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Racing Santander 2-4 FC Barcelona - March 02, 1998 / Primera Division 1997/1998

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Primera Division 1997/1998 - Round 27

El Sardinero - Santander - Spain

March 02, 1998

Racing Santander

2 - 4

FC Barcelona

(penalty) Fernando Correa

10'

Alberto López

80'

69'

Rivaldo

72'

Rivaldo

82'

Sonny Anderson

89'

Sonny Anderson

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10' - Goal Fernando Correa10

45' - Substitution Ruud Hespis substituted by Carles Busquets

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50' - Substitution Giovanniis substituted by Michael Reiziger

65' - Substitution Vladimir Bestchastnykhis substituted by Hugo Porfirio65

67' - Substitution Òscaris substituted by Dragan Ciric

69' - Goal Rivaldo

71' - Substitution Fernando Correais substituted by Alberto López71

72' - Goal Rivaldo

78' - Substitution Óscar Arpónis substituted by Washington Tais78

80' - Goal Alberto López80

82' - Goal Sonny Anderson

85' - Red card Jesús Merino85

89' - Goal Sonny Anderson

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Racing Santander

2 - 4

FC Barcelona

Racing Santander FC Barcelona

Team line-ups

Racing Santander

Ceballos

José Maria Ceballos

Spain

B.date07/09/1968

Age29 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Merino85

Jesús Merino

Spain

B.date07/12/1967

Age30 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Schürrer

Gabriel Schürrer

Argentina

B.date16/08/1971

Age26 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

Sietes

Spain

B.date18/02/1974

Age24 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Javi López

Spain

B.date24/08/1973

Age24 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Abeijón

Nelson Abeijón

Uruguay

B.date21/07/1973

Age24 years

H1m84

positionRight central midfielder

Guerrero

José Félix Guerrero

Spain

B.date23/08/1975

Age22 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Arpón78

Óscar Arpón

Spain

B.date09/04/1975

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Conte

Nacho Conte

Spain

B.date21/02/1969

Age29 years

H1m77

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Correa1071

Fernando Correa

Uruguay

B.date06/01/1974

Age24 years

H1m79

positionStriker

Bestchastnykh65

Vladimir Bestchastnykh

Russia

B.date01/04/1974

Age23 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	José Maria Ceballos		29	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jesús Merino	85	30	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gabriel Schürrer		26	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sietes		24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Javi López		24	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nelson Abeijón		24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	José Félix Guerrero		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Óscar Arpón	78	22	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nacho Conte		29	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Correa	1071	24	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Vladimir Bestchastnykh	65	23	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

FC Barcelona

13 Hesp45

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

Roger

Spain

B.date15/12/1976

Age21 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

2 Ferrer

Albert Ferrer

Spain

B.date06/06/1970

Age27 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

12 Sergi

Sergi

Spain

B.date28/12/1971

Age26 years

H1m72

positionLeft full-back

26 Celades

Albert Celades

Spain

B.date29/09/1975

Age22 years

H1m77

positionDefensive Midfielder

7 Figo

Luis Figo

Portugal

B.date04/11/1972

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

6 Òscar67

Òscar

Spain

B.date26/04/1973

Age24 years

H1m82

positionSecond striker

18 Giovanni50

Giovanni

Brazil

B.date04/02/1972

Age26 years

H1m90

positionSecond striker

11 Rivaldo7269

Rivaldo

Brazil

B.date19/04/1972

Age25 years

H1m86

positionSecond striker

Anderson8289

Sonny Anderson

Brazil

B.date19/09/1970

Age27 years

H1m81

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Ruud Hesp	45	32	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Fernando Couto		28	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Roger		21	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Albert Ferrer		27	291	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Sergi		26	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Albert Celades		22	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Luis Figo		25	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	F	Òscar	67	24	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Giovanni	50	26	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Rivaldo	7269	25	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Sonny Anderson	8289	27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

102

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Washington Tais	78	25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alberto López	8071	31	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Hugo Porfirio	65	24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Carles Busquets	45	30	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Michael Reiziger	50	24	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Dragan Ciric	67	23	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Fernando Correa

Alberto López

OUT

Óscar Arpón

Washington Tais

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sonny Anderson

Luis Enrique

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Marcos Alonso

Success rate in this team:

28 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

28 %

Alonso vs FC Barcelona

0 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on March 02, 1998

Alonso vs van Gaal

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 02, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Louis van Gaal

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

67 %

van Gaal vs Racing Santander

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 02, 1998

van Gaal vs Alonso

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 02, 1998

Referee

Fernando Carmona Méndez

5 victories	3 draws	2 losses	Racing Santander10 matches	General total	FC Barcelona10 matches	7 victories	0 draw	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Racing Santander2 matches	Season total	FC Barcelona1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on January 16, 2005					Latest figure on February 12, 2005

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Key figures

Racing Santander keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 14/12/1997).

