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Valencia CF 2-1 Athletic Bilbao - December 07, 2003 / Primera Division 2003/2004

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Primera Division 2003/2004 - Round 15

Mestalla - Valencia - Spain

December 07, 2003

50 000

Valencia CF

2 - 1

Athletic Bilbao

Vicente

17'

Vicente

65'

52'

Santi Ezquerro

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17' - Goal Vicente17

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46' - Substitution Jonan Garcíais substituted by Joseba Arriaga

52' - Goal Santi Ezquerro

63' - Substitution Jorge Lópezis substituted by Francisco Rufete63

65' - Goal Vicente65

73' - Substitution Joseba Etxeberriais substituted by Ismael Urzaiz

81' - Substitution Rubén Barajais substituted by Mauricio Pellegrino81

81' - Substitution Óscar Valesis substituted by Julen Guerrero

83' - Substitution Pablo Aimaris substituted by Xisco Muñoz83

87' - Red card Jesús María Lacruz

90' - Red card Roberto Ayala90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Valencia CF

2 - 1

Athletic Bilbao

Valencia CF Athletic Bilbao

Team line-ups

Valencia CF

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

20Mista

Mista

Spain

B.date12/11/1978

Age25 years

H1m84

positionForward

14Vicente1765

Vicente

Spain

B.date16/07/1981

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

21Aimar83

Pablo Aimar

Argentina

B.date03/11/1979

Age24 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

18Jorge López63

Jorge López

Spain

B.date19/09/1978

Age25 years

H1m82

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

8Baraja81

Rubén Baraja

Spain

B.date11/07/1975

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

6Albelda

David Albelda

Spain

B.date01/09/1977

Age26 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

15Carboni

Amedeo Carboni

Italy

B.date06/04/1965

Age38 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

5Marchena

Carlos Marchena

Spain

B.date31/07/1979

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

4Ayala90

Roberto Ayala

Argentina

B.date12/04/1973

Age30 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

23Curro Torres

Curro Torres

Spain

B.date27/12/1976

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

1Cañizares

Santiago Cañizares

Spain

B.date18/12/1969

Age33 years

H1m81

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Santiago Cañizares		33	248	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Carlos Marchena		24	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Roberto Ayala	90	30	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Amedeo Carboni		38	274	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Curro Torres		26	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	David Albelda		26	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Rubén Baraja	81	28	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Jorge López	63	25	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Pablo Aimar	83	24	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Vicente	1765	22	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Mista		25	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

135

Athletic Bilbao

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Ezquerro52

Santi Ezquerro

Spain

B.date14/12/1976

Age26 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

10Yeste

Francisco Yeste

Spain

B.date06/12/1979

Age24 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

21Jonan García46

Jonan García

Spain

B.date08/01/1983

Age20 years

H1m77

positionRight central midfielder

17Etxeberria73

Joseba Etxeberria

Spain

B.date05/09/1977

Age26 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Vales81

Óscar Vales

Spain

B.date13/09/1974

Age29 years

H1m79

positionCentral defender

Orbaiz

Pablo Orbaiz

Spain

B.date06/02/1979

Age24 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

19Del Horno

Asier Del Horno

Spain

B.date19/01/1981

Age22 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

4Karanka

Aitor Karanka

Spain

B.date18/09/1973

Age30 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

14Luis Prieto

Luis Prieto

Spain

B.date19/02/1979

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

12Lacruz87

Jesús María Lacruz

Spain

B.date25/04/1978

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

13Aranzubía

Dani Aranzubía

Spain

B.date18/09/1979

Age24 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Dani Aranzubía		24	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Óscar Vales	81	29	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Luis Prieto		24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Aitor Karanka		30	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Asier Del Horno		22	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Jesús María Lacruz	87	25	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Pablo Orbaiz		24	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Jonan García	46	20	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Joseba Etxeberria	73	26	310	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Santi Ezquerro	52	26	191	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Francisco Yeste		24	118	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

128

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
2	D	Mauricio Pellegrino	81	32	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Francisco Rufete	63	27	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Xisco Muñoz	83	23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
22	M	Joseba Arriaga	46	21	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Ismael Urzaiz	73	32	291	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Julen Guerrero	81	29	373	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mista

