/1997

LNewcastle United 0-2 PSV Eindhoven05/11/1997

DCoventry 2-2 Newcastle United08/11/1997

VDerby County 0-1 Newcastle United18/11/1997

VNewcastle United 2-1 Southampton22/11/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	8
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	3	6

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	3
4	General ranking (Home / Away)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
2	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
3	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	9
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
14	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
2.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.67
2.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.67

Betting aid

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

Bookings

8	Yellow cards (Competition total)	11
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	8
2	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Luis Enrique	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Faustino Asprilla
Luis Enrique	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	John Beresford
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Faustino Asprilla
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Faustino Asprilla
Luis Enrique	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 6 matches	John Beresford

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 2	September 17, 1997
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

September 17, 1997 - Ligue des Champions 1997/1998

Newcastle United

3 - 2

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Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

	Luis Figo	1 goal	1997 - 1997
	Luis Enrique	1 goal	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/09/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Faustino Asprilla

3 goals

1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/09/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Luis Enrique	1 match	1997 - 1997
Dragan Ciric	1 match	1997 - 1997
Miguel Ángel Nadal	1 match	1997 - 1997
Sonny Anderson	1 match	1997 - 1997
Emmanuel Amunike	1 match	1997 - 1997
Luis Figo	1 match	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/09/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

Jon Dahl Tomasson	1 match	1997 - 1997
Keith Gillespie	1 match	1997 - 1997
Philippe Albert	1 match	1997 - 1997
Warren Barton	1 match	1997 - 1997
David Batty	1 match	1997 - 1997
John Barnes	1 match	1997 - 1997