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Vélez Sarsfield 0-2 River Plate - August 09, 1997 / Primera División 1996/1997

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Primera División 1996/1997 - Round 18 - Clausura

Estadio José Amalfitani - Buenos Aires - Argentina

August 09, 1997

0 - 2

River Plate

12'

Enzo Francescoli (header) Assist by Marcelo Gallardo

63'

Enzo Francescoli (right foot)

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12' - Goal Enzo Francescoli

44' - Missed penalty Enzo Francescoli

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60' - Substitution Popeye Herrerais substituted by Darío Husaín60

60' - Substitution Eduardo Berizzois substituted by Roberto Trotta photo Leonel Gancedo

60' - Substitution Roberto Carlos Monserratis substituted by Leonel Gancedo photo Marcelo Alejandro Escudero

60' - Substitution Sergio Bertiis substituted by M. A. Escudero

63' - Goal Enzo Francescoli

88' - Red card José Luis Chilavert88

89' - Substitution Martín Posseis substituted by Pablo Cavallero89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Vélez Sarsfield

0 - 2

River Plate

Vélez Sarsfield River Plate

Team line-ups

Vélez Sarsfield

1 Chilavert88

José Luis Chilavert

Paraguay

B.date27/07/1965

Age32 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

6 Pellegrino

Mauricio Pellegrino

Argentina

B.date05/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m93

positionLeft central defender

3 Cardozo

Raul Cardozo

Argentina

B.date28/10/1967

Age29 years

positionLeft central defender

Sotomayor

Víctor Hugo Sotomayor

Argentina

B.date21/01/1968

Age29 years

H1m87

positionDefender

Gomez

Marcelo Gomez

Argentina

B.date07/12/1970

Age26 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Husaín

Claudio Husaín

Argentina

B.date20/11/1974

Age22 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

7 Bassedas

Christian Bassedas

Argentina

B.date16/02/1973

Age24 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

Compagnucci

Carlos Compagnucci

Argentina

B.date06/08/1968

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Herrera60

Popeye Herrera

Argentina

B.date05/10/1966

Age30 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Camps

Patricio Camps

Argentina

B.date22/01/1972

Age25 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

11 Posse89

Martín Posse

Argentina

B.date20/08/1975

Age21 years

H1m71

positionSecond striker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	José Luis Chilavert	88	32	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Mauricio Pellegrino		25	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Raul Cardozo		29	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Víctor Hugo Sotomayor		29	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Marcelo Gomez		26	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Claudio Husaín		22	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Christian Bassedas		24	195	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Carlos Compagnucci		29	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Popeye Herrera	60	30	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Patricio Camps		25	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Martín Posse	89	21	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

142

River Plate

Burgos

Germán Burgos

Argentina

B.date16/04/1969

Age28 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Berizzo60

Eduardo Berizzo

Argentina

B.date13/11/1969

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Ayala

Celso Ayala

Paraguay

B.date20/08/1970

Age26 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

Sorín

Juan Pablo Sorín

Argentina

B.date05/05/1976

Age21 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Díaz

Hernán Edgardo Díaz

Argentina

B.date26/02/1965

Age32 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Astrada

Leonardo Astrada

Argentina

B.date06/01/1970

Age27 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Monserrat60

Roberto Carlos Monserrat

Argentina

B.date13/09/1968

Age28 years

H1m74

positionMidfield

Berti60

Sergio Berti

Argentina

B.date17/09/1969

Age27 years

H1m79

positionOffensive Midfielder

Gallardo

Marcelo Gallardo

Argentina

B.date18/01/1976

Age21 years

H1m70

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Francescoli1263

Enzo Francescoli

Uruguay

B.date12/11/1961

Age35 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

Salas

Marcelo Salas

Chile

B.date24/12/1974

Age22 years

H1m74

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Germán Burgos		28	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eduardo Berizzo	60	27	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Celso Ayala		26	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Juan Pablo Sorín		21	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hernán Edgardo Díaz		32	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Leonardo Astrada		27	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roberto Carlos Monserrat	60	28	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sergio Berti	60	27	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marcelo Gallardo		21	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Enzo Francescoli	1263	35	225	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcelo Salas		22	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

102

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	G		Pablo Cavallero	89	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Darío Husaín	60	21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Roberto Trotta	60	28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Leonel Gancedo	60	26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	M. A. Escudero	60	25	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

José Luis Chilavert

Pablo Cavallero

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Osvaldo Piazza

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Piazza vs River Plate

1 victory

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on August 09, 1997

Piazza vs Díaz

1 victory

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on August 09, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Ramón Díaz

104

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Díaz vs Vélez Sarsfield

2 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 09, 1997

Díaz vs Piazza

2 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 09, 1997

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Comments

Key figures

Vélez Sarsfield keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal conceded vs River Plate in Primera División running (since 28/03/1993). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 27/02/1972-23/02/1975 time period (9 matches).

The last time Vélez Sarsfield has lost with a difference of 2 goals vs River Plate at home, It was on the 06/10/1985

Only back at the time of Juan Carlos Lorenzo head of River Plate (01/07/1982-01/07/1983), you can see a manager go over Ramón Díaz with 25% of losses in Primera División (35%).