Ricardo Oliveira

OUT

Jorge López

Francisco Rufete

OUT

David Albelda

Mauricio Pellegrino

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Asier Del Horno

Aitor Larrazabal

OUT

Óscar Vales

Tiko

OUT

Pablo Orbaiz

Carlos Gurpegui

OUT

Jonan García

Andoni Iraola

OUT

Santi Ezquerro

Ismael Urzaiz

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

124

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Benítez vs Athletic Bilbao

4 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on December 07, 2003

Benítez vs Valverde

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 07, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Ernesto Valverde

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Valverde vs Valencia CF

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 07, 2003

Valverde vs Benítez

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 07, 2003

Referee

Arturo Dauden Ibañez

11 victories	3 draws	7 losses	Valencia CF21 matches	General total	Athletic Bilbao21 matches	7 victories	5 draws	9 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Valencia CF1 match	Season total	Athletic Bilbao3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on February 10, 2008					Latest figure on April 13, 2008

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Key figures

Santi Ezquerro played his game number 10 vs in his professional career

Mauricio Pellegrino played his game number 10 vs Athletic Bilbao in his professional career

The last time Valencia CF has ended with the score 2-1 at home in La Liga, It was on the 27/04/2002 (vs )

Read the next 16 key stats

General ranking

	1	Real Madrid	33 pts	15 rd
+1	2	Valencia CF	31 pts	15 rd
-1	3	Deportivo La Coruña	30 pts	15 rd
	4	Osasuna	26 pts	15 rd
	5	Atlético Madrid	25 pts	15 rd

General ranking

	5	Atlético Madrid	25 pts	15 rd
+6	6	Mallorca	23 pts	15 rd
-1	7	Athletic Bilbao	21 pts	15 rd
+5	8	Sevilla FC	21 pts	15 rd
-1	9	Villarreal	21 pts	15 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VValencia CF 1-0 AIK Solna15/10/2003

VValencia CF 4-0 Espanyol19/10/2003

DValencia CF 2-2 Celta Vigo29/10/2003

DValencia CF 0-0 Maccabi Haïfa06/11/2003

LValencia CF 1-2 Racing Santander09/11/2003

VValencia CF 3-2 Real Zaragoza29/11/2003

Overall

VMallorca 0-5 Valencia CF02/11/2003

DValencia CF 0-0 Maccabi Haïfa06/11/2003

LValencia CF 1-2 Racing Santander09/11/2003

DMurcia 2-2 Valencia CF23/11/2003

VValencia CF 3-2 Real Zaragoza29/11/2003

DReal Sociedad 0-0 Valencia CF02/12/2003

Current form

Away

DReal Betis 1-1 Athletic Bilbao04/10/2003

LGimnástica Torrelavega 2-1 Athletic Bilbao07/10/2003

LValladolid 2-0 Athletic Bilbao26/10/2003

LReal Madrid 3-0 Athletic Bilbao01/11/2003

VCelta Vigo 0-2 Athletic Bilbao23/11/2003

DReal Zaragoza 2-2 Athletic Bilbao04/12/2003

Overall

VAthletic Bilbao 2-1 Málaga29/10/2003

LReal Madrid 3-0 Athletic Bilbao01/11/2003

VAthletic Bilbao 1-0 Espanyol08/11/2003

VCelta Vigo 0-2 Athletic Bilbao23/11/2003

LAthletic Bilbao 1-2 Racing Santander30/11/2003

DReal Zaragoza 2-2 Athletic Bilbao04/12/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	6
7	General ranking (Home / Away)	14

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

14	Number of games (Competition total)	14
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
8	Victories (Competition total)	6
4	Victories (Home / Away)	1
4	Draws (Competition total)	3
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
2	Losses (Competition total)	5
1	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

27	Goals scored (Competition total)	18
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
11	Goals conceded (Competition total)	16
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
1.93	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.29
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.79	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.14
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.71

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
6	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	5
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
1-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (2 times)

Bookings

36	Yellow cards (Competition total)	40
14	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	22
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Mista	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Tiko
Pablo Aimar	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Tiko
Jorge López	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Joseba Etxeberria
Pablo Aimar	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Ismael Urzaiz
Jorge López	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Francisco Yeste
Mista	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Tiko

