ASTANA. Viktoria Plzeň found a way to reverse the score against Astana to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Astana to strike first with a goal of Marin Tomasov at the 51′. Then it was a goal in the 54′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Jan Kopic gave the win to Viktoria Plzeň in the 56′ minute.
The match was played at the Astana Arena stadium in Astana on Thursday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Gustavo Fernandes Correia who was helped by Rui Teixeira and Pedro Almeida. The 4th official was Hélder Carvalho. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.92 degrees Celsius or 60.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 39%.
Match Statistics
- 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
- 6 Total 12
- 3 On Target 2
- 2 Off Target 6
- 1 Shots blocked 4
- 93 Attack 122
- 37 Dangerous attack 56
- 78 Ball safe 67
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 3
Fouls
- 16 Total 13
- 4 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Astana was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Viktoria Plzeň that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Viktoria Plzeň had a more offensive attitude with 56 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Viktoria Plzeň won the contest.
Astana shot 6 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Viktoria Plzeň shot 12 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Astana received 4 yellow cards (Kamo Hovhannisyan, Aleksandr Marochkin, Islambek Kuat and Varazdat Haroyan). On the opposite side, Viktoria Plzeň received 3 yellow cards (Tomáš Chorý, Pavel Šulc and Rafiu Durosinmi).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After this match, Astana will stay with 0 points to remain in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Viktoria Plzeň will have 6 points to hold in the 1st place.
Next matches
Astana – Formation
Astana
40'
67'
51'
Astana started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Grigoriy Babayan decided to play with the following team: Josip Čondrić , Kamo Hovhannisyan , Varazdat Haroyan , Aleksandr Marochkin , Žarko Tomašević , Yan Vorogovskiy , Islambek Kuat , Stjepan Lončar , Fabien Ourega , Marin Tomasov and Dembo Darboe .
The home team had on the bench: Maks Ebong , Aslan Darabaev, Abat Aimbetov , Timur Dosmagambetov, Dušan Jovančić , Danil Podymskiy, Aleksa Amanović, Aleksandr Zarutskiy, Stanislav Basmanov and Nurali Zhaksylyk.
Substitutions
Astana made 5 changes: Dembo Darboe for Abat Aimbetov (73′), Islambek Kuat for Dušan Jovančić (67′), Fabien Ourega for Maks Ebong (67′), Rafiu Durosinmi for Jan Sýkora (90′) and Stjepan Lončar for Nurali Zhaksylyk (90′).
Best player: Dušan Jovančić
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Astana was Dušan Jovančić.
His rating is with 17 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 4.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 67′.
Viktoria Plzeň – Formation
Viktoria Plzeň
Viktoria Plzeň started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Miroslav Koubek played with: Jindřich Staněk , Lukáš Hejda , Robin Hranáč , Sampson Dweh , Jan Kopic , Lukáš Kalvach , Pavel Bucha , Pavel Šulc , Cadu , Rafiu Durosinmi and Tomáš Chorý .
These were the players on the bench: Jan Paluska, Jan Sýkora, Jan Kliment, Matěj Vydra , Ibrahim Traoré , Marián Tvrdoň, Radim Řezník, Jhon Mosquera, Václav Jemelka , Erik Jirka, Libor Holík and Adam Vlkanova.
Substitutions
Viktoria Plzeň made 4 changes: Lukáš Hejda for Václav Jemelka (46′), Pavel Bucha for Ibrahim Traoré (87′), Tomáš Chorý for Matěj Vydra (80′) and Pavel Šulc for Adam Vlkanova (90′).
Best player: Tomáš Chorý
The most impressive player for Viktoria Plzeň was Tomáš Chorý.
His rating is with 1 goal, 22 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 15.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa Conference League.
- Astana – Viktoria Plzeň – 1-2
- Olimpija – Slovan Bratislava – 0-1
- KÍ – LOSC Lille – 0-0
- Breidablik – Zorya – 0-1
- Gent – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 2-0
- KF Ballkani – Dinamo Zagreb – 2-0
- Bodø / Glimt – Club Brugge – 0-1
- Beşiktaş – Lugano – 2-3
- AZ – Legia Warszawa – 1-0
- Aston Villa – Zrinjski – 1-0
- Fiorentina – Ferencváros – 2-2
- Čukarički – Genk – 0-2
- PAOK – Eintracht Frankfurt – 2-1
- Aberdeen – HJK – 1-1
- Nordsjælland – Ludogorets – 7-1
- Spartak Trnava – Fenerbahçe – 1-2
