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FC Barcelona 3-2 Skonto Riga - August 13, 1997 / Champions League 1997/1998

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Champions League 1997/1998 - 2nd round

Camp Nou - Barcelona - Spain

August 13, 1997

50 000

3 - 2

Skonto Riga

Latvia

Giovanni

27'

Giovanni

70'

Hristo Stoichkov

90'

26'

Vladimirs Babicevs

46'

Mihails Miholaps

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26' - Goal Vladimirs Babicevs

27' - Goal Giovanni27

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46' - Goal Mihails Miholaps

52' - Substitution Fernando Coutois substituted by Albert Ferrer52

60' - Substitution Dragan Ciricis substituted by Juan Antonio Pizzi60

66' - Substitution Emmanuel Amunikeis substituted by Hristo Stoichkov66

70' - Goal Giovanni70

70' - Substitution Mihails Miholapsis substituted by Marians Pahars

73' - Substitution Vladimirs Babicevsis substituted by Olegs Blagonadezdins

82' - Substitution Alexander Rekhviashviliis substituted by Andrejs Stolcers

90' - Goal Hristo Stoichkov90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

FC Barcelona

3 - 2

Skonto Riga

FC Barcelona Skonto Riga

Team line-ups

FC Barcelona

13 Hesp

Ruud Hesp

Netherlands

B.date31/10/1965

Age31 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

5 Couto52

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

22 Reiziger

Michael Reiziger

Netherlands

B.date03/05/1973

Age24 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

21 Luis Enrique

Luis Enrique

Spain

B.date08/05/1970

Age27 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

12 Sergi

Sergi

Spain

B.date28/12/1971

Age25 years

H1m72

positionLeft full-back

4 Guardiola

Josep Guardiola

Spain

B.date18/01/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

7 Figo

Luis Figo

Portugal

B.date04/11/1972

Age24 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Amunike66

Emmanuel Amunike

Nigeria

B.date25/12/1970

Age26 years

H1m76

positionLeft Winger

16 Ciric60

Dragan Ciric

Serbia

B.date15/09/1974

Age22 years

H1m80

positionForward

10 Giovanni2770

Giovanni

Brazil

B.date04/02/1972

Age25 years

H1m90

positionSecond striker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Ruud Hesp		31	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Fernando Couto	52	28	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Abelardo		27	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Michael Reiziger		24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Luis Enrique		27	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Sergi		25	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Josep Guardiola		26	268	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Luis Figo		24	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Emmanuel Amunike	66	26	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Dragan Ciric	60	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Giovanni	2770	25	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Skonto Riga

Kolinko

Aleksandrs Kolinko

Latvia

B.date18/06/1975

Age22 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

Zemlinskis

Mihails Zemlinskis

Latvia

B.date21/12/1969

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Sevlakovs

Juris Sevlakovs

Latvia

B.date24/01/1959

Age38 years

H1m81

positionDefender

Silagadze

Levan Silagadze

Georgia

B.date04/08/1976

Age21 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Ivanovs

Valerijs Ivanovs

Latvia

B.date23/02/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Stepanovs

Igors Stepanovs

Latvia

B.date21/01/1976

Age21 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

Rekhviashvili82

Alexander Rekhviashvili

Georgia

B.date06/08/1974

Age23 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Astafjevs

Vitalijs Astafjevs

Latvia

B.date03/04/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Bleidelis

Imants Bleidelis

Latvia

B.date16/08/1975

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Babicevs2673

Vladimirs Babicevs

Latvia

B.date22/04/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionForward

Miholaps4670

Mihails Miholaps

Latvia

B.date24/08/1974

Age22 years

H1m84

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Aleksandrs Kolinko		22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mihails Zemlinskis		27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Juris Sevlakovs		38	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Levan Silagadze		21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Valerijs Ivanovs		27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Igors Stepanovs		21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alexander Rekhviashvili	82	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Vitalijs Astafjevs		26	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Imants Bleidelis		21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Vladimirs Babicevs	2673	29	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mihails Miholaps	4670	22	3	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

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
2	D	Albert Ferrer	52	27	266	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Juan Antonio Pizzi	60	29	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Hristo Stoichkov	9066	31	251	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Olegs Blagonadezdins	73	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marians Pahars	70	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andrejs Stolcers	82	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ruud Hesp

Vitor Baia

OUT

Emmanuel Amunike

Hristo Stoichkov

OUT

Michael Reiziger

Albert Ferrer

OUT

Dragan Ciric

Juan Antonio Pizzi

OUT

Giovanni

Iván De la Peña

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Louis van Gaal

Success rate in this team:

100 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

68 %

van Gaal vs Skonto Riga

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 13, 1997

van Gaal vs Starkovs

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 13, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Alexandrs Starkovs

120

Success rate in this team:

78 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

78 %

Starkovs vs FC Barcelona

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 13, 1997

Starkovs vs van Gaal

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 13, 1997

Referee

Fernand Meese

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	FC Barcelona1 match	General total	Skonto Riga1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	FC Barcelona1 match	Season total	Skonto Riga1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on August 13, 1997					Latest figure on August 13, 1997

Videos

May 16, 2011

Comments

Key figures

Skonto Riga keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw in Champions League running (since 11/08/1993). It's a record streak. The first of history

The last time FC Barcelona has conceded at least 2 goals at home in Champions League, It was on the 04/11/1992 (vs )

FC Barcelona keeps its 59 matches with at least one goal scored at home running (since 09/09/1995). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 01/09/1991-07/11/1993 time period (59 matches).

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFC Barcelona 4-0 Sporting Gijón06/04/1997

DFC Barcelona 1-1 Fiorentina10/04/1997

VFC Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Bilbao20/04/1997

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Real Madrid10/05/1997

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Deportivo La Coruña24/05/1997

VFC Barcelona 3-0 Real Betis15/06/1997

Overall

VCelta Vigo 1-3 FC Barcelona19/05/1997

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Deportivo La Coruña24/05/1997

LHércules CF 2-1 FC Barcelona01/06/1997

VFC Barcelona 3-0 Real Betis15/06/1997

VRayo Vallecano 1-2 FC Barcelona22/06/1997

VFC Barcelona 3-2 Real Betis28/06/1997

Current form

Away

VRAF Jelgava 0-3 Skonto Riga03/05/1997

VLU/Daugava Riga 0-2 Skonto Riga21/05/1997

VValmiera 0-5 Skonto Riga01/06/1997

LValletta FC 1-0 Skonto Riga23/07/1997

VMetalurgs Liepaja 0-1 Skonto Riga26/07/1997

DDinaburg 0-0 Skonto Riga08/08/1997

Overall

VSkonto Riga 5-0 RAF Jelgava16/07/1997

LValletta FC 1-0 Skonto Riga23/07/1997

VMetalurgs Liepaja 0-1 Skonto Riga26/07/1997

VSkonto Riga 2-0 Valletta FC30/07/1997

VSkonto Riga 6-0 LU/Daugava Riga03/08/1997

DDinaburg 0-0 Skonto Riga08/08/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	3
Unbeaten streak	16	3
Drawless streak	4	13
Scoring streak	58	24
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	4	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Winless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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