FRANKFURT AM MAIN. Eintracht Frankfurt finds the way to recover against Antwerp with a goal on the R. Nainggolan 33′ and a goal on the M. Samatta 88′. Eintracht Frankfurt was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%)
The match was played at the Deutsche Bank Park (Frankfurt am Main) stadium in Frankfurt am Main on Thursday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Paul Tierney assisted by Constantine Hatzidakis and Neil Davies. The 4th official was Robert Jones. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 2.9 degrees Celsius or 37.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.
Match Statistics
- 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
- 19 Total 8
- 5 On Target 4
- 14 Off Target 4
- 5 Shots blocked 3
- 105 Attack 125
- 56 Dangerous attack 29
- 125 Ball safe 107
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 3
- 4 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 14 Total 7
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Eintracht Frankfurt had a superior ball possession 59% while Antwerp was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Eintracht Frankfurt was was more pushing with 56 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Eintracht Frankfurt to win the match.
Eintracht Frankfurt shot 19 times, 5 on target, 14 off target. Talking about the opposition, Antwerp shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Eintracht Frankfurt didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Antwerp received 2 yellow cards (M. Frey and D. Dessoleil).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After playing this match, Eintracht Frankfurt will have 11 points to hold in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Antwerp will have 2 points to sit in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Europa League, Eintracht Frankfurt will play away against Fenerbahçe on the 9th of December with a 0-0 head to head.
Antwerp will host Olympiakos Piraeus on the 9th of December with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (0 draws).
Eintracht Frankfurt – Formation
Eintracht Frankfurt
90'
13'
Eintracht Frankfurt started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Oliver Glasner decided to play with the following team: Kevin Trapp , Tuta , Makoto Hasebe , Evan N’Dicka , Timothy Chandler , Kristijan Jakić , Djibril Sow , Filip Kostić , Jesper Lindstrøm , Daichi Kamada and Rafael Santos Borré .
The home team had on the bench: Diant Ramaj, Stefan Ilsanker, Ajdin Hrustić, Sebastian Rode, Sam Lammers , Gonçalo Paciência, Jens Petter Hauge , Almamy Touré, Danny da Costa, Aymen Barkok and Erik Durm.
Substitutions
Eintracht Frankfurt made 4 changes: R. Borre for S. Lammers (69′), J. Lindstrom for J. Hauge (78′), D. Kamada for G. Paciencia (90′) and K. Jakic for S. Rode (90′).
Best player: Daichi Kamada
The player that probably impressed the most for Eintracht Frankfurt was Daichi Kamada.
His rating is with 1 goal, 36 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.
Antwerp – Formation
Antwerp
59'
Antwerp started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Brian Priske Pedersen played with: Jean Butez , Ritchie De Laet , Dinis Almeida , Dorian Dessoleil , Sam Vines , Pierre Dwomoh , Birger Verstraete , Radja Nainggolan , Viktor Fischer , Michael Frey and Mbwana Ally Samatta .
These were the players on the bench: Johannes Eggestein , Pieter Gerkens, Ortwin De Wolf, Michel Ange Balikwisha, Alhassan Yusuf , Manuel Benson and Robbe Quirynen.
Antwerp could not rely on the presence of J. Eggestein (injured).
Substitutions
Antwerp made 2 changes: P. Dwomoh for A. Yusuf (66′) and V. Fischer for J. Eggestein (76′).
Best player: Mbwana Ally Samatta
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Antwerp was Mbwana Ally Samatta.
His rating is with 1 goal, 26 passes (65% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 17. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Eintracht Frankfurt – Antwerp – 2-2
- Olympiakos Piraeus – Fenerbahçe – 1-0
- Leicester City – Legia Warszawa – 3-1
- Monaco – Real Sociedad – 2-1
- PSV – Sturm Graz – 2-0
- Brøndby – Olympique Lyonnais – 1-3
- Rangers – Sparta Praha – 2-0
- Rapid Vienna – West Ham United – 0-2
- Dinamo Zagreb – Genk – 1-1
- Real Betis – Ferencváros – 2-0
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Celtic – 3-2
- Lokomotiv Moskva – Lazio – 0-3
- Galatasaray – Olympique Marseille – 4-2
- Crvena Zvezda – Ludogorets – 1-0
- Midtjylland – Sporting Braga – 3-2
