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River Plate 5-2 Sporting Cristal - May 08, 1996 / Copa Libertadores 1996

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Copa Libertadores 1996 - Round of 16

Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti - Buenos Aires - Argentina

May 08, 1996

5 - 2

Sporting Cristal

Peru

Hernán Crespo

Enzo Francescoli

20'

Hernán Crespo

30'

Ariel Ortega

33'

Néstor Gabriel Cedrés

69'

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4' - Goal Hernán Crespo4

20' - Goal Enzo Francescoli20

30' - Goal Hernán Crespo30

33' - Goal Ariel Ortega33

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60' - Red card Celso Ayala60

62' - Substitution Hernán Crespois substituted by Juan Gómez62

69' - Goal Néstor Gabriel Cedrés69

82' - Substitution Leonardo Astradais substituted by Leonel Gancedo82

87' - Substitution Ariel Ortegais substituted by Gaby Amato87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

River Plate

5 - 2

Sporting Cristal

River Plate Sporting Cristal

Team line-ups

River Plate

Burgos

Germán Burgos

Argentina

B.date16/04/1969

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Rivarola

Guillermo Rivarola

Argentina

B.date11/10/1968

Age27 years

H1m77

positionDefender

Ayala60

Celso Ayala

Paraguay

B.date20/08/1970

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

Sorín

Juan Pablo Sorín

Argentina

B.date05/05/1976

Age20 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Díaz

Hernán Edgardo Díaz

Argentina

B.date26/02/1965

Age31 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Astrada82

Leonardo Astrada

Argentina

B.date06/01/1970

Age26 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Ortega3387

Ariel Ortega

Argentina

B.date04/03/1974

Age22 years

H1m70

positionOffensive Midfielder

Escudero

Marcelo Alejandro Escudero

Argentina

B.date25/07/1972

Age23 years

H1m77

positionOffensive Midfielder

Cedrés69

Néstor Gabriel Cedrés

Uruguay

B.date03/03/1970

Age26 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

Francescoli20

Enzo Francescoli

Uruguay

B.date12/11/1961

Age34 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

Crespo43062

Hernán Crespo

Argentina

B.date05/07/1975

Age20 years

H1m84

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Germán Burgos		27	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Guillermo Rivarola		27	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Celso Ayala	60	25	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Juan Pablo Sorín		20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hernán Edgardo Díaz		31	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Leonardo Astrada	82	26	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ariel Ortega	3387	22	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	M. A. Escudero		23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Néstor Gabriel Cedrés	69	26	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Enzo Francescoli	20	34	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Hernán Crespo	43062	20	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

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			Age	Match num	Note
M	Juan Gómez	62	25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Leonel Gancedo	82	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gaby Amato	87	25	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Juan Pablo Sorín

Gustavo Lombardi

OUT

Hernán Edgardo Díaz

Ricardo Altamirano

OUT

Hernán Crespo

Ramón Ismael Medina Bello

OUT

Guillermo Rivarola

Ernesto Corti

OUT

Germán Burgos

Joaquín Irigoytia

OUT

Marcelo Alejandro Escudero

Matías Almeyda

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ramón Díaz

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Díaz vs Sporting Cristal

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 08, 1996

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Key figures

End of streak for Sporting Cristal after 10 consecutive matches without a loss (since 02/04/1996). It was the best streak for the club since 24/07/1994-30/10/1994 (15 matches).

Sporting Cristal keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 22/04/1996). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 26/08/1995-09/11/1995 time period (16 matches).

It's the first time since the 10/03/1965 (Universidad de Chile vs Universitario Lima ) that a game ends with 5-2 in Copa Libertadores

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VRiver Plate 2-1 Banfield31/03/1996

DRiver Plate 0-0 San Lorenzo de Almagro03/04/1996

VRiver Plate 5-0 Minervén Bolivar11/04/1996

LRiver Plate 1-4 Independiente14/04/1996

VRiver Plate 2-0 Caracas18/04/1996

VRiver Plate 4-2 Racing Club28/04/1996

Overall

VRiver Plate 5-0 Minervén Bolivar11/04/1996

LRiver Plate 1-4 Independiente14/04/1996

VRiver Plate 2-0 Caracas18/04/1996

VRiver Plate 4-2 Racing Club28/04/1996

LSporting Cristal 2-1 River Plate01/05/1996

LEstudiantes de La Plata 3-1 River Plate05/05/1996

Current form

Away

LDeportivo Pesquero 3-0 Sporting Cristal01/04/1996

VUniversitario Lima 1-2 Sporting Cristal07/04/1996

DPeñarol 1-1 Sporting Cristal13/04/1996

VGuardia Republicana 0-2 Sporting Cristal15/04/1996

DDefensor SC 0-0 Sporting Cristal17/04/1996

VAtlético Torino 0-2 Sporting Cristal29/04/1996

Overall

VGuardia Republicana 0-2 Sporting Cristal15/04/1996

DDefensor SC 0-0 Sporting Cristal17/04/1996

VSporting Cristal 3-1 Deportivo San Agustin22/04/1996

VAtlético Torino 0-2 Sporting Cristal29/04/1996

VSporting Cristal 2-1 River Plate01/05/1996

VSporting Cristal 2-0 La Loretana06/05/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	4	7
Scoring streak	4	7
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	4
Unbeaten streak	5	10
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	1	4
Invincibility streak	3	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
4	Victories (Competition total)	2
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
1	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

15	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
2.14	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.14
2.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.71	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.14
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Hernán Crespo	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Hernán Crespo	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Enzo Francescoli	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	-
Enzo Francescoli	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Hernán Crespo	4 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

3 ga

Total

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

6 gf

5 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

3 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

5 gf

6 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	April 14, 1980
Home	3 - 2	March 10, 1980

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	May 01, 1996
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

May 01, 1996 - Copa Libertadores 1996

Sporting Cristal

2 - 1

River Plate logo River Plate

April 14, 1980 - Copa Libertadores 1980

Sporting Cristal

1 - 2

River Plate logo River Plate

March 10, 1980 - Copa Libertadores 1980

River Plate

3 - 2

Sporting Cristal logo Sporting Cristal

Best historical scorers against Sporting Cristal

Leopoldo Luque	2 goals	1980 - 1980
Juan José Lopez	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Hernán Crespo	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Juan Ramón Carrasco	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Ramón Díaz	1 goal	1980 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/03/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against River Plate

	Percy Rojas	1 goal	1980 - 1980
	Julio César Uribe	1 goal	1980 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/03/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sporting Cristal

Juan José Lopez	2 matches	1980 - 1980
Juan Ramón Carrasco	2 matches	1980 - 1980
Leopoldo Luque	2 matches	1980 - 1980
Daniel Passarella	2 matches	1980 - 1980
Alberto Tarantini	2 matches	1980 - 1980
Norberto Alonso	2 matches	1980 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/03/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs River Plate

Percy Rojas	1 match	1980 - 1980
Hector Chumpitaz	1 match	1980 - 1980
José Navarro	1 match	1980 - 1980
Pedro Chinchay	1 match	1980 - 1980
Juan Carlos Oblitas	1 match	1980 - 1980
Roberto Mosquera	1 match	1980 - 1980