This page offers all the statistics of the match and the pre-match of

FC Barcelona 2-1 Espanyol - September 07, 1996 / Primera División 1996/1997

. All the information you will find here have been collected manually from the most official sources. However, if you found any mistake or any missing information, please contact us.

Primera División 1996/1997 - Round 2

Camp Nou - Barcelona - Spain

September 07, 1996 - 20:30

110 000

FC Barcelona

2 - 1

Espanyol

Assist by Hristo Stoichkov (right foot) Giovanni

84'

(right foot) Juan Antonio Pizzi

90+2'

69'

Jordi Lardín (right foot)

logo FC Barcelona FCB

13' - Yellow card Hristo Stoichkov13

32' - Yellow card Gheorghe Popescu32

33' - Yellow card Mauricio Pochettino

45' - Yellow card Sergi45

logo FC Barcelona FCB

46' - Substitution Franciscois substituted by Nenad Pralija

49' - Yellow card Sebastián Herrera

50' - Yellow card Cristóbal

62' - Substitution Branko Brnovicis substituted by Nando

69' - Goal Jordi Lardín

71' - Substitution Josep Guardiolais substituted by Iván De la Peña photo Juan Antonio Pizzi

71' - Substitution Luis Figois substituted by Juan Antonio Pizzi71

78' - Substitution Jordi Lardínis substituted by Adolfo Aldana

84' - Goal Giovanni84

89' - Yellow card Moisés Arteaga

90' - Yellow card Luis Enrique90

92' - Goal Juan Antonio Pizzi92

logo Espanyol ESP

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

FC Barcelona

2 - 1

Espanyol

FC Barcelona Espanyol

Team line-ups

FC Barcelona

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Ronaldo

Ronaldo

Brazil

B.date22/09/1976

Age19 years

H1m83

positionStriker

8Stoichkov13

Hristo Stoichkov

Bulgaria

B.date08/02/1966

Age30 years

H1m78

positionSecond striker

10Giovanni84

Giovanni

Brazil

B.date04/02/1972

Age24 years

H1m90

positionSecond striker

7Figo71

Luis Figo

Portugal

B.date04/11/1972

Age23 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

4Guardiola71

Josep Guardiola

Spain

B.date18/01/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

5Popescu32

Gheorghe Popescu

Romania

B.date09/10/1967

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

12Sergi45

Sergi

Spain

B.date28/12/1971

Age24 years

H1m72

positionLeft full-back

20Nadal

Miguel Ángel Nadal

Spain

B.date28/07/1966

Age30 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

24Couto

Fernando Couto

Portugal

B.date02/08/1969

Age27 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

21Luis Enrique90

Luis Enrique

Spain

B.date08/05/1970

Age26 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

1Baia

Vitor Baia

Portugal

B.date15/10/1969

Age26 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Vitor Baia		26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Fernando Couto		27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Miguel Ángel Nadal		30	221	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Sergi	45	24	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Luis Enrique	90	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Josep Guardiola	71	25	218	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Gheorghe Popescu	32	28	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Luis Figo	71	23	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Ronaldo		19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Giovanni	84	24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Hristo Stoichkov	13	30	219	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Espanyol

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Ouédec

Nicolas Ouédec

France

B.date28/10/1971

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

19Arteaga89

Moisés Arteaga

Spain

B.date01/06/1969

Age27 years

H1m84

positionLeft Midfielder

20Benítez

Miguel Ángel Benítez

Paraguay

B.date19/05/1970

Age26 years

H1m71

positionStriker

11Lardín6978

Jordi Lardín

Spain

B.date04/06/1973

Age23 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

24Francisco46

Francisco

Spain

B.date01/11/1962

Age33 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

10Brnovic62

Branko Brnovic

Montenegro

B.date08/08/1967

Age29 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Torres Mestre

Torres Mestre

Spain

B.date31/12/1970

Age25 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

5Pochettino33

Mauricio Pochettino

Argentina

B.date02/03/1972

Age24 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

4Herrera49

Sebastián Herrera

Spain

B.date22/04/1969

Age27 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

2Cristóbal50

Cristóbal

Spain

B.date21/08/1967

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

1Toni

Toni

Spain

B.date12/10/1970

Age25 years

H1m81

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Toni		25	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Mauricio Pochettino	33	24	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Sebastián Herrera	49	27	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Torres Mestre		25	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Cristóbal	50	29	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Branko Brnovic	62	29	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Francisco	46	33	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Moisés Arteaga	89	27	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Jordi Lardín	6978	23	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Miguel Ángel Benítez		26	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Nicolas Ouédec		24	2	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

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Julen Lopetegui		30
3	D	Abelardo		26
18	M	Guillermo Amor		28
23	M	Iván De la Peña	71	20	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Juan Antonio Pizzi	9271	28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Raúl		27
18	D	Nando	62	28	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Nenad Pralija	46	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Adolfo Aldana	78	30	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Javi		26

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Giovanni

Iván De la Peña

OUT

Fernando Couto

Guillermo Amor

OUT

Luis Figo

Albert Ferrer

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Bobby Robson

Success rate in this team:

75 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Robson vs Espanyol

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 07, 1996

Robson vs Carcelén

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 07, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Pepe Carcelén

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

0 %

Carcelén vs FC Barcelona

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 07, 1996

Carcelén vs Robson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 07, 1996

Referee

Carlos Megia Dávila

10 victories	5 draws	2 losses	FC Barcelona17 matches	General total	Espanyol20 matches	6 victories	8 draws	6 losses
2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	FC Barcelona3 matches	Season total	Espanyol3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on January 29, 2009					Latest figure on January 29, 2009

Videos

July 19, 2023

Comments

Key figures

FC Barcelona keeps its 3 consecutive wins at home running (since 19/05/1996).

