. Sturm Graz conquers Raków Częstochowa 1-0 after W. Bøving scored just 1 goal (23′).
The match was played at the ArcelorMittal Park stadium in . The referee was Əliyar Ağayev with the help of Zeynal Zeynalov and Akif Əmirəli. The 4th official was Kamal Umudlu. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 16.42 degrees Celsius or 61.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 7 Total 18
- 2 On Target 6
- 5 Off Target 9
- 0 Shots blocked 3
- 98 Attack 113
- 48 Dangerous attack 54
- 89 Ball safe 76
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 7
- 1 Off Sides 6
Fouls
- 14 Total 12
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Raków Częstochowa was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Sturm Graz that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Sturm Graz was putting more pressure with 54 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sturm Graz won the match.
Raków Częstochowa shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sturm Graz shot 18 times, 6 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Raków Częstochowa received 2 yellow cards (Fran Tudor and Ante Crnac). Talking about the opposition, Sturm Graz received 2 yellow cards (Bryan Silva Teixeira and Amadou Dante).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After playing this match, Raków Częstochowa stays with 0 points to occupy the 4th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Sturm Graz has 3 points (3rd).
Next matches
Raków Częstochowa – Formation
Raków Częstochowa
85'
48'
Raków Częstochowa started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Dawid Szwarga decided to play with the following team: Vladan Kovačević , Bogdan Racovițan , Adnan Kovačević , Milan Rundić , Fran Tudor , Giannis Papanikolaou , Vladyslav Kocherhin , Srđan Plavšić , Marcin Cebula , Fabian Piasecki and Nenad Mijailovic .
The home team had on the bench: Gustav Berggren , Bartosz Nowak , Ben Lederman , Łukasz Zwoliński, John Yeboah , Antonis Tsiftsis, Ante Crnac and Deian Sorescu.
Substitutions
Raków Częstochowa made 5 changes: Vladyslav Kocherhin for Ben Lederman (75′), Fabian Piasecki for Ante Crnac (60′), Marcin Cebula for John Yeboah (60′), Nenad Mijailovic for Gustav Berggren (75′) and Giannis Papanikolaou for Bartosz Nowak (85′).
Best player: Giannis Papanikolaou
The most impressive player for Raków Częstochowa was Giannis Papanikolaou.
His rating is with 35 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.
Sturm Graz – Formation
Sturm Graz
23'
Sturm Graz started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Christian Ilzer played with: David Schnegg, Kjell Scherpen , Jusuf Gazibegović , David Affengruber , Gregory Wüthrich , Amadou Dante , Stefan Hierländer , Jon Gorenc Stanković , William Bøving , Otar Kiteishvili and Alexander Prass , Szymon Włodarczyk .
They had on the bench: Tomi Horvat, Max Johnston, Alexandar Borković, Manprit Sarkaria , Javier Serrano , Bryan Silva Teixeira , Seedy Jatta , Samuel Stückler, Dimitri Lavalėe, Mohammed Fuseini, Luka Marić and Timothy Obi.
Substitutions
Sturm Graz made 4 changes: Szymon Włodarczyk for Seedy Jatta (76′), William Bøving for Manprit Sarkaria (64′), Otar Kiteishvili for Bryan Silva Teixeira (76′) and Alexander Prass for Javier Serrano (88′).
Best player: Otar Kiteishvili
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sturm Graz was Otar Kiteishvili even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 34 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 17. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- SC Freiburg – West Ham United – 1-2
- Bačka Topola – Olympiakos Piraeus – 2-2
- Olympique Marseille – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2-2
- AEK Athens – Ajax – 1-1
- Real Betis – Sparta Praha – 2-1
- Aris Limassol – Rangers – 2-1
- Sporting CP – Atalanta – 1-2
- Raków Częstochowa – Sturm Graz – 0-1
- Liverpool – Union Saint-Gilloise – 2-0
- Toulouse – LASK Linz – 1-0
- Villarreal – Rennes – 1-0
- Maccabi Haifa – Panathinaikos – 0-0
- Roma – Servette – 4-0
- Slavia Praha – Sheriff – 6-0
- Häcken – Qarabağ – 0-1
- Molde – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 1-2
