LIVERPOOL. Liverpool overcomes Union Saint-Gilloise with a 2-0 win with a goal from R. Gravenberch (44′) and a goal from D. Jota (90′). Liverpool was decisively better in terms of ball possession (73%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Anfield stadium in Liverpool on Thursday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Morten Krogh who had the assistance of Dennis Wollenberg Rasmussen and Steffen Beck Bramsen. The 4th official was Mikkel Redder. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 14.87 degrees Celsius or 58.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Liverpool had a superior ball possession 73% while Union Saint-Gilloise was struggling with a 27% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Liverpool was more pushing with 53 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Liverpool won the match​.

Liverpool shot 19 times, 9 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Union Saint-Gilloise shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Standings

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Liverpool – Formation

Liverpool started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Jürgen Klopp decided to play with the following team: Caoimhin Kelleher, Alisson (7.5), Trent Alexander-Arnold (7.8), Ibrahima Konaté (8.5), Jarell Quansah (7.5), Konstantinos Tsimikas (8.1), Harvey Elliott (7.3), Wataru Endo (6.7), Ryan Gravenberch (8.2), Mohamed Salah (7.5), Darwin Núñez (6.7) and Diogo Jota (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Dominik Szoboszlai (6.8), Curtis Jones (7.1), Ben Doak, Joe Gomez (7.1), Virgil van Dijk, Luis Díaz (6.4), Alexis Mac Allister (7.0), Andrew Robertson, Joël Matip, Luke Chambers, Vítězslav Jaroš and Fabian Mrozek.

Substitutions

Liverpool made 5 changes: Trent Alexander-Arnold for Joe Gomez (63′), Mohamed Salah for Curtis Jones (46′), Wataru Endo for Alexis Mac Allister (46′), Darwin Núñez for Luis Díaz (46′) and Ryan Gravenberch for Dominik Szoboszlai (79′).

Best player: Ibrahima Konaté​

The player that probably impressed the most for Liverpool was Ibrahima Konaté even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.5) with 103 passes (92% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 13.

Union Saint-Gilloise – Formation

Union Saint-Gilloise started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Alexander Blessin played with: Anthony Moris (7.3), Alessio Castro-Montes (6.4), Kevin Mac Allister (6.7), Christian Burgess (6.4), Koki Machida (6.8), Casper Terho (6.1), Jean Thierry Lazare Amani (6.3), Charles Vanhoutte (6.3), Cameron Puertas (7.0), Gustaf Nilsson (6.7), Mohamed Amoura (6.3).

They had on the bench: Noah Sadiki (5.1), Fedde Leysen, Mathias Rasmussen (6.3), Dennis Eckert Ayensa, Loic Lapoussin (6.6), Henok Teklab, Kevin Rodríguez (6.6), Joachim Imbrechts, Ross Sykes (6.6), Maxime Wenssens and Nathan Huygevelde.

Substitutions

Union Saint-Gilloise made 5 changes: Kevin Mac Allister for Ross Sykes (86′), Jean Thierry Lazare Amani for Mathias Rasmussen (75′), Gustaf Nilsson for Kevin Rodríguez (67′), Casper Terho for Loic Lapoussin (68′) and Charles Vanhoutte for Noah Sadiki (75′).

Best player: Anthony Moris​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Union Saint-Gilloise was the goalkeeper: Anthony Moris. His rating is 7.34. He performed 7 saves.

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