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DVélez Sarsfield 0-0 Platense04/05/1997

LVélez Sarsfield 0-1 Sporting Cristal08/05/1997

VVélez Sarsfield 4-0 Gimnasia Jujuy14/05/1997

DVélez Sarsfield 1-1 Colon de Santa Fe25/05/1997

VVélez Sarsfield 2-1 Deportivo Español29/05/1997

DVélez Sarsfield 1-1 San Lorenzo de Almagro13/07/1997

Overall

VEstudiantes de La Plata 0-3 Vélez Sarsfield18/05/1997

DVélez Sarsfield 1-1 Colon de Santa Fe25/05/1997

VVélez Sarsfield 2-1 Deportivo Español29/05/1997

LLanus 3-1 Vélez Sarsfield01/06/1997

DVélez Sarsfield 1-1 San Lorenzo de Almagro13/07/1997

VHuracán Corrientes 0-1 Vélez Sarsfield06/08/1997

Current form

Away

DGimnasia Jujuy 1-1 River Plate20/04/1997

DRacing Club 3-3 River Plate23/04/1997

LColon de Santa Fe 5-1 River Plate11/05/1997

VSan Lorenzo de Almagro 2-3 River Plate18/05/1997

VRacing Club 1-2 River Plate01/06/1997

VFerro Carril Oeste 0-2 River Plate13/07/1997

Overall

VRiver Plate 3-0 Lanus14/05/1997

VSan Lorenzo de Almagro 2-3 River Plate18/05/1997

VRiver Plate 3-1 Huracán Corrientes25/05/1997

VRacing Club 1-2 River Plate01/06/1997

VFerro Carril Oeste 0-2 River Plate13/07/1997

VRiver Plate 1-0 Newell's Old Boys06/08/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	4	2
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	4	8
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	6
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Drawless streak	4	7
Scoring streak	20	25
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

36	Number of games (Competition total)	36
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
15	Victories (Competition total)	26
7	Victories (Home / Away)	12
9	Draws (Competition total)	5
6	Draws (Home / Away)	2
12	Losses (Competition total)	5
5	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

53	Goals scored (Competition total)	87
27	Goals scored (Home / Away)	37
48	Goals conceded (Competition total)	42
24	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	27
1.47	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.42
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.06
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.17
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

18	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	26
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	12
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	14
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	14
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (3 times)

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
10	Red cards (Competition total)	7
5	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Patricio Camps	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	17 goals	Julio Cruz
Patricio Camps	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Enzo Francescoli
José Luis Chilavert	5 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	6 penalties	Enzo Francescoli
José Luis Chilavert	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Enzo Francescoli
Martín Posse	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Marcelo Gallardo
Martín Posse	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Marcelo Gallardo
Popeye Herrera	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Roberto Trotta

Historical head to head

Home

75 matches

29 v

18 d

28 l

116 gf

115 ga

Away

70 matches

10 v

18 d

42 l

60 gf

136 ga

Total

145 matches

39 v

36 d

70 l

176 gf

251 ga

Historical head to head

Home

70 matches

42 v

18 d

10 l

136 gf

60 ga

Away

75 matches

28 v

18 d

29 l

115 gf

116 ga

Total

145 matches

70 v

36 d

39 l

251 gf

176 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 07, 1985
Home	3 - 0	April 07, 1985

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 12, 1957
Away	4 - 0	December 03, 1939

Latest head to head

December 18, 1996 - Primera División 1996/1997

River Plate

3 - 0

Vélez Sarsfield logo Vélez Sarsfield

March 22, 1996 - Primera División 1995/1996

Vélez Sarsfield

3 - 2

River Plate logo River Plate

August 20, 1995 - Primera División 1995/1996

River Plate

1 - 1

Vélez Sarsfield logo Vélez Sarsfield

August 02, 1995 - Copa Libertadores 1995

Vélez Sarsfield

0 - 0

River Plate logo River Plate

July 26, 1995 - Copa Libertadores 1995

River Plate

1 - 1

Vélez Sarsfield logo Vélez Sarsfield

Best historical scorers against River Plate

Carlos Bianchi	16 goals	1968 - 1983
José Luis Sánchez	3 goals	1994 - 1995
Popeye Herrera	2 goals	1995 - 1996
Adolfo Mecca	2 goals	1972 - 1972
Hector Bentron	2 goals	1971 - 1971
Dante Sanabria	2 goals	1981 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/05/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Vélez Sarsfield

Angel Labruna	15 goals	1939 - 1957
Jose Manuel Moreno	11 goals	1936 - 1948
Felix Loustau	9 goals	1944 - 1954
Norberto Alonso	8 goals	1975 - 1984
Pedro Gonzalez	6 goals	1975 - 1979
José Omar Reinaldi	6 goals	1975 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/05/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs River Plate

Carlos Bianchi	13 matches	1968 - 1983
Alberto Rios	11 matches	1967 - 1972
Pedro Larraquy	10 matches	1980 - 1984
Luis Gallo	10 matches	1967 - 1973
Juan Carlos Bujedo	10 matches	1980 - 1984
Mauricio Pellegrino	9 matches	1992 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/05/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Vélez Sarsfield

Angel Labruna	28 matches	1939 - 1959
Ubaldo Fillol	24 matches	1974 - 1983
Norberto Alonso	23 matches	1975 - 1986
Norberto Yacono	23 matches	1939 - 1953
Juan José Lopez	23 matches	1974 - 1981
Eduardo Saporiti	23 matches	1977 - 1985