It's the first time Giovanni scores 1 goal vs Espanyol in his professional career

No Espanyol manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before José Antonio Camacho has done less than 21% of losses .

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Real Sociedad06/04/1996

LFC Barcelona 1-2 Bayern Munich16/04/1996

LFC Barcelona 1-3 Atlético Madrid20/04/1996

DFC Barcelona 1-1 Sevilla FC05/05/1996

VFC Barcelona 3-2 Celta Vigo19/05/1996

VFC Barcelona 5-2 Atlético Madrid25/08/1996

Overall

DEspanyol 1-1 FC Barcelona15/05/1996

VFC Barcelona 3-2 Celta Vigo19/05/1996

DDeportivo La Coruña 2-2 FC Barcelona25/05/1996

VFC Barcelona 5-2 Atlético Madrid25/08/1996

LAtlético Madrid 3-1 FC Barcelona28/08/1996

VReal Oviedo 2-4 FC Barcelona01/09/1996

Current form

Away

LCelta Vigo 4-2 Espanyol17/03/1996

DValladolid 0-0 Espanyol27/03/1996

DReal Zaragoza 1-1 Espanyol06/04/1996

VReal Madrid 1-2 Espanyol21/04/1996

VReal Betis 2-3 Espanyol05/05/1996

LValencia CF 1-0 Espanyol19/05/1996

Overall

VReal Betis 2-3 Espanyol05/05/1996

VEspanyol 5-0 Real Oviedo08/05/1996

DEspanyol 1-1 FC Barcelona15/05/1996

LValencia CF 1-0 Espanyol19/05/1996

DEspanyol 0-0 Compostela25/05/1996

LEspanyol 2-3 Sporting Gijón02/09/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	30	11
Conceding streak	5	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	4
Drawless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	4	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	3
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Luis Enrique	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Nicolas Ouédec
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Nicolas Ouédec
Iván De la Peña	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Luis Enrique	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Nicolas Ouédec

Historical head to head

Home

71 matches

55 v

7 d

9 l

172 gf

70 ga

Away

72 matches

26 v

21 d

25 l

99 gf

100 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

144 matches

82 v

28 d

34 l

274 gf

171 ga

Historical head to head

Home

72 matches

25 v

21 d

26 l

100 gf

99 ga

Away

71 matches

9 v

7 d

55 l

70 gf

172 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

144 matches

34 v

28 d

82 l

171 gf

274 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 29, 1992
Home	5 - 0	November 29, 1992

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 15, 1951
Away	4 - 1	April 18, 1954

Latest head to head

May 15, 1996 - Primera Division 1995/1996

Espanyol

1 - 1

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

February 28, 1996 - Copa del Rey 1995/1996

Espanyol

2 - 3

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

February 22, 1996 - Copa del Rey 1995/1996

FC Barcelona

1 - 0

Espanyol

January 04, 1996 - Primera Division 1995/1996

FC Barcelona

2 - 1

Espanyol

February 18, 1995 - Primera Division 1994/1995

FC Barcelona

3 - 0

Espanyol

Best historical scorers against Espanyol

Asensi	9 goals	1973 - 1980
Sandor Kocsis	8 goals	1959 - 1964
Justo Tejada Martinez	8 goals	1956 - 1960
Laszlo Kubala	8 goals	1953 - 1961
Manuel Clares Garcia	7 goals	1974 - 1977
Eduardo Manchon Molina	6 goals	1953 - 1956

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/04/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Tintín Márquez	3 goals	1986 - 1986
Igor Korneev	2 goals	1992 - 1992
Michel Pineda	2 goals	1986 - 1987
Ismael Urzaiz	2 goals	1996 - 1996
Orlando Jimenez	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Diego Orejuela	1 goal	1987 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/04/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Espanyol

Migueli	29 matches	1974 - 1988
Juan Segarra Iracheta	24 matches	1950 - 1962
Antonio Ramallets	23 matches	1949 - 1961
Francisco Carrasco	21 matches	1978 - 1988
Sigfrido Gracia Royo	20 matches	1955 - 1964
Sánchez	19 matches	1976 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/04/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

Thomas N'Kono	13 matches	1983 - 1989
Diego Orejuela	13 matches	1983 - 1990
John Lauridsen	11 matches	1983 - 1988
Manuel Zúñiga	11 matches	1983 - 1988
Iñaki	10 matches	1984 - 1988
Francisco	10 matches	1990 - 1996