It's the first time Sonny Anderson scores at least 2 goals during the same game in La Liga

It's the first time Alberto López scores 1 goal vs FC Barcelona in his professional career with Racing Santander

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LRacing Santander 2-3 Real Zaragoza14/12/1997

VRacing Santander 2-0 Real Betis21/12/1997

VRacing Santander 2-0 Osasuna07/01/1998

VRacing Santander 3-1 Real Sociedad18/01/1998

LRacing Santander 0-1 Deportivo La Coruña01/02/1998

VRacing Santander 2-1 Tenerife15/02/1998

Overall

VRacing Santander 3-1 Real Sociedad18/01/1998

LValencia CF 6-1 Racing Santander25/01/1998

LRacing Santander 0-1 Deportivo La Coruña01/02/1998

LSporting Gijón 2-1 Racing Santander08/02/1998

VRacing Santander 2-1 Tenerife15/02/1998

LMallorca 2-1 Racing Santander22/02/1998

Current form

Away

DReal Sociedad 2-2 FC Barcelona11/01/1998

VValencia CF 1-3 FC Barcelona21/01/1998

LDeportivo La Coruña 3-1 FC Barcelona25/01/1998

DTenerife 1-1 FC Barcelona08/02/1998

VCP Mérida 0-3 FC Barcelona11/02/1998

DReal Zaragoza 0-0 FC Barcelona26/02/1998

Overall

DTenerife 1-1 FC Barcelona08/02/1998

VCP Mérida 0-3 FC Barcelona11/02/1998

DFC Barcelona 0-0 Mallorca15/02/1998

VFC Barcelona 5-2 Real Zaragoza18/02/1998

VFC Barcelona 2-0 Compostela22/02/1998

DReal Zaragoza 0-0 FC Barcelona26/02/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	6	6
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	3	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	3	8
Winless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	25
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
8	Victories (Competition total)	15
6	Victories (Home / Away)	5
6	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
12	Losses (Competition total)	6
4	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

29	Goals scored (Competition total)	52
17	Goals scored (Home / Away)	22
37	Goals conceded (Competition total)	35
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	20
1.12	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.08
1.42	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.83
1.42	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.4
0.92	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.67

Betting aid

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

Bookings

71	Yellow cards (Competition total)	65
29	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	33
4	Red cards (Competition total)	2
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Fernando Correa	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	15 goals	Luis Enrique
Fernando Correa	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Rivaldo
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Rivaldo
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Rivaldo
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Iván De la Peña
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Iván De la Peña
Fernando Correa	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Luis Enrique

Historical head to head

Home

34 matches

12 v

11 d

11 l

49 gf

50 ga

Away

35 matches

2 v

4 d

29 l

24 gf

116 ga

Total

69 matches

14 v

15 d

40 l

73 gf

166 ga

Historical head to head

Home

35 matches

29 v

4 d

2 l

116 gf

24 ga

Away

34 matches

11 v

11 d

12 l

50 gf

49 ga

Total

69 matches

40 v

15 d

14 l

166 gf

73 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 11, 1995
Home	5 - 0	February 11, 1995

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	April 16, 1966
Away	4 - 0	October 30, 1982

Latest head to head

October 26, 1997 - Primera Division 1997/1998

FC Barcelona

2 - 0

Racing Santander logo Racing Santander

February 16, 1997 - Primera División 1996/1997

FC Barcelona

1 - 0

Racing Santander logo Racing Santander

September 15, 1996 - Primera División 1996/1997

Racing Santander

1 - 1

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

April 13, 1996 - Primera Division 1995/1996

Racing Santander

1 - 1

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

December 02, 1995 - Primera Division 1995/1996

FC Barcelona

1 - 1

Racing Santander logo Racing Santander

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Dmitriy Radchenko	3 goals	1994 - 1995
Esteban Torre	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Jesús Merino	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Geli	1 goal	1993 - 1993
Fernando Correa	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Gonzalo Suances	1 goal	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/02/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Racing Santander

Laszlo Kubala	8 goals	1951 - 1960
Tomás Moreno	6 goals	1952 - 1954
César	5 goals	1950 - 1953
Estanilao Basora	4 goals	1953 - 1955
Eduardo Manchon Molina	4 goals	1951 - 1954
Asensi	3 goals	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/02/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

José Maria Ceballos	9 matches	1993 - 1997
Pablo Alfaro	6 matches	1993 - 1996
Jesús Merino	6 matches	1993 - 1997
David Billabona	6 matches	1994 - 1996
Francisco Javier Roncal	5 matches	1993 - 1996
Andrey Zygmantovich	5 matches	1993 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/02/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Racing Santander

Migueli	15 matches	1975 - 1986
Francisco Carrasco	12 matches	1979 - 1989
Víctor Muñoz	10 matches	1981 - 1986
Guillermo Amor	10 matches	1989 - 1997
Antonio Ramallets	10 matches	1950 - 1961
Asensi	10 matches	1973 - 1979