Historical head to head

Home

72 matches

45 v

17 d

10 l

154 gf

73 ga

Away

73 matches

12 v

14 d

47 l

87 gf

169 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

3 v

0 d

2 l

8 gf

6 ga

Total

150 matches

60 v

31 d

59 l

249 gf

248 ga

Historical head to head

Home

73 matches

47 v

14 d

12 l

169 gf

87 ga

Away

72 matches

10 v

17 d

45 l

73 gf

154 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

2 v

0 d

3 l

6 gf

8 ga

Total

150 matches

59 v

31 d

60 l

248 gf

249 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

March 16, 2003 - Primera Division 2002/2003

Athletic Bilbao

1 - 0

Valencia CF logo Valencia CF

October 26, 2002 - Primera Division 2002/2003

Valencia CF

5 - 1

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

February 03, 2002 - Primera Division 2001/2002

Valencia CF

2 - 1

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

September 23, 2001 - Primera Division 2001/2002

Athletic Bilbao

2 - 2

Valencia CF logo Valencia CF

May 18, 2001 - Primera Division 2000/2001

Valencia CF

1 - 0

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

Best historical scorers against Athletic Bilbao

Lyuboslav Penev	7 goals	1991 - 1994
Fernando	6 goals	1991 - 1995
Roberto	4 goals	1982 - 1992
Adrian Ilie	4 goals	1998 - 1999
Pablo Aimar	4 goals	2001 - 2002
Mario Kempes	4 goals	1976 - 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 Urzaiz	5 goals	1997 - 1999
José María Noriega	4 goals	1980 - 1985

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

Fernando	18 matches	1984 - 1998
Enrique Saura	15 matches	1975 - 1984
Gaizka Mendieta	13 matches	1994 - 2000
Ricardo Arias	13 matches	1978 - 1991
Mario Kempes	13 matches	1976 - 1984
Francisco Camarasa	12 matches	1991 - 1996

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

Agustín Gainza	31 matches	1940 - 1956
Telmo Zarra	31 matches	1940 - 1953
José Luis Lopez Panizo	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

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

They played in both sides

Andoni Zubizarreta

184 matches

239 matches

1981 - 1998

Fernando Tirapu

113 matches

75 matches

1974 - 1982

Patxi Ferreira

71 matches

90 matches

1984 - 2000

Xabi Eskurza

59 matches

95 matches

1989 - 1997

Total : 4 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/09/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Andoni Zubizarreta

184 matches

239 matches

1981 - 1998

Xabi Eskurza

59 matches

95 matches

1989 - 1997

Patxi Ferreira

71 matches

90 matches

1984 - 2000

Fernando Tirapu

113 matches

75 matches

1974 - 1982

Total : 4 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/09/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 06, 2003

Osasuna

3 2

Celta Vigo

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December 07, 2003

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Real Madrid	33	15	10	3	2	31	16	+15
+12	Valencia CF	31	15	9	4	2	29	12	+17
-13	Deportivo La Coruña	30	15	9	3	3	23	11	+12
4	Osasuna	26	15	7	5	3	18	12	+6
5	Atlético Madrid	25	15	8	1	6	19	18	+1
+66	Mallorca	23	15	7	2	6	19	22	-3
-17	Athletic Bilbao	21	15	6	3	6	19	18	+1
+58	Sevilla FC	21	15	5	6	4	23	18	+5
-19	Villarreal	21	15	5	6	4	15	16	-1
-310	Racing Santander	20	15	6	2	7	18	23	-5
-211	Valladolid	20	15	5	5	5	19	22	-3
-212	Málaga	20	15	6	2	7	18	18	0
-213	FC Barcelona	20	15	5	5	5	19	20	-1
14	Real Betis	18	15	4	6	5	20	18	+2
+315	Albacete	16	15	5	1	9	19	21	-2
-116	Real Zaragoza	16	15	4	4	7	17	20	-3
-117	Celta Vigo	15	15	3	6	6	19	22	-3
-118	Real Sociedad	15	15	3	6	6	15	23	-8
19	Murcia	11	15	1	8	6	14	26	-12
20	Espanyol	8	15	2	2	11	10	28	-18

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Valencia CF 2-1 Athletic Bilbao - December 07, 2003 / Primera Division 2003/2004

Valencia CF

2 - 1

Athletic Bilbao

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Benítez vs Athletic Bilbao

Benítez vs Valverde

Manager

Valverde vs Valencia CF

Valverde vs Benítez

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Athletic Bilbao

Best historical scorers against Valencia CF

Players with most games played vs Athletic Bilbao

Players with most games played vs Valencia CF

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking